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I have 2 ?`s first is that my beardie puked up some crickets today and i was wondering what could have caused this? Second ? today when I got up and went to look at him his beard was really black and it has been this way all day does anyone know why or has anyone had there dragon do this before? thanks steve
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Owner of:
0.1 Red Tail Boa,
1.0 Red Tail Boa,
0.1 Reticulated Python,
0.1 Green Burmese Python,
1.0 Bearded Dragon,
0.1 Leopard Gecko

what are the cage temps? sounds like not enough heat and poor digestion
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com

Agreed, sounds like the basking temps are not high enough.

>>what are the cage temps? sounds like not enough heat and poor digestion
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>>www.beardiedragon.com
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

Cricket FREE babies!

The temps are 110 under the basking light and around 82 to 90 on the cool side
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Owner of:
0.1 Red Tail Boa,
1.0 Red Tail Boa,
0.1 Reticulated Python,
0.1 Green Burmese Python,
1.0 Bearded Dragon,
0.1 Leopard Gecko

110 is a good enough temp that it shouldn't be dark and puking. Something just doesn't seem right though. So.... how long is the heat and lights on? What do you feed? How often and how much do you feed? How long is the heat on and when do you feed?
This may sound funny but, how did you measure the temperature?
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com

The lights and heat are on 14 hrs.I just got a powersun bulb for him for the uvb and heat.I am feeding him crickets and greens"mustard,collard,turnip,broccoli,carrot,rasberry,bluberries" I feed him about 30 to 50 crickets a day,i was thinking that is alot but he will eat them all up within a couple min after putting them in there.I feed him his greens in the morning when i get up for work,then i feed him his crickets around noon.I have a thermostat with a probe under the basking bulb plus i have a temp gun to measure the temps.
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Owner of:
0.1 Red Tail Boa,
1.0 Red Tail Boa,
0.1 Reticulated Python,
0.1 Green Burmese Python,
1.0 Bearded Dragon,
0.1 Leopard Gecko

well not much left...?
how big is your dragon, how big are the crix?
how long have you had him, how long has this been going on?
when was his last fecal?
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com

Puking up a single meal could be caused by alot of things..maybe it was too close to lights out when fed the crickets (though you did indicate you feed crickets around noon so I am sure this isn't the case). He may have been too full or something in the crickets or greens didn't sit well with him and he threw it up.

I would watch him for the next couple days and see if he throws up again. I would also discontinue feeding him anything new you fed him when he threw up, just in case that was the problem. If all is fine, he eats his food and keeps it down, then I wouldn't worry about it. If he continues to threw up no matter what you feed him, I would get a vet to check on him, it could be some sort of gastronic problem

I have a female that pukes if she eats superworms. For some reason she just can't digest them very well. Never has a problem with any other live prey. So now, she can only get one superworm a week. Anytime she gets more than one she pukes it back up. My vet says that she just can't digest too much of the exoskeleton.

He is about 5 to 6 months old the crickets are med/lg i had to get them to hold me over till tommorow when i get my regular order of med crickets.I think that he just ate way to many it has happend once before too when he ate alot of them.He goes to the bathroom everyday. He is acting fine today and his beard isnt all black like yesterday.Ill keep you posted on how he is doing thanks for all the replys.
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Owner of:
0.1 Red Tail Boa,
1.0 Red Tail Boa,
0.1 Reticulated Python,
0.1 Green Burmese Python,
1.0 Bearded Dragon,
0.1 Leopard Gecko

glad he's doing better. good luck
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com