AboutPam Expertise I can answer 98% of all questions regarding the husbandry of most desert to temperate climate omnivore and herbivore lizards. This would include bearded dragons, and skinks. I can also answer questions regarding iguanas. I can not help with snakes,amphibians,crustations or arachnids.
For tortoises I will only refer you to the World Chelonian Trust.
I am not a vet, but I've had enough medical (human) training to know that when a reptile is showing symptoms he needs definitive care. That means a vet, period. I can help with a few conditions, such as prolapse, so that the animal has the best chance at the vet to treat and recover.
The answer to having two species sharing the same habitat will always be no.
Just because you don't like my answer does not mean I'm wrong.
As for breeding animals, especially bearded dragons who already have a weak gene pool as it is, you will get all the reasons why you shouldn't. There are enough inexperienced breeders out there, filling pet stores with undersized sickly babies, I will not add to their number.
If you need a lizard identified, please give me an idea of where you live and a description of the animal.
Experience I own and breed bearded dragons (pogona vitticeps). I've been a member of several e-mail lizard care groups, I am both a forum chat moderator for Reptilerooms.com, and forum moderator for Pogona and Babyiguana Yahoo Groups. I have soaked in the knowledge of some of the best researchers, rehabbers, and herp veterinarians from those groups
Organizations Long Island Herpetological Society
International Reptile Conservation Society
Education/Credentials SUNY @ Farmingdale - Animal Science
Univ. of GA - Pre-Vet
Question I took my Bearded dragon to the vet about 4 months ago for a swollen eye. The vet ran a bunch of blood and calcium tests, and everthing came back in great shape...well after using antibiotics, their was no improvement in the eye, and the other eye also swelled shut, and he hasn't eaten in 3 weeks (because he can't see). So I took him back to the vet and told them that I though it was hypovitaminosis A (after doing some investigation on the internet) because He did not get enough veggies in his diet due to him not liking them so me being a bad parent I just kept feeding him the meaty stuff so he would eat. They seem to think that Hypovitaminosis A is not a very common disease in Beardies, and that it might be kidney disease. I just wanted a second opinion. Do you have any ideas of what might be wrong with him? His bloodwork showed nothing wrong with his kidneys, but my vet said that sometimes you have to do a biopsy to be sure. Here are his main symptoms...
-Swollen shut eyes (with yellow goopy stuff in them)
-Labored open mouth breathing
-Sticky clear moucous in mouth.
PLEASE HELP
Answer Mucous is a kidney sign. But as I am not a vet, I would say a second opinion should be with another reptile vet. I would focus on giving him the nutritious foods he needs to balance his system. As the vet for Critical Care by Oxbow, make a slurry with it and syringe feed him. Instead of mixing with just water, add wheatgrass juice that you can buy at a health food store, Get butternut squash, heat slices up in the microwave or steam for a few minutes then mash into a puree and also add to the mix. This may help balance his diet.
