Anyone Out There Have a Bearded Dragon??

Never had a bearded dragon, but we had a lizard.

Please let me warn you about this one important thing, SY. Reptiles can carry salmonella. My kindergartner got salmonella while we had that lizard. We also went to a Wendy's and to a children's hospital right before he came down with it, and the health department had to investigate both of them. However, I did not know about the link between reptiles and salmonella, and the health department didn't ask me if I had reptiles and I didn't think to mention it. My child was sick for over 6 months because of it - salmonella is awful. Not as scary as ecoli, but still pretty darn scary.

Anyway, it's hard to find out the culprit of these food-bourne diseases by the time the health department starts their inquiries - usually the problem is gone by then (though they will certainly dig deeper for ecoli and if people are dying.) We don't know what caused it, really, and they don't think it was from my house because we hadn't been home eating much at the time.

So take precautions with your family for this, and find an exotic pet vet who you can talk to about it.

Good luck,
Dawn

There is a great reptile store on Ulmerton Road just north of Belcher. They have all kinds of reptiles and they are a great place to go and ask questions. There is also a reptile show coming up in June at the Florida State Fairgrounds and it is also a good place to go and talk to breaders and other reptile experts.

My brother had one... What do you want to know? I can help as much as I can....

i have a seven year old beardie...her name is olivia...i wonder about the water thing as well but she does fine. she loves romaine lettuce and her live crickets (yuck :) ) she loves to be held (wash hands after). if you want to message me i can try and help. she is an awesome pet and we really love her.
Enjoy :)

My neighbors have one, Yoshi. I think it's been 3-5 years already. I haven't seen him in awhile.

there's a website I really like to use when I have a question about one of my critters www.allexperts.com it might come in handy for you. good luck with the beardie!

I used to have one, we found him in a gutter on the side of the road, so he was a rescue beardie. I loved that lizard, I still get sad when I think about him. I bought one to replace him that was a totally nightmare, turned out it was some sort of dwarf one that never grew and bit everyone that tried to hold it. The big one we used to let run around the house like a dog. As long as yours is alert and active its fine, its kind of like a baby, if its eating and pooling and peeing, its fine.