ARACHNO-SMACK48
Arachnoknight
- Joined
- Oct 29, 2013
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Yesterday I saw an extremely unhealthy looking bearded dragon in a classroom. It was in a 40 gallon tank (which is not bad but it should be bigger) The tank had no UVB etc. only a small non UVB fluorescent bulb. The dragon was being fed some kind of bright red brand of bearded dragon pellets and crickets were nowhere to be found let alone greens of any kind. The dragon itself was a dark color with very dark stress marks and a clear case of yellow fungus disease (probably due to a lowered immune system from having such a terrible setup) huddling up near the very weak fluorescent bulb. The tank was also near a window so I can imagine that it was very cold in the tank. I informed the owner of the husbandry mistakes they were making and they acted as though this was the first time they were hearing of these care requirements. It's not like its that hard to figure these things out. Literally 5 minutes of research on the internet could drastically help this beardie. Next to the beardie tank was a 5 gallon tank with a very stressed looking G. rosea huddled in the corner. I tried to give the owner some tips on T care too and they said they haven't been feeding it very much and that they just catch crickets from outside every once and a while. Then they offered to let me have the T. I said I would take it but I have yet to take it home. If I take this T home hoow long should I isolate this T from the rest of my collection? I want to make sure it doesn't have any parasites from being fed wild crickets etc. Also feel free to share your own experiences with ignorant pet owners.