bearded dragon advice needed.

[Hercules19]

oh ha! lots of bearded dragons if they are super duper healthy happy and hydrated have these pudgy pads behind their eyes ....

this is not a great picture of it ...but




if you look at that rise behind hercules eyes you see it is round.

lets see if i have a better photo...



see on her its a lighter patch...but its in that region of their heads..if its soft and raised its good..if its concave or non existant consider more soaks

[monature]

I never heard that one before. Spikes, my male, are hugh. I thought it was some male thing

[Hercules19]

nope its an all arounf healthy dragon thing  if you can see them your probably doing a great job! there are other ways to tell if you are doing well but thats one thing you notice for sure if your animal takes a turn for the worst. by girl laid eggs and that was the first thing to go...and with some good food and soaks they came back!

glad i could help!

[Kimberly n Morgana]

I had a really hard time as well getting Morgana to put on weight.... No matter how many crickets I fed her or how long I left her salad in her habitat she stayed thin.

 I called a vet friend that works in a zoo in Columbus Ohio, (and is also a beardi/iguana/gecko lover and owner for 15+ years) and asked her what she could tell me to do about getting Morgana to gain a little more weight....

She gave me a simple website and told me to read : http://www.phoenixworm.com/servlet/StoreFront

That is the best thing I ever did. Morgana has now put on weight, vet check ++ on her health, she is shedding like she is supposed to, the whole nine yards!!

They have an awesome first time buyer deal, which is what I started off doing, now I buy the 1000 mediums. Morgana paces the front glass as soon as she sees the black container they come in, just waiting for her first bite! I have posted pics of Morgana when I first got her on this site in the photo area ....you can see how small and thin she was! I will upload some new ones tomm.... wait till you see how she has changed!

[Hercules19]

my dragon is scared of Phoenix worms. its so weird. she just scoots away from them haha