Bearded Dragons - do I keep the heat lamp on 24/7?
Hello! I recently read that you should turn off both the UVB and heat lamp off at night to simulate the sunlight. I turn the UVB light on when I wake up, and off when I go to sleep, but I usually keep the heat lamp on. I'm from the UK, and it's not very hot here at night, so I'm a little worried my beardie might get cold. I also have a heat mat which I, for the most part, keep turned off. Please give me some advice! I don't mind if I should keep it on all night! :3
How can i treat my bearded dragons eye infection?
A huge sign of a bad UVB bulb. The compact coil bulbs are notorious for causing these problems, so if you have one of those, turn it off now. If you have any linear tube brand other than ReptiSUN, turn it off now. In fact, you want to turn off any UVB you have for now. You want to go without UVB until the eye is healed. At that point, you want the Megaray MVB as someone suggested, or a Reptisun 10.0 tube. Make sure he can get no closer than 12" to the Megaray or no closer than 8" to the fluorescent Reptisun. He REALLY needs to see a vet. I know the vet can be expensive, but that is a cost you need to take into consideration when you decide to get a pet. Having surgery to remove the eye will be a whole lot more expensive, so the sooner the better. You can wash it with a saline solution and dab neosporin on it (the kind without the added pain meds). If you use sand, remove it all and use paper towels so no particles get in there and aggravate it. Please continue your research at http://www.beardeddragon.org to learn everything you need to know about taking care of your dragon! There's an ER forum where you can find immediate help for your problem. Best of luck!
What size crickets should i feed my baby bearded dragon?
I'd say any cricket that is 1/4" or smaller would be fine. I don't mean to insult any other answers but for the safety of the animal, please do not feed the baby bearded dragon 1/2" crickets at only 5 inches because that will be too large of prey. Stick with the 1/4" crickets till the dragon gets to be an inch or two larger.
What whould a vet do for impaction bearded dragon?
Its going to depend on how bad it is, what is causing it such as sand, recommending changes in husbandry, and general stuff like that. Treatments will also depend on the stuff above. Your best to talk to a vet when you get there.
What is nationality background of the name Beard?
This is what I found for you for the surname Beard. Surname: Beard This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon and Old French origin, and is one of the oldest recorded in England appearing in the Domesday Book of 1086 in its Old French (Norman) form of "Hugo a la Barbe", in Hampshire. As a surname it has grown very naturally from a nickname for a wearer of a beard, derived from the Olde English pre 7th Century "beard", and it often appears in early records in a prepositional form, such as Thomas Onelabarbe ("Thomas with the beard", 1280, Somerset). Between the 12th and 16th Centuries it was usual for men to be clean shaven, so the wearer of a beard was conspicuous during the crucial period for surname formation. The name could also be locational from Beard in Derbyshire, which means "(on) the bank or brim". The final "s" in the surname indicates the patronymic form, i.e., "son of Beard". Recordings from London Church Registers include: the christening of John, son of Richard Beard, on April 4th 1578, at St. Mary Woolnoth; the marriage of William Beard and Johane Reve on January 23rd 1590, at St. Gregory by St. Paul's; and the marriage of George Beard and Isabell Deane on November 15th 1598, at St. Dunstan's, Stepney. A Coat of Arms granted to the family is a black shield, on a silver chevron, between ten silver martlets, five ogresses, the Crest being a lion's gamb couped gold, grasping a horse's leg erased above the knees black. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Alsi Berd, which was dated 1086, in "Inquests of Ely", Cambridgeshire, during the reign of King William 1, known as "The Conqueror", 1066 - 1086. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. Hope this helps.