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Those "bumps" could be pseudo gout. How are you supplementing?

In my experience, those noises are a URI until proven otherwise. Catch it early, get some Baytril into himand make sure he gets plenty of water even if you have to hand water with a dropper. If it is a URI and you delay, it may develop into pneumonia. I've never seen one recover from that. A...

Sleeping spot I have an r. accuminatus who has a schedule. At 7 p.m., she ascends the ranch that leads to a large leaf overhang in her cage so she is partially under the leaf. There she waits for the lights to go off around 8:15. She sometimes will come back down for a stroll, but usually...

Calcium gluconate This can be diluted with water to cut the syrupy-ness and it is easier to administer that way. I wouldn't dilute it too much, but a little bit helps in my experience.

Cipro & Reptile Vets I honestly don't think at this point it was the Cipro unless there was some underlying renal issue and this pushed her over the edge. I think it was perhaps a trauma, a fall, because the leg weakness did work out to be bilateral. She could move them and bear weight, but...

Update Well, after rallying a bit mid-day, Lucy died late this afternoon. In case it was constipation, she got baby prunes and water via syringe and warm soaks. She really perked up quite a bit. New vet (regular unavailable) gave her a stool softener and she was dead within two hours...

Guys, I hae an approximately 18 month old bearded pygmy female named Lucy. Up until a few weeks ago, she ws doing just great, no issues. Then, near the end of March/eginning of April, she developed an abscess on her neck. Took to vet, drained the abscess, put on antibiotics. Initially got...

I didn't see you there! My daughter was drooling over the gravid Jackson's. Since we are on vacation and wold have to drive the poor thing across 7 states, we decided to wait and get her shipped. As for the pygmies in the octagonal tank, isn't there a show veterinarian who oversees the...

I was at the show this afternoon. Did anyone notice the vendor on the left side of the auditorium who had several dead bearded pygy babies at the bottom of the enclosure? People were oohing and ahhing about the ones at the top and apparently hadn't noticed the graveyard at the bottom. It...

Do you house them all together? Or do you have a pairand keep this one separately? Lookng good! Mine puffs herself up and then when she realizes the food is coming, goes all kinds of nice shades of green. Wha are your daytime/nighttime temps? Mine never go above 80 under the lamp and are 73...

More pics... Here are a few more pictures.

Photo Here she is... drinking. She manages to drink the water droplets that collect on her head -- she tilts it to one side, opens her mouth a bit, and in runs the water.

I am interested in hearing about your experiences with this species. I recently got a female and she is one weird cham. She seems to like people, trots (yes, I said trots) all over her enclosure. She does chin ups onto leaves when she can climb up sticks to get there. She likes to sleep on...

I had the same problems until i discovered self-watering plants at Home depot. The pot that contains the plant sits in a larger pot with a fabric "wick" atttached to the bottom of the planted pot. That wisk sucks up only the water that the plant can hold. If you water the plant too much, the...

For crickets, you need a herd of cats. Loose crickets keep them entertained for days.:)

Here's how to catch fruit flies -- really, it works. Put out a small bowl (or several given the number of flies you have to catch) in the room. In the bowl, put about a half cup of cider vinegar and about a tablesppon of dishsoap. The flies will land in it and die. It really works. I had a...

If anyone would like to share about the quad. graciliaris, fire away. I'd like to hear it all. Thanks.

Just to clarify, i dont provide ANY active heat to the brevs. They get UVA/B filtered through a good canopy of plants. In winter, when the house is colder, they need a bit of ambient heat which they get because they are next to the heat lamp on the geckos. They never go about about 75-76...

What is your setup for the quadricornis? Do you keep them outside at all? I would love to have an outside enclosure to give the pygmys some natural sunlight. do you have any issues keeping the quads cool in the summer? BTW, the pygmys are easy. Mist, heat, crickets, various wormies, etc...

I have a pair of brevicaudatus which are a hoot. I have been reading about quadricornis gracilior and am wondering how difficult they are to keep. I understand that they are montanes their temperature requirements, but i am looking for the collective experience. I am an experienced reptile...