Weight Gain + Before & After Pics!!!!!! (DUW)

Last night I weighed my Beardie (before I let her run around my room) and she was 269g!! She used to weigh 247, so that was HUGE to me! She took a dump today so I weighed her again and she is 258, which is still shocking. She really does look a lot bigger and seems a lot healthier!! I'm really excited I helped her gain weight.

Here's her improved enclosure
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01428.jpg

Here are pics during bath time;)
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01424.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01425.jpg

Look at her awesome beard pattern (orange and purple-ish stripes:O)
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01426.jpg

Here's her from last night (12-8-09)
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01436.jpg

http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01437.jpg

See the difference???

BEFORE (at 247g)
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01416.jpg
AFTER (at 269g)
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01436.jpg

I'm completely excited!! Looks like that hopper mouse was definitely worth giving to her.

During the night it gets very cold in her enclosure, colder than the outside of the enclosure. I'm guessing it's because of the glass. Anywho, because of this, last night she spent the night in my room. My room was at 80F last night (turned the heater on) and she found a very cozy spot in a corner of my room, underneath a plant (fake). She slept on a towel of course. Well she stayed there the entire night and she seemed to really like it LOL. I really REALLY felt bad because of her cold enclosure so I couldn't resist. I didn't let her sleep on the bed because I roll a lot;):rofl: I don't want to wake up with a dead, crushed Beardie next to me:O

Here's a for fun picture (taken on Saturday, 12-5-09);):rolleyes:
http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/t...z/DSC01431.jpg

No replies? Hey, I FINALLY posted up pics for you guys when you said my other threads were useless without them, so I expect comments from some individuals:D

Tiff you have certainly done a great job with that baby. Wow, what a difference.

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Originally Posted by singingtothewheat

Tiff you have certainly done a great job with that baby. Wow, what a difference.

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I'm shocked with the results as well. I can't believe how big she looks. I took a vid of her running around my room tonight, but for some reason YouTube won't let me upload it, so for now I guess I can't do anything about it.. I was gonna post it up in a diff thread:(

She is adorable! I love the sleepy picture...too cute!!

And wow that was a huge difference....apparently he is a mouse lover!!

Glad to hear your beardie is doing better. Keep fattening him up:gj:

I'm not a 'beardie' person, but this one is adorable, I have to say:D
Great job!

Great job on the beardie!

Quick question.. I haven't done any research on Beardies, but how much maintenance is involved with keeping them? High, high/medium, medium/low, low? I'd love to get one some day, but the time is just not right yet.

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

She is adorable! I love the sleepy picture...too cute!!

And wow that was a huge difference....apparently he is a mouse lover!!

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Yeah she just gobbled the hopper down LOL. I'm glad I fed it to her, or else I wouldn't have seen this huge weight gain:D

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Glad to hear your beardie is doing better. Keep fattening him up:gj:

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Will do:gj: What's the ideal weight I'm looking for when I'm getting her just about the adult size weight? If that makes sense LOL..

I'll rephrase.. how many more grams does she need to gain to be the healthy adult weight?

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Originally Posted by Chocolate Muffin's

I'm not a 'beardie' person, but this one is adorable, I have to say:D
Great job!

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Thanks!! I appreciate it:D

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Originally Posted by Mitch21

Great job on the beardie!

Quick question.. I haven't done any research on Beardies, but how much maintenance is involved with keeping them? High, high/medium, medium/low, low? I'd love to get one some day, but the time is just not right yet.

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Thanks!!

Their maintenance is medium/low, depending on how old you want your Beardie. There is a reason that I started out with an adult. Babies are a lot more maintenance, needing to be fed 2-3x a day (as many crickets it can eat in one sitting), as an adult only need to be fed once a day. My feeding schedule for my adult is about 10 crickets every other day, while offering her fresh greens (mustard, collard, &/or dandelion greens.. it's good to mix up the greens too) daily.

I do find caring for an adult very easy, but it's still shocking how they LOVE it hot. I'm too used to Ball pythons, keeping their temps at 90F while Beardies can stand temps up to 125F:O I found my perfect reptile for Arizona climates LOL:rofl:

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

During the night it gets very cold in her enclosure, colder than the outside of the enclosure. I'm guessing it's because of the glass. Anywho, because of this, last night she spent the night in my room. My room was at 80F last night (turned the heater on) and she found a very cozy spot in a corner of my room, underneath a plant (fake). She slept on a towel of course. Well she stayed there the entire night and she seemed to really like it LOL. I really REALLY felt bad because of her cold enclosure so I couldn't resist. I didn't let her sleep on the bed because I roll a lot;):rofl: I don't want to wake up with a dead, crushed Beardie next to me:O[/IMG]

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Beardies are too cute when they sleep. Whatever position they are in when lights go off, that's where they'll fall asleep. I use a red light at night to keep my young beardies warm when it's cold, have you considered using one? Good job on taking care of your beardie! :gj:

She's looking great Tiffany

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Originally Posted by Southernshooter

She's looking great Tiffany

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Thanks!!

And thanks to everyone for the awesome comments:gj:

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Originally Posted by MarkieJ

Beardies are too cute when they sleep. Whatever position they are in when lights go off, that's where they'll fall asleep. I use a red light at night to keep my young beardies warm when it's cold, have you considered using one? Good job on taking care of your beardie! :gj:

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A red light will bother them at night. ID use a Ceramic bulb. Really unless you house gets below 70 at night you do not need heat.


Good job though Tiffanny :)

wow thats wiked awesome! congrats on getting her (him?) to gain weight! I didn't know that beardies could eat mice... thats cool to know!

grats on the weight, but i am rather concerned tho. the yellow thing in his/her beard looks like it might be yellow fungus disease.

Thats a cool lookin Lizard, I think I might want one now

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Originally Posted by LaFilleClochette

wow thats wiked awesome! congrats on getting her (him?) to gain weight! I didn't know that beardies could eat mice... thats cool to know!

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They shouldn't eat mice unless your trying to get weight on them. If you fed them regularly they could get fatty liver disease, and can also impact them ( Anything bigger than a fuzzy that is). Your also supposed to only feed pinkies, not hoppers.

Honestly I really dont weigh them but got by visual cues. Their tail should be real plump right as it leaves the body and they should have a bit of a plump or pot belly. You dont want to see extra or wrinkly skin unless its a female that just laid.

Hope that helps

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Originally Posted by West Coast Jungle

Honestly I really dont weigh them but got by visual cues. Their tail should be real plump right as it leaves the body and they should have a bit of a plump or pot belly. You dont want to see extra or wrinkly skin unless its a female that just laid.

Hope that helps

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Oh I definitely saw a pot belly when she was standing up LOL. :D
She's also filling out the wrinkled skin, so there isn't as much as there was before.

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Originally Posted by tank4102

grats on the weight, but i am rather concerned tho. the yellow thing in his/her beard looks like it might be yellow fungus disease.

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And how do they get that?

There is no odd looking substances on her beard, and the beard feels the same like any other Beardie beard (I work with Beardies at my volunteer job, all of the Beards feel the same).

I've seen plenty of beardies with colored beards, lots of reds to oranges and yellows, I certainly didn't notice anything that looked like fungus in the pic.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

I've seen plenty of beardies with colored beards, lots of reds to oranges and yellows, I certainly didn't notice anything that looked like fungus in the pic.

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Yeah, if it was a fungus you'd probably see something. I even see her closely everyday and nothing seems wrong with her:D

This is not a reply. Rawr

it was just a thought lol =]

Pretty bearded lady you got there :sweeet:

It is always a great feeling to help a reptile regain their weight, kudos to you!

What is "DUW"?

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Originally Posted by CA cowgirl

Pretty bearded lady you got there :sweeet:

It is always a great feeling to help a reptile regain their weight, kudos to you!

What is "DUW"?

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Thank you:D I'm excited that I'm getting her up to weight, she looks a lot better now.

DUW stands for Dial Up Warning. I think it's for those people who have dial up internet. If people with dial up click a thread with a lot of photos, their computer might freeze or take a very long time to load.

Thanks for the es'planation of DUW, I learned something new today!

By today the Beardie is 276g, and she really has filled out that "extra skin" on her sides. She really is looking good now, and seems a lot better from when I first got her.