Hello, this is the owner of the Bearded Dragon mentioned in post. Goblin was kept for about 8 years with his last family and they used a combo basking/UVB bulb and wasn't eating much before I got him. I have no idea if he was sick, but all I know is I got him everything new when he came to me (uvb, che, and basking bulb), and of course a temp gun.
They told me they replaced the bulb once a year or around then. He did not look or act sick though, so I really am thinking he ate some sand out of the blue and then choked to death. (He was in that sand for all eight years, that is why I was so confused why he would want to eat it)
(The sand was a brand they said was made for Bearded Dragons and they gave me the extra bags, I feel incredibly stupid for not just throwing it all away now, but I didn't want to change his surroundings to dramatically at first. The plan was too change his environment with the hides and change in basking spot, and then too get rid of the sand after he got used to the hide placement since he's been in sand for pretty much his whole life.)
(We also have no exotic vet where we live)
(I also NEVER fed him in his tank due to the sand cause I knew that would cause health concerns, I always took him out and fed him on an open space on my floor-I always watched him eat and explore in these times and he was always supervised out of his enclosure)
Thank you for responding!
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