Bathing a bearded dragon will not ever be fatal! They do absolutely fine with it. Bathing something like a uromastyx can cause tail rot so is never recommended but beardies do well with a regular bath.

May I ask what lizard had fatal results from being bathed?

Do you have a water bowl in the viv? Or spray the salad before putting it in the viv?

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8 Degus
1 Syrian Hamster
1 Lurcher
12 Bearded Dragons
10 Leopard Gecko
2 three eyed Giant African Land Snailsa
16 Young Giant African Land Snails

How much water do you see in the DESERT.?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They don't live in the desert. They live in the outback, which is a very different thing. They will dig under rocks and shrubs to get to the moisture in the ground. They do need water. No wonder yours is scrabbling if you supply no moisture at all.

I have been keeping and breeding beardies for many, many years. All of mine have a bath every 1 - 2 weeks and are extremely healthy dragons.

I would urge you to get your poor dragon hydrated.

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8 Degus
1 Syrian Hamster
1 Lurcher
12 Bearded Dragons
10 Leopard Gecko
2 three eyed Giant African Land Snailsa
16 Young Giant African Land Snails

What do you mean by that? Bearded dragons are reptiles, not humans with emotional feelings; they don't care how much you've 'done for them'. I think it's time to stop being anthropormorphic.

With all due respect, but that is a biggest pile of crap I've ever read. Animals that come from arid climates may well be adapted to very little to no water in the way their excretory systems have evolved, however that does not mean that they won't have access to water in any shape or form. Bathing Bearded Dragons is not fatal and there is absolutely no factual basis to such a wild claim; many herp enthusiasts do this regularly without any harmful effects.

I've had my bearded dragon for 14months with fresh water every day - SHE DOES NOT DRINK IT.

STOP IMPLYING I DON'T SUPPLY WATER!

The only good advice to take from this forum is not to come back.

Then how do you supply water? You haven't specified that.

You've asked for advice, and you've got it. Take it or leave it, you'll get the same responses wherever you go.

I asked several times if you supplied water and you avoided answering and then said 'how much water do they get in the desert??' (they DO NOT come from the desert by the way) So I assumed you did not provide any.

Beardies often can't see still bodies of water, it is best to give them the odd bath now and then as they take water in through their vent (that's the bit the poo comes out of by the way).

With greatest respect I think you should stick with coming on the forums and getting advice (and start accepting it) as to be frank, there is still a hell of a lot you need to learn about beardies and how to keep them in a responsible manner.

Your girl has been through a tremendous amount of stress with you first chucking a male in with her (without any form of quarantine) letting him harass her to mate which you thought was fine because she 'gave as good as she got'!!! You then swapped the male for a smaller juvenile, do you mean smaller than the female? Because that is asking for trouble too. I'm assuming again with no form of quarantine.

Please, please even if you don't come back to this forum, go and join up to RFUK (reptileforums.co .uk) You will get lots of advice and hopefully learn a bit more about dragons.

Good luck.

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8 Degus
1 Syrian Hamster
1 Lurcher
12 Bearded Dragons
10 Leopard Gecko
2 three eyed Giant African Land Snailsa
16 Young Giant African Land Snails

Honestly, this poor dragon is probably wishing you WOULD sell them. Stop moving everything around and tacking bits of rubber in the viv, if she tears that and starts eating it she'll be dead through impaction anyway. Just leave her on her own, take any other beardies out, like previously said, give her a nice bath so she is hydrated and CHILL OUT! Beardies scrabble about all the time, you get used to it. With 10 in my lounge there is always one making noises somehow, thats what they do, they won't just remain stationary because you want them too!
Have you tried covering the front of the viv with a towel or something, maybe it's something on the outside that is disturbing her...cats, dogs etc???

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