My son's pet died tonight.

[Quixfire]

Tonight while my son, my wife & I were at a Blue & Gold dinner his bearded dragon pasted away from a stomach infection. We were given some bad advise by our local pet store and fed him some mealworms. We later found out from a breeder that this was bad for him and his stomach was damaged by the mealworms exoskeleton. He was coughing up blood and finally pasted away before we got home.

My son is every upset about his death. I feel we are to blame because we didn't research the possibilities of feeding him mealworms that caused his death. I hope to find another one tomorrow to replace the one we lost today.

God Bless and Good Night,
Quixfire

 

[Zim Hosein]

 

[Shawn]

a bearded dragon?

 

[GhettoFob]

 

[oniq]

I'm so sorry he pasted away

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: iloveme2
a bearded dragon?

http://images.google.com/images?q=bearded+dragon&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&btnG=Google+Search

 

Wow, your local pet store should hear about that.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

See if the pet store will give you another

or at least a decent discount.

Feel sorry for your son

 

[Ryan]

We used to call those horny-toads when I grew up, brings back a lot of memories.

 

[xcript]

Originally posted by: galvanizedyankee
Feel sorry for your son

I feel more sorry for the Bearded Dragon.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

That's one wacky animal. Are you sure it doesn't eat virgin sacrifices?

 

[TitanDiddly]

Sorry to hear about the dragon. I'd have a chat with the manager of the pet store.

 

[Yossarian]

a rule that has always worked for me is, don't eat anything with an exoskeleton. sorry for your son's loss

 

[Renob]

We used to call those horny-toads when I grew up, brings back a lot of memories.


This is a Horny-Toad or the Horned Toad, not the same as a Bearded Dragon.

Sorry to hear of your sons loss.

 

[Nocturnal]

Sorry about your loss. I hope you can some how talk to the pet store and get some kind of compensation especially since you did not know it could harm your animal.

 

[ShOcKwAvE827]

go to west texas and find a horned toad/frog. Those things are awesome. If you stick it in an ant pile it goes on a crazy feeding frenzy its fun

 

[ShOcKwAvE827]

go to west texas and find a horned toad/frog. Those things are awesome. If you stick it in an ant pile it goes on a crazy feeding frenzy its fun

 

[Murphyrulez]

We fed our Bearded Dragon mealworms all the time.

What kind of substrate was in his cage? Sand? He probably got an impacted digestion tract and couldn't take a dump and died from that. He swallowed too much sand and it bunched up and blocked his pooper.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Renob
We used to call those horny-toads when I grew up, brings back a lot of memories.


This is a Horny-Toad or the Horned Toad, not the same as a Bearded Dragon.

Sorry to hear of your sons loss.

Haha - well, it was when I was 4 and 5, so my memory is kinda foggy from back then HAHA

 

[MrColin]

Reptiles are a pain in the a$$ as pets. I think you should get a corn snake or a boa instead if you really need another pet for your son. Try asking him if he really wants another one.

Don't even get me started about pet stores.

 

[akodi]

Originally posted by: MrColin
Reptiles are a pain in the a$$ as pets. I think you should get a corn snake or a boa instead if you really need another pet for your son. Try asking him if he really wants another one.

Don't even get me started about pet stores.

a really cool store is located in albany/berkeley called the east bay vivarium. but snakes are really cool pets i'm currently breeding some rainbow boas, beautiful animals.

 

[Dacalo]

I had a guinea pig when I was 11 and I cried a lot when it died.

It taught me something about life, although I was still very young.

I am sure your son will get much out of the pet's death as well and make him a better person.

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: Murphyrulez
We fed our Bearded Dragon mealworms all the time.

What kind of substrate was in his cage? Sand? He probably got an impacted digestion tract and couldn't take a dump and died from that. He swallowed too much sand and it bunched up and blocked his pooper.

No sand or small rocks were in his cage.

 

[Quixfire]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Wow, your local pet store should hear about that.

They will the next imte I am in there.

 

[MrColin]

Originally posted by: Quixfire

Originally posted by: SampSon
Wow, your local pet store should hear about that.

They will the next imte I am in there.

The'll pretend to care, but in reality they're just out for a greasey buck like the rest of us (outside of the pet trade). It sounds like you know a breeder, why not get one directly.