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    Exclamation Has anybody else had this happen?

    I can't believe im posting this but I am absolutely gutted. My little beardie dragon has melted : (

    I bought a 250W mega ray as I heard it would make him more active. I left him all day and came back at the end to find a puddle in the viv where my bearded dragon usually basks. I decided to scrape him into a tub to take him to the vets for a PM today. I am unsure whether it was the bulb that caused it or some some of lizard liquidizing parasite? Hopefully the vets will be able to shed more light onto it.

    Has anyone else's beardie melted? If so, how did you get rid of the smell?

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    OMG that is horrible! I must say I have never heard of such a thing!!
    I would assume he cooked but I don't understand the melting part?!? How big was the enclosure? I use a 100W MVB in my 4x2x2' enclosure and that paired with a 60 w house bulb keeps my tank nice and toasty in the winter months so a 250W is an awfully large bulb. I use a 160W for basking and a 100W flood located more central in my 8x4x4 to keep that toasty warm in the winter.

    As for smell I would go with a bleach and water solution on the enclosure and the home will need alot of airing out. We once had our cat crawled into our attic and fell down befind the floor board that were directly behind the bathroom cupboard, and he broke his neck. It was summer so we started smelling something horrible. We started trying to locate where the smell was worse and started hammering our drywall. It took 3 broken walls to find out our cat had fallen, broken his neck, and was rotting in our wall. We cleaned it out with beach, lysol, used air freshener you name it. Finally the smell disapated but every summer on hot muggy days it would linger in our house. There is no smell worse then that.
    Vanessa
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    That's pretty traumatizing... ): I'm not really sure how I would respond to that. It's very disturbing.

    I'm sorry.
    Last edited by LittleWiseOwl; 04-01-2011 at 02:04 PM.

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    Thank you very much both of you
    I'm still gutted and I cried in a toilet

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    Oh yes, what's day today anyway?

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    OMG u a$$, that was a good april fools joke..... you almost had me. i was thinking no way it would have melted it would have turned crispy brown or black..... lol good one tho
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    Hahahahahahaha!

    At least, I had two people here(sorry for my bad joke)LOL

    Well, I don't keep beardie anyway!
    ^0^

    Quote Originally Posted by Pikey View Post
    OMG u a$$, that was a good april fools joke..... you almost had me. i was thinking no way it would have melted it would have turned crispy brown or black..... lol good one tho

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    Lmao i thought something was not right,but good one.

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    I'm glad the cat is out of the bag because it was shortly after posting a reply that it dawned on me what the date was today...I have been biting my tongue to not say anything cause I didn't want to ruin the joke! Good one Godspeed, thats what I get for replying on a forum before my morning coffee!
    Vanessa
    Ontario, Canada
    1.0.0 Argentine Black and White Tegu (Dezie)
    0.1.0 Argenitne Red Tegu (rehome)
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    1.0.0 Cockerpug (Ryder) Perfect name as he "rides" everything!
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    Large Saltwater tank that contains Dory, Nemo, Marlin, Foxface, 4 Gobeys, firefish, a couple shrimps, and a grumpy Brittle Star that eats fish while they sleep!

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    *giggling*

    On this day, I ALWAYS take whatever anyone tells me with a grain of salt. A very large grain of salt. In fact, I pretty much take it with a bovine salt lick.

    Good one.
    "Why do blessings always come in disguises? If I were a blessing, I'd run around naked."

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