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GoHerping: *shows crickets jumping for dear life in blender comment section: 👁👄👁 GoHerping: *dips finger in CRICKET SMOOTHIE and PUTS FINGER IN MOUTH comment section: 👁‍🗨👄👁‍🗨 i love this community

GoHerping blending live crickets like a psychopath

"But actually cool because babies are gross and this beardie is not" As a mom to a 4 month old... you're not wrong

GoHerping: *blends crickets* KZfaq Monetization: *confused sirens*

Amazed that background beardie could be left on that shelf without it trying to kamikaze off the edge. beardie depth perception leaves a loooot to be desired lol

I wanted to point out that they usually use Tazicef not because they don’t know what they’re doing, but there’s only 21 total medications deemed safe for use on reptiles. It’s the safest out of the antibiotics and usually effective. Just wanted to share my perspective as someone studying veterinary medicine.

Yo I'm calling it now, he's going to get so fed up with every single vet that he come across, that since they now are a "small team" he's going to make his own vet clinic.

i’m buying this beardie when it’s on the site and no one can stop me

"And actually cool cause babies are gross and this beardie is not." I have never heard such a relatable fricken sentence in my life--

The last vet I ever went to was for my little parakeet, they said nothing was wrong with him. He died two days later.

Him: we just syringe fed her with this Gross mix. also him: I tried it myself Me: wHy dO yOu hAvE to dO thAt! ?

My ex had a beardy that he barely fed, watered, and he kept the lights on for it 25/7. When he would take him out he would go on about how chill he was. He wasn’t chill, he was dying. Once I got into the picture the beardy got better and became very sassy and barely wanted to be held. People get pets and don’t know what the hell they are doing and it frightens me

GoHerping: we've worked with about 300 animals at this point Me owning one beardie: yea i'd say that's enough

I started tearing up at the beginning. Seeing it so lifeless, weak, frail and unwell just got to me. It’s just a precious dragon. Thanks Alex for helping it get better and giving it good treatment.

Thank you so much for taking her and helping her. When my sister and I took Ellie in she was pretty weak, like when you received her. I'm pretty sure she was an unresearched purchase in her previous family. I think they got her because "my daughter wanted a beardie so we got a beardie" and that was that, but no one took care of her. In fact, the only reason we knew Ellie was a girl was because I searched up how to sex beardies on google and hoped I was right (Since I've never done it) She had started to perk up after we fed her, she was actually quite energetic. She would go crazy when she saw the feeding chopsticks, my sister said Ellie was actually our best eater. (We have another beardie, and he is doing great!) And we always put calcium on her food, so that's probably why she doesn't have MBD. Then she started to relapse again, and it was just out of our hands. She would go to the darkest corner and lay there for hours. I tried to bathe her and then force her into the light, but she quickly retreated back to the corner. No vets around us looked at beardies, so we went online to find some powder to help her pass potential parasites. (Sense we really had no idea what was wrong) At that point, we had to force food down her throat. Nothing was changing and we knew she was beyond our help. I cannot truly express how much this means to us. Despite everything, I think she's really lucky to be saved by you guys. I'm truly excited to see how her future goes, and I'm even more pumped seeing all these comments wanting this sweetheart! Again, thank you guys so much for everything.

“babies are gross and this beardie is not” really felt

>Tries cricket smoothie >Wonders how he's sick hmmm

Great transformation! Just goes to show what proper care can do. Also the medicine situation is similar to Baytril and Metacam, it gets prescribed all the time, I wish I could bulk buy it but you need a prescription lol

It's honestly heartbreaking to see any reptile like this, I would love to start a reptile rescue of my own one day as we don't really have any in my area, so seeing this has only confirmed my desire to do so. I really hope Ellie continues to do better and finds an amazing home! I would take her if I could, I simply just don't have a vivarium right now 😅💕

1:22 oh look a cute ceramic bearded dragon in the bottom left corner *eye moves* OH GOD IT'S REAL

🤢 omg they used the same tongue depressor too when they could have had an infection? Agh!

Poor little baby SO GLAD SHES BETTER NOW

I think it's safe to say your vets' have been giving you "generic reptile antibiotic" and just trusting that everything else will clear up on it's own once infections are treated / with the chance of infection causing complications in healing being significantly lowered. Not a necessarily a bad approach dependent on situation, but def sketchy if they aren't explaining "in this instance all we can do is treat/prevent bacterial infection and wait it out" when they go with that method. It's like a doctor prescribing penicillin every time you get sick or break a bone or have an upset stomach, provided you don't have a penicillin allergy. yeah, you significantly decrease the chance of dying from bacterial infection, but that's not always what we should be concerned about.

As a beardie mom, seeing them lifeless at the beginning almost made me cry.

How incredible is it how a couple weeks of TLC made such a HUGE difference with miss Ellie! We had a similar situation with an Iguana who was kept in an all glass vivarium (if you could even call it that) with little to no air flow and absolutely no temperature control in the front of a bar, outside, being fed MAYBE once or twice every month. I had recieved a message from a friend asking if me and my husband wanted an Iguana. I was very iffy at first because I had little experience with Iguanas, however when he had explained the situation, my husband and I drove 3 hours to go pick up Coco. Coco was a five year old Iguana that was just over 3 feet from nose to tail. He actually was at the house next to the bar because the owner (of the bar) had asked the man next door to watch him while the bar underwent construction. When the bar opened back up when construction was complete, they never took Coco back (thankfully). The family we recieved him from had had him for just about a month before we were contacted. They had no experience with reptiles whatsoever but they did their best to research what exactly Coco needed. Unfortunately, we had coco for exactly a month before we were forced to euthanize him. We had taken him into the vet immediately after getting him and he was prescribed antibiotics (surprise! Tazicef) as well as some calcium/vitamin supplements. He had a toe that was deformed and a bit curly, and fearing the worst, they kept him under observation for a few days before sending us home with him with a strict diet and husbandry routine. He was doing well! His spines that were once gray and floppy were starting to look healthier and he was even getting more color on him! He was even finally warming up to us as much as cuddling with me while watching movies without trying to whip me with his tail before we noticed one morning that he was having trouble walking. We wrapped him up in some towels and blankets (mid january) and headed straight to the emergency exotic vet about an hour away. We gave them all the details of his enclosure, basking temperature, if he was eating/drinking, how often we would soak him, and what food/supplements he was taking. They informed us that he had endured poor conditions for far too long and that he had developed Metabolic Bone Disease. They told us that the best option for him would be to put him down. I was a wreck when this happened because I was starting to think he would pull through and live a healthy, long lizard life. I thought I was doing something wrong even with the vet reassuring me that we were doing everything right. Im sure there were things we could have done differently and that hurts me to this day, 2 years later. As much as I'm not a fan of Iguanas, I loved my Coco, and wouldn't trade my time with him for the world. It's just a shame that people (or businesses in our case) exist that could ever put a creature into a situation where the odds are against them. Bless you and everyone at Emerald Scales for being such wonderful people. We did file a report with the local (to the bar) police station and management was changed shortly after. We aren't sure if it was because of Coco, and nobody (to our knowledge) was charged with animal abuse/neglect.

" The best way to gauge a man's character is to watch how they take care of the smallest creatures..." Well done, Mr. Green...

Hello Alex, I’m the previous owner of Ellie. I can’t thank you enough. I loved and love Ellie so much, and seeing her already getting back to your old self brings me to tears. I loved her so much, and I knew it was time when I brought her outside with me one day, and she could barely move. I couldn’t stop crying, and I believed it was all my fault. It likely was. I am a senior in highschool and my dad is deployed, and my mother and I don’t have much money, and there were no vets around that could help. I have another Beardie as well who is happy and healthy, and I just couldn’t figure out why, and I knew if I couldn’t provide for her, I needed someone else who could. And I have watched your channel for so long, and after trying different powders, and different home remedies for different things. I knew there was nothing else I could do. Thank you Alex, with all my heart. Thank you for helping my dear Ellie. Seeing her happy makes me cry tears of joy. Thank you!!!!!!!!

A lot of what I used to do in wildlife rehab was actually domestic reptiles; especially beardies. There’s never a shortage of terribly cared for bearded dragons. :(

I love how every beardie has a slightly different face :D They can be such a character.

It seems like you have had some terrible vet experiences, please don't think that all vets are like this. I hope that you can find a reputable exotic animal vet in the future. (vet student 4th year probably going into the field of exotic animal medicine)

You can see in Ellie's eyes how much she adores you.

3:50 I SCREAMED (i know its a must but honestly it was like a gut reaction)

I’m sorry you had a bad vet experience for your reptiles 😭 I work at a vet clinic as a tech and our exotic doctor is wonderful! I take all my reptiles to her and it eases my anxiety so much. I hope you find someone trust worthy and amazing 💕

Vet: Shoot, I have no idea what this is let's use baytril or tazicef.

Young man you are an angel to,care so much about these animals to see your caring treatment,is heart warming

I feel like this bearded dragon and I are destined for eachother.

I thought it would be a montage of clips with lofi playing until about a minute in

Alex, I just want to say I absolutely love what you do and wish I could do as much as you do. I have 8 snakes (5 of which are rescues)! I have been a follower of GoHerping for a long time and it makes me so happy to see how far you’ve come! As soon as I get the means, I’m signing up for your Patreon because I love the work you do for reptiles. I actually work with a variety of animals for a living, but don’t get to interact with a lot of herps on the job so I’m very jealous!

RIP those crickets in the blender lol

I’m going to try my god damn hardest to adopt this baby once she’s ready. I’ve never felt so attached to a reptile I’ve never met. Especially a beardie. I need to be her mother.

"But babies are gross and beardies are cool" *MOOD*

This raises a question: How do you balance heating on an animal that is to ill to move? Like do you have a more strict on off cycle? or do you move her around the cage?

have you thought about networking and reaching out to other people doing similar rescues/rehomes in other parts of america so if a sick animal needs care it doesn't have to risk getting shipped so far? I figure there are plenty of people out there who'd be willing to help! I'm glad this beardie is making a nice recovery and i hope she goes on to a loving home after all she's been through! It's so nice to see people putting in the work for all these little guys.

I admire your work. We have a bearer Dragon about 8 years old who was in the same condition as the dragon. We found veterinary assistance, and eventually nurses Cheeto back to health. The dragon on the shelf looks just like Cheeto. He has MBD and has a neurological problem (kinda like your spider morph snake). He is unable to eat by himself still. I hope that she is doing better!

I’m glad you and the beardie are feeling better!

Hey love your content man, came across you when I was doing research on leopard gecko care, been a fan ever since, great content and glad to see your still saving our scaly friends.

Taking that sweet beardie from the brink of death and loving on her is a wonderful thing your doing! So sorry you’re not in the Pittsburgh area. I have the most wonderful exotic vet ever! He saved my beardie, Lizzie by removing eggs she couldn’t pass. She also had several bouts of parasites that were stubborn to get rid of. He just last week had to force feed my not quite 3 month old Western hognose snake who hadn’t eaten in a month. Since then, he’s back to his normal routine on eating and being his hoggy little self! So, I’ve got a great vet!

Amazing transformation! Loved watching her healing journey! Thank you for rescuing/saving her! 😊

Unfortunately, I doubt you'll ever be able to find a really affordable vet. Medical care, for both animals and humans, is insanely expensive/overpriced. Sincerely, someone who's been diabetic since they were five

Seeing her walk around on your hands as you;re talking about the vet, is one of the most beautiful things I have seen in a long time. I know that sounds so silly but, the amount of care and love and effort that you have put into this creature is a direct reflection of how well she is doing now. I know that there's still progress to be made but, seeing her as good as she is now compared to how she was when you first got her, makes my heart happy

Thank you for making this vid! I recently took in a couple of sick beardies, and one of them just wouldn't eat anything. I got a powder mix and tried syringe feeding that, but he still didn't look good, almost never moved, and wouldn't eat on his own. The vet didn't recommend (or prescribe) anything, and I was starting to think he was just too far gone. After watching this video, I made a dragon-friendly smoothie and have been syringe feeding him that for a few days... he's now eating insect feeders and greens on his own, is gaining weight and is active and alert! We've recently made some other changes too, but this video definitely helped save his life. Thank you! :)

"but actually cool because babies are gross, and this beardie is not" honestly 😂💀

Alex, keep n mind that Dr's & vets will often do tests or prescribe just to satisfy the human. Sadly, these professionals have run n2 people that want SOMETHING so they do whatever seems to fit the situation even when they may think it's not completely necessary. They do this sometimes as well to simply justify the cost of the office visit when there really isn't anything they can do. Always tell the vet that u don't want them to do something just to make YOU happy. Tell them u only want their honest opinion even if it's just 'Theres really nothing I can do & keep doing what ur doing' I also think u r knowledgeable enuf at this point to refrain from running staight to the vet. Save that for when u have tried everything u know & the animal is still failing but u believe it still has a chance.

I’m so happy to see these videos of babies recovering. Thank you for helping them all

Ive got a wild caught beardie (she was poached, then kept in a government facility til I managed to acquire her) who was not quite as bad off when I got her as this lizard, but it did take me well over 3 months to get her eating properly....she was too sluggish to eat anything alive, it would just crawl away from her for instance. I ended up having to pry her mouth open and pop pre-packaged pellets in her mouth til she was strong enough to eat superworms....she also wouldn't eat greens for the longest time. Ive had her over a year now and she's doing great though.....hope your girl pulls through too!

I have a beardie too. Happy you did whatever you can to save her

My mans over here blending live crickets then tasting it like a damn psycho 😩

You just picked up another sub (my daughter and I were really impressed by what you have done for this precious baby... you have a gift!!)

You are truly amazing! The care and time you put in to save these animals blows my mind. I so wish there were more people in the world like you.

Would love to see a tour of the new house, or just a quick show off of all the new animals if you get a chance! Great job so far always quality content :))

Crickets: what is this...wait. No..NO. TELL MY STOooorryyyyy...

I most definitely enjoyed your speaking on Saving Ely’s life. I can see you becoming a Vet in the near future. Bless you for everything you do with these and your bearded dragons. ✨🙏✨

Just two weeks of care helped it get back to health that shows how much bearded dragons connect to us and understand us

I recently got an adult beardie and I can't wait till I can get him used to handling. I want one that'll just hang out and chill.

Alex, I love you as a tuber man. You're one of my favorite animal people... BUUUUT, as a veterinary technician myself I will say you're exhausting. You seem like the person that comes to us, wants answers, but doesn't want to pay for any of the testing that tells us what's going on or complains about everything we do. You have to cover ALL bases within reason when diagnosing an animal. They can't talk and we aren't wizard mind readers. Calm down boi. XD Also, we HAVE to mark up prices of things. Human doctors mark things up 4x more. Honestly, I used to think the same as you, but working in the veterinary field now I understand. Unfortunately animals cost money long term.

I love what you did for this precious baby. My heart was breaking seeing her condition. Thank you for bringing life back into her. 💙💜

Used to feel the same about Baytril myself... all our various sick, possibly sick, lots of different species and lots of different medical issues- everyone gets Baytril! Parrot, rabbit, mouse, guniapig hamsters, other birds, everyone gets the same! Which you can buy online for very little, and it certainly does feel frustrating to pay a vet $50 to look at and weight my animal and prescribe me Baytril- I did more checks for my parrot than my vet did. Not had the best experience of most vets either, but finally found a good one- unfortunately all most vets know about is cats and dogs, because that’s all they see day after day. Anything like a parrot or reptile is an “exotic species” and the chance is high if you have experience that you know more about the animal than the vet. But don’t give up Alex, I finally found a good vet after a dozen useless ones, and it does feel good to be able to have a second opinion and support from someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. You should try calling different places with a “problem” (maybe something you’ve dealt with in the past) and see how they respond, have a chat with the vet over the phone and get a feel for them before you go and make and appointment- that way you can try to “vet” the vet without paying a pointless charge to see what basic knowledge they might have and how they suggest handling your hypothetical situation. Glad to see this Beardie is doing better- great video, and hope you’re feeling better now too Alex. Don’t forget to take some time and save some energy for yourself and take care of your needs too 😊

Just watching the crickets violently get shredded was entertaining

6:49 Oh my gosh that beardie just chilling in the left corner😭😍😂 Why didn’t I realize him earlier in the vid lol

There is no excuse for letting an animal get to this state. Good job GoHerping for saving her!

Great job! The fact that you got her to keep her head up and move around more is a major improvement from what she looked like before! Keep it up!

I’m so glad you could save her! She is so OwO, I hope she can live as long as possible!

“ babies are gross” - goherping 2019

You guys are so wonderful. To take on these difficult cases, and work so hard to teach yourselves what you need to do. One more reason why your generation gives me hope for this planet.

Alex you are by far my favorite KZfaqr , Thank you for saving Ellie! You and your team do a tremendous job!

Someone at Emerald Scales should just get a vet licence so they can be the vets they want in the world.

Hi Alex, whats the oldest beardie you've worked with? My girl just turned 13 and going strong!

Bro thank you so much. I thought this was gonna be a bs video. but you just saved my beardies life. I gotta do better but thank you!

The yellow lining around her eyes is amazing!

What is the antiparasitic medicine called that you found on Amazon? I live in Alaska where exotic vets aren't very common and I have to drive hours to reach one.

poor baby ☹️

hey! I just wanted to say I love your channel so much and you help educate me a lot. I’m always excited for an upload :)

The effort you put into saving this beardie is amazing. Thank you for bringing her back from the brink of death. She has intelligence in her eyes. She knows.

I have 2 bearded dragons one of them is my baby he goes every wear with me I take him to my dogs vet appointments so a couple hours after one of my appointments the vet called me and asked if I left my bearded dragon there because they found one on a shelf in the store (the vet was in a pet store) I told them I didn't and they said that if I went and got her right away so I went and picked her up they told me she was healthy but scared so I set her up in a 40 gallon tank and feed her then I noticed she had MBD(metabolic bone disease)with proper care she got better (there isnt a way to cure it) now she can run and play with my other dragon. (So her previous owners gave up on her and didnt try to help her but in 2 weeks of me having her she was 10x better)

Oh my god

Awww I’m crying I would never want this to happen to my beardie! Thank you so so much for saving this amazing beardie !

Gosh, the toughest part is finding this vet, like a doctor, I have CLD, I absolutely get it when no one understands, & full of bacteria infections, etc. I have felt the same with my dragon, it was so unbelievable, it absolutely makes me feel sad for his life... I’ve tried so much, that guy, he absolutely has a true purpose to fight through, I’ll see him through.

It's actually very common for beardies to get parasites even from captive bred insects.

Where I do understand some complaints about vets as a tech i hear complaints all the time that are can be valid or not. Where I do believe a lot of people know what they are talking about I hear about all these things people have googled and how they KNOW whats wrong with there animal, and in some cases they maybe right and i have no problem with people looking up their animals symptoms and mentioning it but just because you know something doesn't mean they shouldn't have and be charged for an exam and if an animal has not been seen a vet should not prescribe it. Not only is this a legality issue but we need to make a living just like everyone else. I'm not sure if that was the uncharged you mentioned but i thought it was worth mentioning.

Thanks so much for helping her! My bearded dragon is a rescue. I got him a few months ago. He is much happier now, as he was neglected before. He won't eat his veggies though. I think it's because he is going through shed BUT he will eat them blended up. So right now he loves his healthy veggie slurries. You have done such a good job for her! I just want to say thank for nursing her back to health. It's not an easy job helping reptiles get well again!

How could someone be so cruel and let her get to that stage... it's heartbreaking. I praise you for helping her and not giving up on her. Because now she can get and feel the love she deserves.

“Babies are gross” You are not wrong

"Babies are gross, beardies are not." As a mom of 2, I can verify lmao

Our boy Stan just chilling in the background

Thankyou so much for helping her. It hurts me to see an animal in such poor condition. She's beautiful and she'll be forever grateful to you ❤😄

When you don't give your bearded dragon supplements

Please help! I have a sick a bearded dragon with me and I need some help bringing it back to health I just have some questions on what I could do to help it So this has been a very sickly bearded dragon ever since I got it, it’s a PetSmart beardie and is only 7 months it has been housed properly and been on a good diet but has showed symptoms of mbd before and has been treated for it but also seems to be very small for its age Now it seems to be a respiratory disease and looks to have trouble breathing normally ( I believe it’s nose is clogged) any idea of how to get this sorted out without going to the vet? I also don’t trust the vets in my area and also don’t have the money to keep taking it Any advice will be helpful! I’m worried about the quality of life for this beardie and just want to get it healthy as soon as possible if possible Ps (I might go ahead and get that drug you mentioned in this video any idea on where I can get it?)

You've done such a good job making this lizard become better over time. Keep up the good work!

It's so upsetting that the vet wasn't helpful.. 😢 I'm amazed and so glad you were able to save her. 🖤