Dr. Alan Francis of the UK was the first to alert me to this a number of years back in relation to Garter Snakes. Further private testing indicated that a mixed diet including Goldfish could also cause thiamin (vit B) loss in rescue Red Eared Slider Turtles.
I don't work with Beardies and have never tried testing out the effect of thiaminase on any species of lizard but I would not risk Goldfish being a large part of the diet of any reptilian.
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tiapan,
Please forgive my rudness if it is wrong of me to ask, but what part of the world are you in?
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