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I heard that a local breeder was giving away baby dragons that had been left together too long and had suffered missing toes/legs/tails as a result. I hope a lesson was learned and the situation will not be repeated in the future. I went to see the babies and would have loved to have taken them all, but realistically I could only take one. I asked her to pick out the one she thought was in the worst shape. She handed me a little baby that was missing her front right leg, part of her tail, and almost all of the toes off of her remaining 3 feet. She currently has a total of 5 toes. But one is not looking very good and I fear she will soon be down to just 4 toes.

She gets along very good right now. Not sure how she'll do once she gets bigger and heavier. She is eating and drinking. She sometimes tries to bite me when I reach into the enclosure but you can't blame her. In the past things coming at her have eaten bits of her, so she's bound to be shy. Once I pick her up she's fine and does not bite.

She loves her crickets and is doing good with her greens for a baby. She drinks water from my finger tip. She's a great little Beardie. Here are some pictures of my precious Tipsy.

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Lyns Lair
WNY Herpetological Society

0.1 Cat (Mia)
4.2 Ferrets (Wolf, Shadow, Verdell, Sullivan, Boo, Peach)
8.0 Rats (Inky, Oy, Ben, Pinky, Templeton, Cotton, Bilbo, Carlo)
1.0 Carpet Python (Bear)
1.0 Malagasy Blonde Hognose (Wilbur)
1.0 Yellow/Everglades Rat Snake (Pumpkin)
1.0 Russian Sand Boa (Fang)
0.1 California King Snake (Boo)
0.1 Normal Corn Snake (Mysty)
1.0 Anery Corn Snake (Suezo)
1.1 Normal Corn Snakes het Pewter and Snow (Romeo & Juliet)
2.1.1 Eastern Milk Snakes (Uno, Dos, Tres, Snoopy)
1.0 Ball Python (Slytherin)
2.0 Smooth Green Snakes (Fred & George)
1.0 Northern Water Snake (coming soon)
0.1 Golden Greek Tortoise (Sunshine)
0.2 Mississippi Mud Turtles (Squirt & Shyanne)
1.0 Green Iguana (Norbert)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Moose)
0.0.1 Mountain Horned Dragon (Tiramisu)
1.0 American Toad (Bump)
1.0 AFT Gecko (Cocoa)
5.5 Leopard Geckos (Trouble, Scooter, Simba, Firenze, Teddy, Mystique, Freckles, Dotty, Zipper, Twister)

You would be superprized how resiliant these little guys are. My friend has a beardie with no front feet and only a nub of a tail, and she gets along fine with a little accomadation (wider, lower basking spots so she doesnt have to climb) Indy is now 3 years old, fat happy, and looking to live many more!

Good luck with your new baby!
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican kingsnake
1.0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0 BTS
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

Hi
i always wondering how it can people let it go so far!
i must knock on wood but i not got one babies from the 250 i raised who bite of one single toe.
i give them very much cricks 3 times a day and i freez them til they just stop moving 1,2 min .
then if you drop them in they not jump every where and you not get a feeding freanzy.
i must say am happy you have got the beardie and atleast he got a second change.
i also got a beardie with a missing part of front leg i adopted him from a petshop the dokter told the owner you can better let him sleep ,,,then i saw him in petshop and owner gave it to me for free and told that story to me.
but he whas faster at the grashoppers then they others and dith very wel his name whas stumpy hope he hunting cricks in heaven
i got him for 3 years nobody dint know how old he whas .
byeee

I am constantly amazed at man's cruelty towards animals. Thanks for rescuing the one you did. Good luck.

good luck with that adorable girl...don't give up hope, animals can be quite amazing...just ask my three legged bullfrog...