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O/T new bearded dragon, ; o )

niki_athena Jul 21, 2005 12:07 PM

What a surprize!

The parents have taken care of the dragon when their child lost interest, but don't want a lizard as a pet. He lives in a 4x2x1'6''(ht) homemade tank. All the necessities were furnished, and he is plump and healthy.

He is friendly enough. Gapes bluffingly. Squirmy, my collareds all are, but his scales are rough and tough on my skin compared to my other babies.

I'm excited. We fed it a bite of watermelon for a treat, but will keep low on fruits. He liked eating a large, scary cricket from the yard. The past two days he's eaten 2 mormon crickets each with supplements. I'm going to try and get him to eat some of his RepCal Bearded dragon pellet food.

My husband thinks he'll make a tank the same size, but with sliding plexiglass doors in the front to fit under the bearded dragon's tank and hold our collared lizards. We both think Annabella would like that more.

Annabella is quite skinny I'm going to give her Parazap starting today. The things lizard mom's do to make bugs more digestible. I pulled the back legs off a mormon cricket and put it in the tank for Ezra. Annabella and Ezra were both tugging at it. Ezra ate it. I pulled the back legs and the spiky half of the rest of legs off another and dropped it in. Ezra wanted to eat it, I took him out. Annabella was biting it, and she dropped it. I was picking it out and she kept grabbing at it like she was saying "Mom, I'm big enough to eat it" Instead I fed her green grasshoppers and a superworm.

Ezra the little pig, ate two superworms after the mormon cricket meal.

I was concerned about Cory. One of his back legs is slightly puffed and working less than the other. I'll try and make sure he gets his calcium supplement, and let you know if it gets better. He is otherwise in good shape.

And I'm pregnant and need to make sure I get my supplements too I forgot for a week and became anemic.

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-Nicole

2.1.0 collared lizards
2.0.0 side-blotched lizards
1.0.0 desert tarantula
small tropical fishes

Replies (2)

lizard_lover Jul 21, 2005 12:53 PM

Thanks for the detailed update; it's nice to know how things are going with you and the scaley family

Take care of yourself--and those lizards, of course! Congrats on your new beardie. It's a good looking fellow.

élan
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0.3.0 Collareds
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
0.0.1 Colombian Tegu
2.1.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.1.0 California Newts
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
0.0.1 Green Tree Frog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
2.1.0 Felines
1.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

PHEve Jul 21, 2005 01:25 PM

Hi Niki, glad to hear from ya. Love your new beardie he really looks healthy, (Very nice shape) My guy died in January , but I will always have a spot for beardies,

Everything sounds good, the cage plans, collareds, YOU, sound more uppy than ya did in your last email, LOL must be that pregnant mind-set we all experience, thats why I said THINK before ya act..... (wink)

Take care, your eating for 2 so make sure have a BUNCH a bugs on hand, heehhehehehe

Your family is GROWING by leaps and Babies/ BOUNDS


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PHEve/ Eve

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