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Post by Liv the Librarian on Sept 17, 2014 21:21:00 GMT -6
He was doing a lot better when I went into the store today, but it's clear that he still has some symptoms of MBD, undernourishment, and dehydration. So we are going to fix that. I'm sure I'll see the same progress in him that I saw in Oody when I got her, if not better because maybe this little guy will actually grow lol (to be fair, Oody is almost a foot long now though, and weighs towards 80g, but I need to redo her monthly measurements here soon). We named him Silence, after the Doctor Who villains because all of our beardies are named after Doctor Who characters or creatures. Sherry decided that she'd only had him since February, so he's roughly seven-eight months old (depending on when the hell she actually got him, who knows) and weighed in at 46 grams at 11 inches long (snout to tail). He's awesome and already loves me and Billy. Here are some pictures!!!        |
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Post by TAZ on Sept 18, 2014 8:28:49 GMT -6
he's tiny....
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Post by Liv the Librarian on Sept 18, 2014 9:08:05 GMT -6
I know!
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Post by TAZ on Sept 18, 2014 22:06:48 GMT -6
what i find funny is that it's never been legal to export dragons, the HUGE number found elsewhere are descendants of those smuggled out in the 70's-90's
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Post by Liv the Librarian on Sept 19, 2014 9:24:20 GMT -6
I'm surprised that we don't have our own wild population by now. We have our own wild population of green iguanas down in Florida, and there are a few states that mimic the bearded dragon's native habitat.
I will say that I'm not a fan of exported animals, but if the animals are captive bred it's not going to stop me from taking care of them, as long as I feel I can fulfill their dietary (etc) needs. For example, The pet store owner went out and bought horned lizards without doing research and while they can eat crickets, mealworms, wax worms, and other insects, their diet is composed of hundreds of harvester ants daily. If they don't get those ants, they will eventually die from lack of nutrients no matter what you feed them. You can already see that their health is starting to decline. Though, technically the horned lizards weren't imported from another country, they were shipped from Texas.
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Post by TAZ on Sept 19, 2014 9:54:25 GMT -6
so you have a pet store that sucks
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Post by Liv the Librarian on Sept 19, 2014 17:00:16 GMT -6
Yeah, the owner is a good person and tries hard, but she just doesn't listen or do things right. It's really frustrating
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Post by Crouton on Sept 19, 2014 19:26:03 GMT -6
Can I ask you something. Just out of curiosity, do you live in a house or rented apartments? And if it's apartments do the landlords have any problems with the animals you keep? The reason I can't keep more animals is because I live in a rented apartment, and like almost every single apartment in my city it has a strict no animals rule. Every 6 months we have an inspection and we struggle to hide Pringle's huge tank, tank stand, all his heating etc as well as the rat cage and the rats. We only JUST have enough space to hide all that so we can't get more. If you live in a house and that's how you can keep all the animals then I'm super jealous. Or is it that animals are allowed in rented flats there? I know it's different everywhere and I'm really curious about it.
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Post by Crouton on Sept 19, 2014 19:27:39 GMT -6
I'm surprised that we don't have our own wild population by now. We have our own wild population of green iguanas down in Florida, and there are a few states that mimic the bearded dragon's native habitat. I will say that I'm not a fan of exported animals, but if the animals are captive bred it's not going to stop me from taking care of them, as long as I feel I can fulfill their dietary (etc) needs. For example, The pet store owner went out and bought horned lizards without doing research and while they can eat crickets, mealworms, wax worms, and other insects, their diet is composed of hundreds of harvester ants daily. If they don't get those ants, they will eventually die from lack of nutrients no matter what you feed them. You can already see that their health is starting to decline. Though, technically the horned lizards weren't imported from another country, they were shipped from Texas. It will be a very sad day when there is a wild population of beardies in America. Not to be offensive or anything but that's really depressing. |
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Post by sjfaerlind on Sept 20, 2014 17:14:28 GMT -6
Nice pics Liv! I always thought reptiles have the coolest looking ears.  |
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