Recent content by ChileanTaco

If that works, and it does, that's great :) I'm also a huge fan of using methods as gentle as possible. E.g.: I would never grab my dragon (or any other pet) unless in an emergency, whereas I often see that people feel like they have a right to grab their pet whenever they want and not even...

I also had not wanted a 2 month old - 3 months however was fine; that's what I meant that I was happy I hadn't gotten him at 2 months but the one month more was cared by the people at the (I think very good) reptile store. Regarding frequent feeding: I can't, as I'm away from home some 12 - 14...

If they are too big to use them as feeder, you can continue to feed them and let them pupate, then you get moths :)

Some suggest to put slight (!) pressure on the dragon's jaw joint, both left and right side - most dragons will open their mouth to get rid of the pressure. I hadn't to do that myself, tough, as so far I had not to get something in.

Are you looking into alternatives for hornworms (to feed your dragon instead), or do you want to know what you can feed your hornworms?

@Rocky2022 That might have been a bit misleading: I'm not afraid of the big ones - rather my husband was. He was more into getting a leopard gecko or crested gecko, an animal that fits on the palm of a hand, with a tank that easily fits on a small side table. When I looked at the big bearded...

I see his tail lifted up - that means positive excitement, a happy dragon! Mine also loves that, looking out of a window :) He sits just like that at the back of his enclosure, back of enclosure is glass also and behind there is a window. He then sits exactly like this. But also when he's out...

For me, Taco is also my "big boy", "buddy" - looks just so confident and tough. When Taco relaxes, we make jokes about him having to relax because he has a veeeery hard life :D (as of: he's hard and scaly)

This is always a very good idea! I even do so with my dragon (who is young and healthy) as he hates things changing.

Was just yesterday in the reptile/exotics pet store where I bought Taco to get some Reptivite (got only the small package, that's why it was already empty). and while looking around (they always have some of their own pets there, and some herps which are usually ball pythons, bearded dragons...

@NickAVD Despite we're not letting him out at dining time, Taco does the same when we eat: Likely he will also eat. (His enclosure is in the dining room/ across the (dinner) table, too.)

Our Taco looks when we eat spaghetti, linguine or (large) prawn :D (He has never tried to grab food as he is always in his enclosure when we eat - for various reasons, such as I don't want him to eat human food, I don't want to run away from my meal to put him back in his enclosure/ under a...

So pretty - gorgeous dragon :) I especially love the last photo in the first posting.

Never done - you could of course attach a bell to a harness. I just would not do so if not absolutely necessary - i think of the stress the sound would cause. (Bearded dragons hear very well, and when I see this from my perspective as a noise-sensitive person who does not like any sounds...

@IAmAMirage Regarding the states, I can only say for California and for Tennessee - that's where they only have it after Thanksgiving. (Was checking the Aldi ad weekly also for other things and visited the store about once a month or in case I'd like something from the ad also in between.) Their...