HANDI-CAPABLE: THE 7 WONDERS OF MY WORLD!

WELCOME TO: BELLA, OLLIE, PYREX, GABBY, LINCOLN, SCARLETT, AND MICA'S STORY.

Hi everyone,
Somehow having 3 threads going at the same time, bogged me down from posting faithfully, I don't know why it would :?: , but I thought I'd consolidate the 3 together to make this one topic. I'm going to post some original info from each thread to update anyone who doesn't know my clan, then I'll have some new pics at the end.

From "HANDI-CAPABLE BELLA, PLUS OLLIE+ PYREX" Thread

~BELLA~
Well, on craig's list someone posted a 2 yr old "handicapped" girl......... aggressive (this may have been d/t improper lighting and food)............. so not a good pet for children, and would be asking for a rehoming fee.
Long story short.......the lister couldn't take care of her........... he was interested in other pets and was moving on, and when I saw a picture of her, I knew she was suppose to be mine. Many people called for her, and he said that if I came down to pick her up, he would not charge me for her. Sooooooooo...........off I went, with much anticipation and knowing it was going to be a long day trip.
When I saw her, she was in a dirty viv, sand substrate, urate smelling drift wood, and she was very small with poop smears on her. She had a household light bulb only......... with a black light for night time......... no food or vitamins on hand.......... with everything in much need of a good cleaning. In the owners defense......... he said he wanted her to go to a good home............. so someone could take care of her. When I saw her.......... I instantly fell in love.
I brought her some butterworms, to see if she would eat them in her enviroment before I scooped her up to take her away d/t the possibility that she'd have relocation stress and not eat. She goobled them up..........I was so happy!
When I picked her up, she was very tense, bearding without darkening, and trying to bite me x2........ but I was persistent, and rubbed the top of her head, so she settled down quickly. So tiny........I asked the owner, are you sure she's 2 yr's old? He said yes, and told me how she lost her feet, etc. Apparently she was a runt, and the other babies attacked her leaving her with her right front foot missing at the ankle, back left missing from the ankle down, back right missing right below the knee down, and half her tail. She has the front left limb completely, but the fingers are crooked, the limbs are very skinny, and mushy/soft, significant of MBD, also her jaw is a little off alignment, another sign of MBD too.
I wrapped her snuggly in a soft towel, and she went home on my friends chest, cozy and sleeping. I brought hand warmers with me so they were within the towel......... she was toasty warm and appeared very content. It was a long day, and the only time she moved, was when she did a poop........ much to my delight........... because of the sand substrate housing. I had brought another towel, just in case that happened.
I have named her "BELLA"...............for she is truely "beautiful".......... she has some orange/red on her face/beard and back, not too much, just enough. Her eyes are the perfect color with the golden color outlining the dark iris, she has a short nose, 9" long, from nose to tail end, and weighs 140 gm. She looks like a baby not a 2 yr. old.
When she woke up in the AM, she had a nice salad then I gave her some phoenix worms......... she's very alert and study's everything, including me. She pooped again, which was wonderful, formed but smelly, so I'll be testing her soon for parasites. Bath time was cute, I held her and took a soft toothbrush and removed the dried poop from her........ I think she thought she died and went to heaven.
I am using what I have........... I have cleaned and baked her things, I couldn't salvage one piece of driftwood, because the urate smell wouldn't come out.
I have a very low hammock for her, a hide, and a low log......... she manages well with walking........ but woobles d/t the MBD and her legs being unevenly amputated.
All I can say is............ she is precious, and I love her........... plus I want to give her the best home that she deserves, especially with her past. Meet Miss Bella Graham. (All my beardies have middle names)


~OLLIE~
He was my first beardie, I picked him out from a tank filled with at least 50 babies, didn't know a thing about beardies or their care. I soon found this site and quickly learned how to set up the viv, etc., and had a stool sample examined only to find out that he had AV. I hand fed him for over 2 years, plus he had pneumonia, so it was 14 days of injections, nebulizer treatments and medicines, but he is now eating on his own, still fussy about the greens at times, but appears stable. Meet Oliver "Ollie" Spike.

~PYREX~
He is a snow morph, and was abandoned at a reptile expo. I saw him on the information table, tiny and under a cool breeze, so I went to the MC and said it was nice they were using a baby beardie as their mascot, but he would freeze to death all day with the air conditioning blowing on him. He wasn't a mascot,............ and someone left him, :?: :?: so I waited all day for someone to claim him, no one did, and low and behold, I was driving home with a new baby. Meet Pyrex Ricco.

From "NEW BABIES AND PICS, Meet Gabby, Lincoln, and Scarlett!!" Thread
~LINCOLN AND GABBY~
So.............they have a Reptile expo in Co. 4x a yr. and yesterday was my first introduction to the western expo's. Of course, I was only going to buy some supplies, really............ but couldn't help my self to look at the babies, I should have never gone near the tables. One vendor had some beautiful morphs and I fell in love with a 4 month male, with a tail nip. He comes from a red sandfire/het/hypo/blood line, I held him of course, put him back and spent the day chatting with vendors and buying supplies, but when I went back, much to my amazement, he was still there................he made an offer I couldn't refuse.................but here's the unbelievable part.............I already had a little girl under my shirt (to keep her warm) that I purchased for $10.00. She was under another vendors table and while looking at their beautiful tiger/red babies, the vendor said, I have a baby that's been nipped on her foot/tail, would you like to see her? I should have said "no thank-you, I have to leave", but of course I said yes........... if you've been following Bella's thread, you know I rescue beardies, and I couldn't put her down.......the vendor said, "I want her to go to a good home", and that was it, paid the money and...........off I went to the ladies room, put her under my shirt, and she never moved the rest of the day. The vendor said she was a normal, but when she warmed up, her head became neon yellow, along with her shoulder blades, and when she was a baby, she had a diamond pattern going down her tail, thus, her name.......... So this is Lincoln Mosaic and Miss Gabby Diamond.

~SCARLETT~
She came to my home during part of my (pringle) addiction, one of my few beardies that does not have any infirmities; she's still growing and quick as ever, she keeps me on my toes and is getting her own little personality. Meet Scarlett Emerson.

From "MY NEW (PRINGLE) MICA" thread
~MICA~
Well, as some of you know, I've always wanted a "white" beardie, so I've kept my eyes open for the right one. It's difficult to know what a 6" baby will grow up to be, color-wise, even if the parents are leucistic, etc, so I've been hesitant in getting such a small tyke....................
Well........................., I found a 11 month old light colored male, hypo pastel, that I just loved when I saw him, and knew he'd me mine. To my surprise, he was very skinny and lethagic, but friendly and lovable. I really felt that he came to me as a rescue,........ just for me to nurture and love. Meet the one and only, Mica Jackson.


So there's the synopsis of each baby, and here are a few pics for an update.

~Bella~

~Ollie~

~Pyrex~

~Lincoln~

~Gabby~

~Scarlett~

~Mica~

So I hope you enjoyed the new pics, sorry for the long intro, but I hope you'll leave a note so you can continue to follow my special family and their updates. That's my one fear about closing my other threads, that I'll lose all my contacts, so please check in.

Bugs and hugs to all, :love5:

 

[beardie osk]

Yes NCSUCarrie, I had a great and non-typical Halloween, thanks........................now I'm off to check out your thread.

 

[Edwtampa]

that's great you made so many little ones happy with your beardies!i made my neighnors grandson veery happy with a little baggy full of shed skin from Gypsy

i wanted my parents to answer the door with Gypsy,but i figured she'd be too sleepy so i left her in her tank.oh well!

 

[beardie osk]

that's great you made so many little ones happy with your beardies!i made my neighnors grandson veery happy with a little baggy full of shed skin from Gypsy

i wanted my parents to answer the door with Gypsy,but i figured she'd be too sleepy so i left her in her tank.oh well!

Halloween was certainly fun this year!
Isn't it funny how a simple bag of shed skin can make someone happy? I have a complete gloved hand shed that looks like Michael Jacksons glove and a perfect double eye shed that looks like sunglasses, silly isn't it? :wink:

 

[sweetiepie9]

Wow, that's rare to get a full hand shed.

How are you doing Christine, sounds like you're getting around to see your relatives, that's always a good thing. I'm off to my niece's 9th birthday afternoon tea party, so that'll be fun.

I understand your worries about Mico, being up and not eating. Lonzo's the same, so I've started feeding him babyfood squash every am. He eats a tsp or maybe 2 tsp daily. He's losing weight but very active, I swear he thinks it's spring...he's hilarious. I feel he'll gain weight in the spring when they all get their appetites back. Maybe babyfood would work on Mica. I feel all the beardies that want squash in the bath, very easy to clean off. I started this last month, as they wouldn't eat the veggie. Plus once in awhile, Lonzo will eat worms. Not a great diet but better if ne neats nothing, he's up every day, too. Everyone else sleeps for a week, unless they've eaten something for bath/poop detail. Rubio and Leo have gained weight while brumating. Isn't that weird? Brumation is annoying and after a week it's a relief to wake them up for water, etc. I miss them during the week, even if it means I have less beardie chores in the am before work.

I'll be glad when the winter is over. Except for my birthday, Christimas and my son's birthday (Dec 27) I don't like the dark when coming home from work. I'll be glad when the day gets longer. So that's my grouch for the day!

Hope all is well with your sister and your niece. I'm so glad you're there for them. I'm sure you've added love and sunshine to them to help recovery.

Take care Christine,
talk to you soon
HUGS to you to help you get through brumation.
Deb

 

[beardie osk]

Hi Deborah,
Family affairs are fun, aren't they? Have fun at your neice's birthday tea.........We're getting ready for a prime rib meal and to watch the Patriots game, yummy.......
Mica and Lincoln are my non eaters right now, so I do give them babyfood with calcium, critical care, vitamins, and probiodics. I give those different times, not all at once. And of course, the soaks in their tubs.
No one is in full brumation here, sleepy eyes on Lincoln, Mica, Pyrex, and Gabby but no one really out or fast asleep, so I don't like it when they don't eat.
Thanks for asking about my family, my neice and hubby are looking forward to their next pregnancy, they are trying to be very positive and continue to heal. The dad got a tattoo of Caleb and he has one more sitting.....it looks just like him, now they have him with them forever. My sister is up and down with emotions with her recovery, she has been so independant in the past, and this has knocked her for a loop, I feel bad for her. She feels she's not progressing as she should, but from a medical standpoint she is doing well, all I can do is encourage her. Caleb's death isn't helping, but she is trying to be upbeat.
I hope to post some pics tomorrow, thanks for checking in Deb.

 

[beardie osk]

Hi folks,
Since I'm watching the patriots game and their winning,(sorry Pittsburgh) I thought I'd post some pics. I usually tuck all 7 of my babies in for the night, but occasionally they either come out of their cave or the lights go out and they find a spot for the night. I check them all before I go to bed and to my surprise, I'm baffled with some of the positions, so I thought I'd post a few just for fun. Some quality is to be desired, because they are taken in the dark, so bear with me.

My sleeping beauty of the bunch,Solomon, he can sleep anywhere, anytime.

Here's Mica, I always get nervous when their balancing on a log, I put him in his cave before I go to bed.

Now I don't know if Mica was sound asleep, but he was upright and didn't move forever, how can you rest standing??

Scarlett is my dangling queen, hanging off items, not too bad here, but if I slid the glass to open, she'd be on the floor.

Here's Scarlett hanging head first off her mountain, yikes, it was 2 stories high!

Lincoln snuggling up to his blanket, what a good boy!

This is Lincoln fast asleep after climbing the mountain, whew!

Gabby leaning up to her small pointy tree trunk, can't they feel sharpness?

This is a pic of Gabby's little duck breaking out of it's egg.

So here's Gabby leaning on the duck with it's head jammed in her neck, how can this be comfortable?

Pyrex on his soft froggy.

Here's Pyrex standing, holding onto his cave, sleeping??????

Ollie resting yet sleeping on his "Ollie's Inn" rock.

Here's Ollie with his neck against the side of the viv and his head straight up, :shock: my neck is killing me looking at this, he started to wake up with all the flashing.

Bella sleeping against the hard rock.

This is one of Bella's favorite positions, climbing up her turtle and next to her little bug.

I'm always amazed when they snuggle to a hard, cold object, I wonder what their thinking :?: :?:
So there's a sleeping beauty sequence, something I should be doing now myself.............
Take care,
Hugs and bugs to all, :love5:

 

[fresnowitte]

Aww....just look at all those precious sleeping babies in all their crazy poses. :love5:
Wonderful idea Christine...considering this time of year that's pretty much what they are doing. :lol:

Solomon looks very comfy too.

 

[beardie osk]

Thanks Barb, I find them so cute when their sleeping, I love their eyes and little bulges........Thank goodness they're not all sleepy, I guess your fortunate when you have 7 beardies, at least someone is up and around at all times. 8)

 

[jeritta]

awwww, they look so cute. I love sleepy pix. It is amazing some of the positions they can sleep in.
This is one of my favorite threads. I love seeing how they are doing and look forward to new posts.

 

[beardie osk]

awwww, they look so cute. I love sleepy pix. It is amazing some of the positions they can sleep in.
This is one of my favorite threads. I love seeing how they are doing and look forward to new posts.

Thank-you Jeritta, that was so nice of you to say. It's nice to read your comment knowing folks enjoy your thread, especially when photobucket is not co-operating and you want to throw your computer out the window. :wink:

 

[NCSUCarrie]

The sleeping poses were SO cute!! I enjoyed all the pics and am glad you persevered through a grumpy photobuket to share them with us all. I enjoyed them all I love funky (and oohhh soo comfy) sleeping pictures. 2 of my 3 dragons were just hammock sleepers and only my newer rescue Stitch gives me any funny poses. So I enjoy laughing at all the silly dragons out there!! Thanks for sharing

 

[beardie osk]

Thanks Carrie, I don't know what photobuckets problem is at times but you just have to plow through it............Love that little Stitch man, your doing a great job with him, keep up the good work.

 

[sweetiepie9]

Hi Christine '
I'm so glad to hear that your niece & her husband are healing and looking forward. They sound like a great couple. I can understand how your sister would be frustrated. Her brain feels she should be doing stuff but her back is against that. She'll get through this plateau, but I understand her frustration. Especially if she was very independant before surgery. Wish her well in the rest of her recovery.

Those pics are adorable. They're all in such funny positions. Some of ours get into strange positions sleeping, too. They're just so funny, our babies, right Christine :mrgreen:

Sweetie has decided she's had enough with sleeping for awhile, she's been asleep for 2 months+. So it's nice to see her & she's not flirting if she sees Lonzo, which means no eggs. You know what Sweetie's like with her egg-laying. It's nice to see that she's oblivious right now. It's a relief, too. Maybe it will last...one can only hope.

Lonzo still gets up every day, sometimes at 7a, sometines at 10a, it all depends on the day. When it's sunny out, like now, Lonzo's up really early and so is Sweetie. So if there's no wind, they can sit in the sun for awhile (separately of course) which is a bonus over here, where we normally get rain. Makes me feel better, too!

Thanks for the update and I'll look forward to the next batch of pics,
Hugs & snuggles
Deb

 

[beardie osk]

Thanks Deb, for all your well wishes for my family, I'll pass it along, it's certainly been a difficult year for humans as well as everyone else who lost beardies. Looking forward to the new year and it's hopeful blessings.
Yes I agree that our babies are funny creatures, all with different personalities, I just love them all, and all the different stories from everyone else.
Yes, please, please Sweetie, no more eggs, pleeeeeeeeease. I havn't dealt with that yet, and don't want too. Bella's 4, Gabby's 1-1/2, and Scarlett is still a juvie, so I'm hoping NO eggs. (Although, both Bella and Gabby are butterballs) :wink:
It's Ollie's birthday tomorrow, so I'll have to post some pics.........until then...............

 

[fez09]

LOVE LOVE LOVE the sleeping pics!!!! :love5: Everyone of them is so precious!!! Chencho has the same little beanie baby as Gabby, I love it!!!
Happy early b-day to Ollie!!!!!!!!