EbensDragons
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Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/72319695/help-boga-the-bearded-dragon-start-a-new-life
Hello Dragon Lovers!
About a week ago I adopted this beautiful girl (whom I have named Boga) from a really tragic situation. She's about seven or eight months old, and was being kept in a 20 gallon tank with nothing but a brown paper substrate, a heat rock, and some plastic plants. She was surrounded by feces and dead insects, and she was very cold when I met her. She's small for her age because of the size of the tank, and she's never been given vitamin or calcium supplements. She was raised on very small crickets (though not nearly enough), and mealworms. She was abused in many ways (see the site for full descriptions), including several occasions in which her tank was filled with marijuana vapor when she was very young. She shows clear signs of trauma, won't leave her tank, and runs away from all human contact (though I have been making progress with her by gently hand-feeding her, she is still unwilling to completely trust me and leave the safety of her tank).
As informed bearded dragon owners, I know you are all familiar with stories like these -- people who buy one of these creatures on an impulse (usually from Petco, as is her case) without any idea of how to take care of them, and then raise them in neglectful and abusive situations. I have spent endless hours researching the optimum care conditions for these creatures, and so I am glad that she ended up with me. However, because I wasn't expecting or prepared to adopt a nearly full grown beardy so soon, I can't cover the full costs of a new enclosure right now. So I am reaching out to anyone who is willing to contribute to her new home, who can help her start a new life and recover and heal from her traumatic childhood.
Also, I am offering a signed print of my own original painting of Boga as a reward for contributions of $30 or more! (For other examples of my artwork, visit: Eben Schumacher, Artist in Middlebury, VT
Anything you are willing to contribute would be a huge help!
Thank you all so much!
Best,
Eben
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/72319695/help-boga-the-bearded-dragon-start-a-new-life
Hello Dragon Lovers!
About a week ago I adopted this beautiful girl (whom I have named Boga) from a really tragic situation. She's about seven or eight months old, and was being kept in a 20 gallon tank with nothing but a brown paper substrate, a heat rock, and some plastic plants. She was surrounded by feces and dead insects, and she was very cold when I met her. She's small for her age because of the size of the tank, and she's never been given vitamin or calcium supplements. She was raised on very small crickets (though not nearly enough), and mealworms. She was abused in many ways (see the site for full descriptions), including several occasions in which her tank was filled with marijuana vapor when she was very young. She shows clear signs of trauma, won't leave her tank, and runs away from all human contact (though I have been making progress with her by gently hand-feeding her, she is still unwilling to completely trust me and leave the safety of her tank).
As informed bearded dragon owners, I know you are all familiar with stories like these -- people who buy one of these creatures on an impulse (usually from Petco, as is her case) without any idea of how to take care of them, and then raise them in neglectful and abusive situations. I have spent endless hours researching the optimum care conditions for these creatures, and so I am glad that she ended up with me. However, because I wasn't expecting or prepared to adopt a nearly full grown beardy so soon, I can't cover the full costs of a new enclosure right now. So I am reaching out to anyone who is willing to contribute to her new home, who can help her start a new life and recover and heal from her traumatic childhood.
Also, I am offering a signed print of my own original painting of Boga as a reward for contributions of $30 or more! (For other examples of my artwork, visit: Eben Schumacher, Artist in Middlebury, VT
Anything you are willing to contribute would be a huge help!
Thank you all so much!
Best,
Eben
Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/72319695/help-boga-the-bearded-dragon-start-a-new-life
