nldaniels86
Member
Hello all!
I am a new beardie owner, ive never had reptiles before but it all started a couple of years ago when my ASD daughter started with her obsessions with dinosaurs. I took her to a reptile shop where the lovely owner showed her all the reptiles that he had, even letting her handle them and talking about them. Well for the 2 years after this, my daughter has non stop talked about getting a reptile as a pet, as they are in her eyes the closest thing to a dinosaur, and with bad timing the reptile shop closed so I didn't a clue where to start!!
So I did a lot of research online, and it took a lot of convincing, but I have now got a lovely baby beardie, who for now we have called Billie (as she is too young to tell if it is a male or female). It took me a week to set up the vivvy and and I must say, apart from the constant temperature checks and the hopping locusts, it has been an absolute pleasure for the first week of owning her! My daughter is over the moon and is doing very well, it is lovely to see her nice and relaxed talking to Billie through the glass, although it has been a struggle to teach her that we have to wait for Billie to settle in first before she can handle her. Billie isn't eating too well, and I have chatted to the store where I have bought her and he assures me this could just be a sign of stress due to the move and new surroundings, but if I have any other concerns I know I can ask him, and of course come on here for advice!
So that's me really, just wanting to come on and say hi, introduce myself and the lovely Billie, adding to the madhouse that is my family haha!! :lol:
I am a new beardie owner, ive never had reptiles before but it all started a couple of years ago when my ASD daughter started with her obsessions with dinosaurs. I took her to a reptile shop where the lovely owner showed her all the reptiles that he had, even letting her handle them and talking about them. Well for the 2 years after this, my daughter has non stop talked about getting a reptile as a pet, as they are in her eyes the closest thing to a dinosaur, and with bad timing the reptile shop closed so I didn't a clue where to start!!
So I did a lot of research online, and it took a lot of convincing, but I have now got a lovely baby beardie, who for now we have called Billie (as she is too young to tell if it is a male or female). It took me a week to set up the vivvy and and I must say, apart from the constant temperature checks and the hopping locusts, it has been an absolute pleasure for the first week of owning her! My daughter is over the moon and is doing very well, it is lovely to see her nice and relaxed talking to Billie through the glass, although it has been a struggle to teach her that we have to wait for Billie to settle in first before she can handle her. Billie isn't eating too well, and I have chatted to the store where I have bought her and he assures me this could just be a sign of stress due to the move and new surroundings, but if I have any other concerns I know I can ask him, and of course come on here for advice!
So that's me really, just wanting to come on and say hi, introduce myself and the lovely Billie, adding to the madhouse that is my family haha!! :lol: