ElDubbaDubz
New member
Hello everyone! I'm new here so forgive me if I do something wrong. I just wanted to introduce you all to my new beardie, Hamster! (It's an inside joke in the family to name pets after animals that they aren't. We call him/her Hammy for short). Obviously, it's a bit too young to tell the sex, so we just call it a "him" for now. If it turns out to be a girl, I'll probably change the name to something more feminine.
Hammy is around a month or two old, (not sure exactly, as the lady at the pet store couldn't remember when they were born). For now, I'm keeping him in an old hamster cage, but I hope to get him a real vivarium soon after Christmas. We have a somewhat ghetto lighting setup right now. My grandpa and I built a little wooden table out of a few boards that stands over the cage that the light hangs from. When we first got him, he didn't eat much, but after awhile he got quite an appetite. Now, he's starting to shed so he's not eating as much, but I'm making sure he gets at least a few crickets a day and plenty of collard greens.
Hammy is very calm for the most part unless I let him out. When I let him out, he loves to crawl around and explore. He also loves to climb around on me while my dad and I watch Game of Thrones (as you can see in the pictures).
The rest of the family isn't as excited about having a lizard around, so he mostly spends time with me. My grandpa and my dad are okay with petting him, but my grandma absolutely refuses to touch him. But apparently, my grandma does like to watch him and check up on him while I'm at school, so I'm starting to think she might grow to like him. We have two dogs, but they're both very timid so I'm not worried about them hurting him.
Let me know what you guys think! Like I said, I'm new here and I've never owned a beardie before so if anybody could give me any tips I'd be glad to hear them.
