- Beardie name(s)
- Sir Henry of Scales
Hi guys! My name is hillary. My daughter Victoria (Tori) and I wound up "taking someone's Christmas present off their hands" in the beginning of January. His name was Henry, but he has since been knighted, and now goes by, "Sir Henry of Scales".
Needless to say, he was seriously neglected when we got him. He was in a Petco 20L kit setup with an outdoor thermometer in it, coil uvb, and a black bulb for heat. He was being fed nothing but huge chunks of apples and grapes, with crickets and mealworms just thrown into the tank in the morning and left until the next morning. Although by the time we got him, he hadn't eaten in a couple of weeks. When we cleaned his enclosure the first time, there was a layer of about 40 dead mealworms under the reptile mat. We adopted him immediately when asked, although Petco owed the original owner a vet visit, so we made her take him in for that. He weighed 11 grams at that time. I wish I'd thought to measure his length. The vet diagnosed and treated for parasites, and we got him back about 2 weeks later. While he was recovering at Petco (which they made us do) he was only being fed 4 worms and 2 crickets twice a day. He was up to 14 grams when he returned home at the end of January.
Since that time, he has been living his best dragon life. He is up to 85 grams and 11 inches! He eats some salad, the amount of which I'm not too worried about because of his age (we THINK he's 8 months now), dubias, BSFL, and extra small mealworms. Slowly we are weaning him of the mealworms. He is still in the 20L, but we have ordered a custom built 4'x2'x2' that should be ready in a couple of weeks. He likes to snuggle, take baths, and is starting to explore the office where his enclosure is.
I am absolutely loving this little guy, and doing the best I can to give him the best care that I can. I've always wanted a bearded dragon, but I truly had planned on researching their care before I got one. I just couldn't let that little baby stay where he was and be neglected to death, though.
Needless to say, he was seriously neglected when we got him. He was in a Petco 20L kit setup with an outdoor thermometer in it, coil uvb, and a black bulb for heat. He was being fed nothing but huge chunks of apples and grapes, with crickets and mealworms just thrown into the tank in the morning and left until the next morning. Although by the time we got him, he hadn't eaten in a couple of weeks. When we cleaned his enclosure the first time, there was a layer of about 40 dead mealworms under the reptile mat. We adopted him immediately when asked, although Petco owed the original owner a vet visit, so we made her take him in for that. He weighed 11 grams at that time. I wish I'd thought to measure his length. The vet diagnosed and treated for parasites, and we got him back about 2 weeks later. While he was recovering at Petco (which they made us do) he was only being fed 4 worms and 2 crickets twice a day. He was up to 14 grams when he returned home at the end of January.
Since that time, he has been living his best dragon life. He is up to 85 grams and 11 inches! He eats some salad, the amount of which I'm not too worried about because of his age (we THINK he's 8 months now), dubias, BSFL, and extra small mealworms. Slowly we are weaning him of the mealworms. He is still in the 20L, but we have ordered a custom built 4'x2'x2' that should be ready in a couple of weeks. He likes to snuggle, take baths, and is starting to explore the office where his enclosure is.
I am absolutely loving this little guy, and doing the best I can to give him the best care that I can. I've always wanted a bearded dragon, but I truly had planned on researching their care before I got one. I just couldn't let that little baby stay where he was and be neglected to death, though.