Nathaniel, Cierra, Castiel, Freya, Grrl; RIP GABRIEL

30, wow, no more eggs after this poor Cierra! Are you feeling any better Deb?

Thanks Makayla, I am, on a new antibiotic that doesn't bother my stomach, not coughing much but had puffers for that if needed. Just still tired but even that's getting better. Off next week, too, see my doc on Thursday, then see when I go back to work.

Have some pics to post, but will do that later, have to check the crew.

Wow so they can lay eggs twice in such a short period of time (she laid eggs just a month or so ago, didn't she?).

Sorry that you are still under the weather.

Lucky did something to his leg over-night, so he is going to the vet later this afternoon. He's not impacted, he cannot possibly have MBD . . . so I have no clue what he did. He put weight on really fast, so I am guessing he tried to make a jump that he used to be able to make, and he didn't make it and fell. But there is nothing that he could fall that far from. I lowered everything in the cage and took out anything that his leg could get caught on, but he has just been laying on his basking spot all day. He can walk, but that leg is not working right, so he won't walk much.

I'm glad you're getting him to the vet, he could have just pulled something but also could be something more serious. I pulled one of Nathaniel's arms when I was getting him out from under the stereo cabinet, it took a week to heal and he was really good about not walking on it, he stayed quiet all day for 5 days. Considering he's my craziest dragon when it comes to running around, that was unusual. I didn't take him to the vet, because I knew it was just a pulled muscle and within a week he was runnng around again.

So Imp shows me how he pancakes, still on Ella:

A few pics of Cierra after eggs, she's doing really well, I weighed her this am & she was 410, so really only needs to gain about 50g to get to her normal weight. So that's good, she's eating all her greens and lots of super worms.

Imp in his bath, his colours are popping lately

Imp and Cierra got an hour in the sunshine today. Tomorrow the older boys get their turns.

So after an hour I brought Imp in but couldn't find Cierra, but then I did:
And there she was, after looking for her on my hands and knees under all the plant tables :roll:

And a few pics of the rest of the crew:
Gabriel was smiling at me

Castiel on his log, he loves that log, that's Rubio's big blanket folded up in the corner, Castiel finds it so soft. It's one of the fleece blankets that my friend Dawn make back in 2011!:

And last but not least, Nathaniel, all healed up:

They're all doing well but Nathaniel's shed on his tail and back legs is taking it's sweet time, so I'm going to cover those areas with coconut oil tonight and do that for a few days to get the shed off.

So weighed Imp and he's 283g and 17" long!!! He'll be 8 mo old on June 1, time sure flies. He's also eaten every single roach in my 2 colonies, so they're both dedicated to breeding now and no touching them expect to put out food. There are already babies and I'm hoping by the end of the summer, they recover again. I told Imp, it's crickets and super worms from now on, he's not too pleased, but that's just too bad. He had the roaches when he really needed them and I can't buy any because they're illegal to buy in Canada. I was just lucky to find someone who sold me a huge colony a few years ago and they've been going strong every since, until Imp came alone :lol:

Wowzer! 283 grams and 17 inches long! He sure is having a major growth spurt, huh?
Good job, Mom and Imp!

Imp, aka the roach vacuum. :lol:

YAY IMP! (too bad about roaches)

Lucky weighed in at 299 grams and 17" tonight. He's about 6 months (he could be a little more than that). His leg is all better (it was just a pulled muscle or something - not bone issues - they x-rayed), but they found that he had too many coccidia so he is on ponazuril for two doses.

You're right Gina, he is a roach vacuum, but he'll have to get used to crickets and super worms. He didn't eat much today, and wouldn't touch the crickets, my Cierra ate about 50! She'll vacuum them up if she's in the mood :lol: So I have 2 vacuum cleaners in the house.

And poor Lucky, just make sure you have moved all his furniture out but his basking spot and put him on paper towels. That parasite can re-infect him easily, it can be hard to get rid of. He'll need to have another fecal done in 2 weeks to make sure it's gone. I've never had to deal with it, but alot of people I know have, it's a pain. Good luck and I told you he'd be bigger than Imp, I'm will be 8 mo old on June 1, he may even be older.

So I scored today. Remember I said that Walmart stopped bringing in collard greens? Well a local organic food store had a garden sale and I scored 15 collard plants for me and 13 for Joanne, so we're thrilled. I'll have to wait until Tuesday to plant them, have enough soil, I think and enough pots. But the dragons will have collards all summer!

And snuggling with Nathaniel and Castiel on the way to their baths.

wow that was a lot of eggs! Beautiful pictures of your crew as usual. I love the colors on Imp. Hope you feel better soon. I was under the weather for about 2 weeks, just a slight cough now lingering. Whatever it is, is going around!

Hi Tonya, saw the pics of your 3 Ems, they're so cute!

It started as a cold, turned into bronchitis within 3 days. Now I'm not coughing near as much and have some energy back. Back to work on Friday after I see my doc on Thursday but I don't see an issue with it. The only thing I'm going to miss is my youngest nephew's play at school. He's the Tin Man & has a solo song in the Wizard of Oz. I would have loved to see that but work has to come first, unfortunately.

Well we had a great day yesterday for my dad's 89th birthday, we went to the bird sanctuary close to my folks home. It was great, overcast, then a bit sunny, but the picnic area, after we saw & fed all the birds. So had alot of fun.
So here are some birds. Mallard ducks lots of Canada geese adults. Plus ducklings in the water by the picnic area and then sandhill cranes.

Ducks and geese

Mom and duckling (the baby is hard to spot, behind Mom)

A different mom and 18 ducklings in the water. They loved the bird seeds that Ryder threw to them (bought onsite)

My dad sure enjoyed his day
Cake, even!
And a noise maker!

And then the cranes
There were 3 altogether

My nieces and nephews were all there, it was awesome:

Even Ryder, who'd had the stomach flu for 2 days, felt better

So I was tired when I got home, had supper and then realized I had to feed Bunny. So I'm putting crickets in her tank as usual and when I'm done I realized that Bunny was out of her tank! The little brat had snuck underneath my hands and taken off. I saw a movement out of the corner of my eye and there she was, running down the hallway towards the bathroom. I was laughing so loud while I was running to catch up with her. At least she got some exercise, and my heart got some, too, when I couldn't find her :lol:

So back from the docs and the bronchitis still isn't gone. Doc said another 7-10 days, maybe longer. I have a puffer now to take twice a day, the antibiotics finish on Sunday & I have acid reflux from taking them, so have a pill to take 1/2 hr before breakfast. Sigh...I'm glad to be home if I'm on vacation but not sick. I still get so tired, just part of it. I haven't had bronchitis for years, so this is getting to be a big drag. But as doc said, if I go back too early, I'll relapse and be worse for it. So have to see this through.

Everyone's been getting lots of outside time since I've been home. Imp is on the ramp now, I'm just about to take him back to his tank for night night. I can fell that he's gotten heavier, will report what his weight and length are on Sunday, as usual.

I took some "pancake pictures" this week:
Gabriel: first his cute look, then the pancake, he's shedding, poor guy.


Castiel:
And resting after making a fool of himself in front of Cierra...wonder if she's got more eggs going...oh I hope not, too soon.

Nathaniel:

Cierra, she's gained alot of weight and is looking much better:
and with her piggy

And of course, Imp, he sure can flatten himself:

Do they flatten themselves to get warm and when they are scared/angry?

They are all looking good.

Did your doctors take a chest x-ray?

Yes, they flatten to get warm, and Gabriel especially, has a big pancake when he flattens out. :lol: No, my doc is having me take Advair puffer twice a day, I see him Friday, if it's not cleared up then I'm going to ask for an xray. I had a "return to work" call today, so if I'm fine by Friday, I go to work on Monday and see how many hours I can do. I hate this, as much as I love being home for the babies, I hate being sick, it's hard to do anything.

I tried to get a close up of Imp with his eye colours, but my camera keeps showing up orange where around his eyes is actually deep brick red:

He's getting more colourful every month.

So got everyone's weight & Imp's length:

Imp 320g and 17 1/4" long

Nathaniel 476g

Cierra: 463g up from 435 on May 22!

Gabriel staying steady at 596g, my chunky monkey

Castiel 576, down a bit but not too bad.

Everyone had baths today and poops except Castiel, will continue to work on him.

Urates were hard so baths daily this week because I'm home, after that every 2 days, means getting up early but that's what has to be done. Giving them water when in the bath and days they're not in the bath should help, too.

Off to pick up mail and get some provisions. Everyone got some sun today, too, which they all enjoyed!