ModernAlchemy
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Hi all! I've lurked on these forums from time to time (when a Google search turns up a post for a question we have about our beardie) but figured I'd join now as I'm actually starting to have real questions.
This is Stubbs:
She's a little over a year old; we brought her home from the pet store on Christmas Eve, 2017. She's named after her stub tail, because the breeder that Petco got her from (Yes, we've since learned that Petco is a bad source of reptiles) kept her and her clutch mates in crowded conditions and one of them got nippy. It doesn't impede her in the slightest, and it got us a 25% "cosmetic discount" when we bought her. She's a little small for a beardie, because she had a nasty bout of coccydia when she was younger that seems to have stunted her growth (and also seems to have given her some trouble pooping; she tends to save it up for a week or so and then finally let out a massive dump. We suspect she has trouble staying hydrated, because her urate ends up being a little hard, so it's probably a little painful for her to pass.) She is generally either sitting on her log/ledge half asleep or demanding to be let out, where she runs around the house like a crazy lizard. There is no in between with her. She used to enjoy just sitting on my shoulder as I drank my morning coffee, but that seems to have become a bit passe to her now; I'm hoping that once the summer comes back on, she'll settle down and we can go back to having our little bonding time in the mornings. She's a little bit of a finicky eater, but she's gotten to reliably eating her salad, and she will eat as many blueberries as you put in front of her.
This is Stubbs:
She's a little over a year old; we brought her home from the pet store on Christmas Eve, 2017. She's named after her stub tail, because the breeder that Petco got her from (Yes, we've since learned that Petco is a bad source of reptiles) kept her and her clutch mates in crowded conditions and one of them got nippy. It doesn't impede her in the slightest, and it got us a 25% "cosmetic discount" when we bought her. She's a little small for a beardie, because she had a nasty bout of coccydia when she was younger that seems to have stunted her growth (and also seems to have given her some trouble pooping; she tends to save it up for a week or so and then finally let out a massive dump. We suspect she has trouble staying hydrated, because her urate ends up being a little hard, so it's probably a little painful for her to pass.) She is generally either sitting on her log/ledge half asleep or demanding to be let out, where she runs around the house like a crazy lizard. There is no in between with her. She used to enjoy just sitting on my shoulder as I drank my morning coffee, but that seems to have become a bit passe to her now; I'm hoping that once the summer comes back on, she'll settle down and we can go back to having our little bonding time in the mornings. She's a little bit of a finicky eater, but she's gotten to reliably eating her salad, and she will eat as many blueberries as you put in front of her.