Claud's Crew! - New Girl In The House! - New Pics

Welcome to my journal for my crew! This will be the thread I post all my pictures and updates in regards to my crew! This is going to be like a journal of sorts. A tool I can use to look back on and see how I was doing things, and important events that have occurred for my crew! I really like being able to go back and look at things like that.

To start off with, since all my dragons had a thread previously, they will all get their own post under this to kind of catch up to where things are right now.

A bit about me (EDIT: Ok it's a lot about me now..)

I've had dragons for almost 20 years now. My first dragon was named Shredder. Information was so scarce back then, and I was so inexperienced, Shredder didn't last long under my care. He was housed on walnut shell, typical petstore setup (you think they are bad nowadays, think back 20 years ago) and I honestly don't remember much else about how i cared for him besides the fact that I had grown attached to him. After shredder died, I dedicated a good portion of my free time to learning about dragons. I knew I wanted another, but I didn't want him to suffer the same fate. I read, I learned, I talked to other owners that I would meet at petstores. I read every caresheet I could find online. I even talked breeders ears off when they'd let me. I got another dragon eventually, Hawk. And then another, Buttercup. Then I rescued Scorpio. And shortly after that, I saw a runt in a petstore that I bought, Rusty. For awhile, this was my crew. They all lived for 5 or 6 years. Their care wasn't perfect, but it was better and I was learning and growing as a dragon keeper.

One day the petstore owner and I were talking, and he wanted to give me his dragon. He didn't want to take care of her anymore. I had never taken in an adult dragon. I had always only had babies that I raised myself. I wouldn't have said yes if it wasn't for the fact that I wanted to stay in good with the petstore owner (this came into play massively a few years later)
So, now I have a 3 year old dragon, who I named Naughtica. Her name is based on Naussica, a character from a movie (she was the start to how I name all of the rest of my future dragons, after hayo Miyazaki film characters). Around the same time I got an adult Male, Spyro. I don't remember exactly how I got him, but I believe also from a friend I had met at the petstore. He was trying to produce white dragons (back then they were basically unheard of, and light grey hypos were the closest most people had gotten to that) and spyro was a light-grey hypo.

Naughtica and spyro were the only two dragons I had for a few years now. Around this time is when I also found this website, and my knowledge, care, and love for this hobby grew immensely. I loved being surrounded by people who understood. I loved being able to talk dragons all day long if I wanted. And I loved being able to help people. Obviously in the beginning, it was me being helped. But I soaked it all up like a sponge. I loved it.

Eventually I decided I wanted to breed. So, Naughtica and Spyro were put together for a week. And, it was successful. It was honestly a lot of fun, it was scary, but it was rewarding. Coming home that one day and seeing that a few hatched was one of the happiest moments of my life. I was so filled with joy and excitement.
But now a new learning curve. Caring for around 20 baby hatchlings. And it was a learning curve for sure. I was not at all prepared for how much they eat. I wasn't prepared to separate ones that started to get picked on. For that reason some lost parts of tails, some lost toes. One even completely lost a foot. But, i grew and I learned with later clutches.

Remember wanting to stay in good with the petshop owner? It came into play now. His shop was how I was able to sell my babies. It was either just my town, or the time, but he basically couldn't keep dragons in stock. Worked out great for me, and great for him. I had a solid consistent place to sell my babies to, and he had a reliable person to buy from.

I only did that for about two seasons before life changed and breeding as a hobby was no longer a viable thing to do. Spyro had died a year or two later. I really don't know how old he was.

But Naughtica was going strong. And a few more years passed and I had bought Kiki. I had always had a thing for red trans, and Kiki was the perfect girl to fit that bill. I had gotten over breeding and just wanted a dragon or two of the "higher end" morphs to enjoy. By this time I was very active on this site, and Naughtica and Kiki both had their own threads here (I will link to later). So did Calcifer, a uromastyx that I had bought from that same petshop I used to sell to. Naughtica was getting pretty old at this point. But, my care and knowledge had grown so much that I knew she was gonna be with me for the long haul, and that's what I was hoping out of kiki and calcifer. These three were my new crew. I was happy with everything I had.

Long story short, life got in the way again, and my crew had to be put under someone elses care. They were entrusted to my family. Unfortunately, that didn't work out well at all. And I feel awful. They were not taken care of properly. They eventually all passed. Naughtica was around 12 I believe. And I have no doubts she would have lived even longer if she were to have been under my care, I just wasn't able to.

It took me a long time to feel like I could get back into this hobby. One thing never left me, and that was my love for this hobby, and my love for these creatures, and my love for talking anyones ear off about them that will let me.

And here we are today.

-Brandon
 

BeardedDragonSteve

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claudiusx":3uqx8to0 said:
Moro

I got Moro not long after getting Tombo. I just couldn't resist.
I don't have her exact hatch date, but we are just going to go with February 20th, 2019 since that's close enough!
She was hatched by Daichu dragons.

Shes a hypo leatherback witblit.
Her parents are:
het witblit - het hypo - leatherback
Het witblit - het hypo - leatherback

Here she is the day I got her:
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And here is Gandalf now! :laughing6: (don't let her see I called her Gandalf...
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Her colors have warmed up a bit as she's gotten older. She's not as pure white as she was as a baby. That's very typical with witblits. It's usually only the hypo zeros that stay white. However, I love her off-white warm tone.

She was just so stinking cute as a little baby!
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Here she is a month or so later
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Oh and one thing you should know about Moro, she has some weird poo fetish. I kid you not, this girl is so lazy, she will just poop right underneath herself basking, and sit in it. In fact, for 3 months straight she would ONLY poo on her basking rock. ONLY! No where else. So sorry, most of her early pics have poop in them....

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Here she is a month or so later in her new tank:
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And this is the start of her Gandalf phase... around July 2019
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I really think it all started after a bath scare we had. I will link the thread here as it's quite a story:
Bath Scare

She really doesn't eat much insects, she loves her salad. Has from day 1. And she's not fat or overweight, she just tends to keep her food in her throat when she eats, and I think this has caused it to stretch over time.

I will update this with her weights just like Tombos.

-Brandon
Gandalf's :wink: skull looks a bit different than normal in some of the pictures
 

Claudiusx

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BeardedDragonSteve":2kq77xpn said:
Gandalf's skull looks a bit different than normal in some of the pictures
Which ones in particular? I think now she looks normal, besides her fat ol' beard lol.

Here is a picture of her this morning..
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Just a little bit of early morning stink eye.

TOMBO PICTURE DUMP


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Sorry Tombo, those are definitely not rippling pectorals.. :lol:

-Brandon
 

Mwcrf450r

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Moro's baby pics are so cute Haha. I agree with the different shaped head comment up above but only as a baby and it might just be the photo/morph coloration or something but her head looked so big and round. Gorgeous beardies! I've always had a love for the lighter colored dragons like moro. I'd use the proper morph name but it always evades me Haha. I didn't shop for a specific morph(didn't really know there was such a thing) but I'm happy with Pogo! I cant wait to see how the colors evolve with age. I've been reading your viv construction post I have to start constructing a new viv for my beard-o soon!
 

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Well this is what Moro thinks of you all making fun of her head..

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:laughing6:

Yeah, I do suppose her head was a bit weird shapped when she was young. I think mainly it was the short "snout" unless you guys were seeing something different.

Thanks for checking out my DIY thread. I responded to your PM :)

-Brandon
 

Mwcrf450r

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claudiusx":2nd62itd said:
Well this is what Moro thinks of you all making fun of her head..

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:laughing6:

Yeah, I do suppose her head was a bit weird shapped when she was young. I think mainly it was the short "snout" unless you guys were seeing something different.

Thanks for checking out my DIY thread. I responded to your PM :)

-Brandon
I mean not to offend dearest Moro! :p
And I think you hit the nail on the head, I would say it was definitely the short snout! Makes her head look a lil chonky!
 

BeardedDragonSteve

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claudiusx":2h4wxnir said:
BeardedDragonSteve":2h4wxnir said:
Gandalf's skull looks a bit different than normal in some of the pictures
Which ones in particular? I think now she looks normal, besides her fat ol' beard lol.

Here is a picture of her this morning..
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Just a little bit of early morning stink eye.

TOMBO PICTURE DUMP


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Sorry Tombo, those are definitely not rippling pectorals.. :lol:

-Brandon
Most of the ones on the rock maybe its just the angle.
 

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Mwcrf450r":1gebms8y said:
I mean not to offend dearest Moro! :p
And I think you hit the nail on the head, I would say it was definitely the short snout! Makes her head look a lil chonky!

Haha yeah thats what I figured. I think it was mainly the angle of the pic, but she did have quite a smaller stout head when she was smaller. I'm pretty sure she was only around 6 weeks when I got her from Dachiu.

BeardedDragonSteve":1gebms8y said:
Most of the ones on the rock maybe its just the angle.
Yeah I think it was mainly the angles, but she did have a bit different of a shape to her head in the beginning.

She probably does still but her massive gandalf beard distracts from it LOL!

-Brandon
 

BeardedDragonSteve

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claudiusx":dbzdhacx said:
Mwcrf450r":dbzdhacx said:
I mean not to offend dearest Moro! :p
And I think you hit the nail on the head, I would say it was definitely the short snout! Makes her head look a lil chonky!

Haha yeah thats what I figured. I think it was mainly the angle of the pic, but she did have quite a smaller stout head when she was smaller. I'm pretty sure she was only around 6 weeks when I got her from Dachiu.

BeardedDragonSteve":dbzdhacx said:
Most of the ones on the rock maybe its just the angle.
Yeah I think it was mainly the angles, but she did have a bit different of a shape to her head in the beginning.

She probably does still but her massive gandalf beard distracts from it LOL!

-Brandon
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Lot's of pictures incoming

Moro has been acting a bit lazy/lethargic lately. So I decided it might be good for her to get out of her tank and explore around a bit. Hopefully some activity would liven her up.

Well it did a little bit, she explored a bit, but I had left Suki's tank open (it's on the floor) and once Suki saw Moro, Suki bolted out of her tank and started exploring too. She made a couple quick runs towards Moro, but always stopped a few inches shy. I was very cautious with her due to what happened with her and Mei last time.

Anyways, If you hadn't seen my post in photo expressions, Suki is going through a bit of a bad hair day.
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I don't think i've ever seen a face explosion quite like that one LOL.

Moro with Suki in the background, right before she darted out of her tank:
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I had mentioned it in the past, but Moro's tail gets really dark when she's alert, or stressed. I got some good pictures of it this time though. She's alert, you can tell by the arched tail up in the air.
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Almost black
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Pretty interesting.

And on the topic of interesting, Mei thinks she is a snake. She has a favorite position, and it's coiled up like this:
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Mei's beard color is really starting to pop out of no where. Was not expecting coloring on her beard like this (click on it to enlarge it, shows better.)
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Anyways, that's all the pics for today. Tombo is doing fine but he's still a shedding mess.

-Brandon
 

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Since Tombo got no Pic love last night, I guess he felt left out because this morning I saw him like this, and had to take a picture.
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That's how he slept all night and how I found him this morning LOL. Either he's pouting, or he's trying to tell me his food dish is empty. Either way, it's pouting haha.

Suki finished up her shed by the time I got home. I've never had a dragon shed where the shed skin had so much color to it. Her pattern and darkness is completely visible in the shed skin. I'll have to get a picture of it if anyone is actually interested.

But what good is shedding if you don't show off your new skin. Here is Suki in her new skin:
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-Brandon
 

ComicBookMama

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I've got to say, you've got some seriously pretty and personable dragons. I'm joining the Moro fan club - love her Gandalf-the-Whiteness and that dark tail she has going on. Looks like she's a sparkler that burned down a bit! And Tombo, of course, is a very handsome boy. Can't let him feel left out!
 

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ComicBookMama":1os5phhx said:
I've got to say, you've got some seriously pretty and personable dragons. I'm joining the Moro fan club - love her Gandalf-the-Whiteness and that dark tail she has going on. Looks like she's a sparkler that burned down a bit! And Tombo, of course, is a very handsome boy. Can't let him feel left out!

Thank you much!
Well I just wish Moro would act a bit more normal. Her beard concerns me a bit, and her general laziness concerns me a bit too. Pair that with the fact that she hasn't been growing as fast as Tombo, and the beardie parent in me starts to worry lol.

But, I did everyones monthly weigh ins today. All I can say is... WOW Tombo....
Moro gained some good weight too, I'm very happy about that. And Suki and Mei both gained quite a bit too. They are almost caught up to Moro and they are 4 months younger than her..

Anyway here is their growth chart:
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A 126g gain for Tombo in 1 month.........
A 51g gain for Moro in 1 month :mrgreen:
A 62g gain for Suki in 1 month :mrgreen:
A 55g gain for Mei in 1 month :mrgreen:

But... a 126g gain for Tombo...... :oops: Boy O boy I'm thinking it might be time to cut his feeders down..

Oh yeah, And I measured Tombo - 18 and a half inches. Pretty fat for 18 and a half IMO.

-Brandon
 

Mwcrf450r

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claudiusx":2h3lgzgq said:
A 126g gain for Tombo in 1 month.........
A 51g gain for Moro in 1 month :mrgreen:
A 62g gain for Suki in 1 month :mrgreen:
A 55g gain for Mei in 1 month :mrgreen:

But... a 126g gain for Tombo...... :oops: Boy O boy I'm thinking it might be time to cut his feeders down..

Oh yeah, And I measured Tombo - 18 and a half inches. Pretty fat for 18 and a half IMO.

-Brandon
Tombo's a beast ? crazy to think he could gain more than any two of your other 3 combined! Does he eat his veggies readily or do you have to work for it?
 

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