*****WARNING: GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF BEARDIE DEATH*****
Like i was telling Dawn last week i finally got a new dragon that i called Stuart. She is 6 months old and 14 inches long and seemed to have a nice personality. She was healthy and liked to watch t.v. with me till she falls asleep. Anyway, a buddy of mine dropped over yesterday to show me the new dragon baby he just bought from a pet store. The baby was about 5 inches long and as big around as a cocktail sausage , a very cute little one. Well, after looking at the youngun' , he wants to put it in the same viv. as Stuart see how they react. I explain to him that the dragon is a hermit type animal that prefers to live alone and would regard a new face as a possible threat. He would have none of it and proceeded to put the baby in the viv. I told him that he was taking a very huge risk but my cautions were not heeded. All was well for a few minutes as we watched as the baby climbed up the driftwood to the same level as my dragon, which was basking and watching the baby. The baby was waving and actually doing a slow bowing when Stuart lunged at the baby and had it's tiny head in her mouth. Before i could attempt a rescue my dragon repositioned the babies' head in her mouth and used her side jaws and teeth to completely severe the head from the body. Stuart then swallowed the head. My buddy and i were dumbfounded and could not believe our eyes. I had to take Stuart out to clean him up and to clean the viv. as they both were bloody. I cannot blame the dragon as i feel that it was her instinct to react this way. Although graphic, i hope maybe this sad tale will educate some of the members here as to the possible outcome of an encounter such as this.
Frank
Like i was telling Dawn last week i finally got a new dragon that i called Stuart. She is 6 months old and 14 inches long and seemed to have a nice personality. She was healthy and liked to watch t.v. with me till she falls asleep. Anyway, a buddy of mine dropped over yesterday to show me the new dragon baby he just bought from a pet store. The baby was about 5 inches long and as big around as a cocktail sausage , a very cute little one. Well, after looking at the youngun' , he wants to put it in the same viv. as Stuart see how they react. I explain to him that the dragon is a hermit type animal that prefers to live alone and would regard a new face as a possible threat. He would have none of it and proceeded to put the baby in the viv. I told him that he was taking a very huge risk but my cautions were not heeded. All was well for a few minutes as we watched as the baby climbed up the driftwood to the same level as my dragon, which was basking and watching the baby. The baby was waving and actually doing a slow bowing when Stuart lunged at the baby and had it's tiny head in her mouth. Before i could attempt a rescue my dragon repositioned the babies' head in her mouth and used her side jaws and teeth to completely severe the head from the body. Stuart then swallowed the head. My buddy and i were dumbfounded and could not believe our eyes. I had to take Stuart out to clean him up and to clean the viv. as they both were bloody. I cannot blame the dragon as i feel that it was her instinct to react this way. Although graphic, i hope maybe this sad tale will educate some of the members here as to the possible outcome of an encounter such as this.
Frank