I am heartbroken to say that Spike passed away in his sleep last night. I'm at a loss for words ?
Thank you very much everyone for all of your help and kind words.
Although I mentioned it briefly, you can't see it in the pictures. When I built the enclosure (before assembling) I installed a screen on the inside of the enclosure. It sits about 1/4" inside the bars. I really didn't want to take any chances of the cats being able to get in there. The...
Thank you! I actually used a rabbit hutch to build the enclosure.
The bacteria in the cat's saliva has been my biggest concern. Fortunately it appears that the puncture wound has already closed up and the bruising is fading. He's opening his eyes and looking around a little bit more, but...
This is his enclosure:
I had it set up like Fort Knox. I remember that night when I said goodnight to him and turned off his lights though that he had curled up in a new place on the bottom half, in the top left corner where the power cords exit a small gap in the interior screen (behind the...
The crickets was another thing I had read about in other posts and made sure there weren't any in his enclosure.
His beard was slightly darker, but not too dark. That seems to have faded back to his normal color though. Was so excited when I came downstairs this morning and he was sitting up...
First of all I want to say thank you so much for this forum!!
I came downstairs at 3a yesterday morning (Tuesday) to find our 6 mo old Beardie, Spike had gotten out of his new enclosure (or rather the cats had gotten in, we're not 100% sure but it has been fixed). I found him laying on the...
Questions are welcome and I will do my best to answer them in order:
- Spike is loving it so far!!
- We are feeding him in his enclosure, but are still working out the kinks of crickets getting out (the top arrived slightly bent). I am working on a container that Spike can get in and out of...