A day in the life of Hemi...a loved dragon

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Hello All!!!!! Let me start off my introducing you to Hemi! He is a 8 1/4 inch wittle dragon, who we have had for a month. He came from Petsmart, and in the short month that we have had him we have fallen madly in love. After we got Hemi we were on a quest to soak up as much information as we could to give this little guy the best chance of a perfect life. I was a person that couldn't even walk past the reptile tanks without squirming. Now I am proudly a bearded dragon slave! You can follow the first few weeks of Hemi's life under the Introduction section titled Tahhh Dahhhhh Meet Hemi! So enough of that...meet our sweet little Hemi!
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Sweet baby! Brand new and lots of stress marks!
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Momma's little snuggle bug!
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Hemilover77

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Hemi looking at beardeddragon.org
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Look Ma....I'm getting longer!
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First day out Hemi riding on the dash of the Hemi Dodge !
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Lights on already? But I don't wannnaaaa....
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Hemilover77

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So because of our love for this precious little dragon, we decided to go ahead and upgrade his tank and make him as happy as possible. We found a Reptile Expo about three hours away from our house so we set out on a road trip! I took a lot of pictures for everyone...all the pics of the Geckos are for Spike's human...I know she really loves these guys! We met a lot of very interesting people. We bought some very healthy crickets, and met a cricket breeder closer to us who is going to check into mailing us some. He was super helpful. Now I do have to say as much as we enjoyed going to the Expo and seeing all of the animals, it was almost bitter sweet. They were cramped, and I know, or at least I am hoping that it was only for the expo and they have much better living conditions at home. But I couldn't help but feel bad for them. I do hope that they ones that found new homes yesterday left with new owners that love them as much as we love our little beardies and want to give them good homes!!!! I did stick true to my word, I did not come home with any living things! Only lots of treats for Hemi's new tank! I will post pics of that too!!!! I am pretty happy with it, just have to get my temps right and get some sticky tape to hang my UVB bulb. I will have to post the pics in a couple different posts, I am having a terrible time with Photobucket loading up! And remember I am new to the reptile world so if I have any of the labeled incorrectly feel free to correct me. We saw so many things I can't remember what's what!
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Notice the larger one is wearing a necklace it's name was Bentley and it's toenails are painted red.
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Brand new baby hatchlings less than 3 days old! They should not be here!
 

Hemilover77

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If I could have brought home anything...this little girl would have been it! Look at her over to herself with double sexy leg!
Does it get any cuter than this??? I know she should have come to live with me...lol
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Blue tongue skink...this little guy was awesome!
 

Hemilover77

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I guess this poor guy was the saddest...he was priced at $300 and so cramped :(
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Blue dart frogs...these babies where smaller than a quarter!
 

Hemilover77

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This frog was gorgeous!!!! I loved the coloring on him!
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This snake was very friendly
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I am not Fat!!!! :angry5: I am just fluffy!
 

Hemilover77

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Ok finally here are the pics of the new setup. I am hanging the UVB light in a few minutes. Still working on the temp, and have lots of stress marks, but he has so much more room I hope in a few days it will be smooth sailing. Any suggestions are appreciated!

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Spikeshuman

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VERY nice job!! Hemi's new house looks awesome! Is that tile on the bottom? That last pic of the geckos.. wow those were some pretty geckos. That turtle was adorable! I would be in so much trouble at a reptile expo!! I just know it! I have some new pictures of Spike to put up later.. its hard for me to get onto my own computer on weekends.. the kids take it over!
 
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