A few pictures of Cactus Jack 🌵 from today.

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So tonight we tried again, he only hissed once and then wiggled in. Don't worry I was exceedingly careful.
On another note, the last 2 nights Stumpy tried to snuggle with Sinatra 🙂
I think Cactus Jack is quickly solidifying his place here. I think he starting to realize he's home 🙂
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This trio is Sinatra, Stumpy, and C.J. 🙂
 

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So I'm definitely making a little progress with C.J.
Don't get me wrong, he still hissed up a storm and pancaked and the whole bit, BUT he didn't try to run away and settled right down.
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I guess at some point soon I really should make sure he really is a he huh ? Lmao 🤣
Captain Jackie, if he is really a she. LOL. He’s a really pretty little one! I am looking forward to seeing what he is going to look like as he grows and I hope he keeps some of that spunky personality for you guys.
 

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Captain Jackie, if he is really a she. LOL. He’s a really pretty little one! I am looking forward to seeing what he is going to look like as he grows and I hope he keeps some of that spunky personality for you guys.
Me to, I love the spicy ones 🙂
Zoom in and look at the diamonds at the base of his tail. In person his pattern is amazing.
Cactus Jackie his a nice ring to it 🙂
 

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So tonight we tried again, he only hissed once and then wiggled in. Don't worry I was exceedingly careful.
On another note, the last 2 nights Stumpy tried to snuggle with Sinatra 🙂
I think Cactus Jack is quickly solidifying his place here. I think he starting to realize he's home 🙂 View attachment 97678 View attachment 97679 View attachment 97680

This trio is Sinatra, Stumpy, and C.J. 🙂
He's so small compared to the others. But that makes the photo even cuter! :love:
 

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I just don't understand people that don't get that. Personally I see pretty much every animal as 🤔 well if not cute at least interesting.
Yes :) I remember when we had a "mouse problem" (I hate to say that) in a house in the US, and there was no way other than using mouse traps in the end. That place we were renting had just too many gaps in the flooring and everywhere. Tried first with putting away all food, doing the dishes already while cooking dinner, and such, but no way, we had the mice even going after our books, found a cable with insulation chewed off.
We refused using glue traps - awfully cruel -, used snap traps instead. There were so many, we just could not go with "it's just one mouse, it will just run out of the door". The night we installed the traps, we had already caught three within minutes, and over time, it were more than a dozen.
It had really saddened me, also knowing that despite it might have been a quick death for those trapped, very likely there have been young mice hidden somewhere suffering a bit longer.
Also other things with animals, like when I really have to throw out food because of insect infestation (and maybe even bought the food already containing these insects) and with that, throw the insects into the trash: it saddens me.
I'm okay with feeding animals to animals if necessary (otherwise I would not have gotten a bearded dragon), or watching animals catching other animals and eating them (remembering a hawk nest nearby, interesting :) and I had katydids as a kid, watched closely how they caught and chewed up insects) - I had almost ended up studying biology and never saw nature as "Disney" - , but I'd rather avoid if not necessary, also for what I personally consume (eat, or use otherwise, or how I garden if gardening is possible where I live).

So I'm definitely making a little progress with C.J.
Don't get me wrong, he still hissed up a storm and pancaked and the whole bit, BUT he didn't try to run away and settled right down.

So nice to see :)
I'm also really surprised that despite he is quite aggressive out of fear, he is not shy.
Mine was shy for months, really no way to get him sit on my hand or accept food directly from my hand; but I guess yours might have the underlying personality of daring things more easily, just not in the friendly way right now.
 

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So tonight we tried again, he only hissed once and then wiggled in. Don't worry I was exceedingly careful.
On another note, the last 2 nights Stumpy tried to snuggle with Sinatra 🙂
I think Cactus Jack is quickly solidifying his place here. I think he starting to realize he's home 🙂 View attachment 97678 View attachment 97679 View attachment 97680

This trio is Sinatra, Stumpy, and C.J. 🙂
They are gorgeous! So you have 5 dragons? Awesome! Btw, doesnt the dominant animal sleep on top? I think CJ is making a statement there lol.
 

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Yes :) I remember when we had a "mouse problem" (I hate to say that) in a house in the US, and there was no way other than using mouse traps in the end. That place we were renting had just too many gaps in the flooring and everywhere. Tried first with putting away all food, doing the dishes already while cooking dinner, and such, but no way, we had the mice even going after our books, found a cable with insulation chewed off.
We refused using glue traps - awfully cruel -, used snap traps instead. There were so many, we just could not go with "it's just one mouse, it will just run out of the door". The night we installed the traps, we had already caught three within minutes, and over time, it were more than a dozen.
It had really saddened me, also knowing that despite it might have been a quick death for those trapped, very likely there have been young mice hidden somewhere suffering a bit longer.
Also other things with animals, like when I really have to throw out food because of insect infestation (and maybe even bought the food already containing these insects) and with that, throw the insects into the trash: it saddens me.
I'm okay with feeding animals to animals if necessary (otherwise I would not have gotten a bearded dragon), or watching animals catching other animals and eating them (remembering a hawk nest nearby, interesting :) and I had katydids as a kid, watched closely how they caught and chewed up insects) - I had almost ended up studying biology and never saw nature as "Disney" - , but I'd rather avoid if not necessary, also for what I personally consume (eat, or use otherwise, or how I garden if gardening is possible where I live).



So nice to see :)
I'm also really surprised that despite he is quite aggressive out of fear, he is not shy.
Mine was shy for months, really no way to get him sit on my hand or accept food directly from my hand; but I guess yours might have the underlying personality of daring things more easily, just not in the friendly way right now.
Funny you mentioned that, he really is not shy at all. I think he will be very bold in fact as he ages. I hope so 🙂
 
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ChileanTaco

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Funny you mentioned that, he really is mot shy at all. I think he will be very bold in fact as he ages. I hope so 🙂
Yes, I recognize it as mine was never into biting, hissing etc., but on he contrary, also did not dare to sit on a human's hand o accept hand-feeding for quite a long time. So I was surprised: Sits there, but hisses.
Mine is of the type "if in doubt, calmly walk away, retreat and wait". He still is like that, just the number of situations causing doubt have significantly decreased ;)
 

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Yes, I recognize it as mine was never into biting, hissing etc., but on he contrary, also did not dare to sit on a human's hand o accept hand-feeding for quite a long time. So I was surprised: Sits there, but hisses.
Mine is of the type "if in doubt, calmly walk away, retreat and wait". He still is like that, just the number of situations causing doubt have significantly decreased ;)
He has become relaxed in his environment. Sinatra us more like Taco. He'll move away and observe.
 

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