Allie, my baby

Status
Not open for further replies.
I got Allie last Saturday with very little research, experience, and only a few items for her. It's been a rocky start because I got three different stories from two different people and misleading websites. I told the pet store I was getting a beardie and wasn't sure of her size yet because I was going to pick her up. (She sold me a dozen crickets.) Petland's associate told me I needed a ninety gallon tank and other things. He said he knew all about Beardies and how they need to live. Well, he had two males together and they fought constantly. I wasn't going to follow his tale of a ninety gallon tank. Then he told me I needed calcium sand which I did buy. I'll not use it. :p So you guys don't have to be worried about Allie.

When I rescued Allie from her previous owners, they had promised a 29 gallon long tank, basking lamp which they gave me, but it was broken, and a well used heat mat that wouldn't stick to the bottom of her tank. (The tank she was in was a fifteen gallon tank that had broken glass. I knew right away this wouldn't be her home and went to buy another tank and a few other supplies such as: A 50 watt basking light, a 10 gallon tank-too small, a heat mat (House gets cold, used to heat the bottom of the tank at night), a climbing piece, a food bowl, a hide-way converted into a bathing area, and a plant.) I took in the basking lamp to get another one and they fixed my lamp for me! I was glad I didn't have to spend anymore money on another lamp.

And Allie was starving. She didn't eat anything all day from her previous owners. When I asked them if she ate, they said no. When I fed her, she ate all of the crickets and had none for the next day. They couldn't afford to feed her. (Sure she's expensive, why did you get her in the first place?) They fed her crickets every day with very little veggies. I couldn't let her just eat crickets. The first thing Allie ate was a spring mix salad. She picked through all of the lettuces and ate the dandelion greens. She likes dandelion greens a lot but I can't find them except in those spring mix salads. I give her parsley, banana, and a sliver of strawberry as a treat. She also likes celery leaves.

Since the ten gallon was too small for her, I went searching for another tank. Something a bit larger than a ten. I found a twenty gallon tall with a background. A fish background, but she loves it none the less. She didn't know what to make at first because she had a change of scenery. Everything of hers almost fits. She's got two more plants, a new 75 watt bulb that works wonders now. The tank's between 87. Close enough to the nineties. She's not used to the 100s yet. (I don't know if her previous owner had her in the 100s or not as a basking temperature. The tank goes into the mid-70's at night.) She's regular now. No more abnormal poops. She poops every day at 3:00-3:20, after she eats her crickets. Today's the first time she ever pooped and peed early at 11:00. If I can get her to go, she looks happy. :)

Allie loves to run around and explore. If she had her way, she'd have her run of my room and practically the whole house. I've got three dogs that stay in doors. I'm trying to protect her against them. I set up a basking point near my sliding glass window on the old 10 gallon tank. I also found that doggie pads, the large size, are a good way to catch her poop and pee. She has made it the habit of not going in her tank. So she's clean. After that, she got upset because her colors were black this morning. I told her she didn't have to worry about going into the tank today yet. I told her that she's a good girl and she could come out because she pooped and peed already.

A warm bath and a massage seems to help her go and holding onto my hand while she goes, makes her feel better. Does any of the young beardies do this? They run to you for help when they relieve themselves? I know she's getting plenty of food and water. I know she's eating right because the first time she pooped, it was hard. Now it's not as hard as it was. It's not runny either so that's a good thing.

Allie's 13 inches and is a dare devil. Climbing a portable screen that was hanging over our sink, she jumps right in and looks like she didn't do anything wrong. More like saying, 'Look Mommy! I jumped for you!' Then the second time, I had her on my bed with some sheets and a huge pillow mountain. I was working on my laptop, she decided to use my blanket as a slide and slid down between me and the bed. I had put a teddy bear behind me in case she tried it again. She had the same kind of look again, 'Look Mommy! I did it again!' I swear, she had the biggest grin on her face. I think she's happy when I'm around her.

Bedtime. Oh, you must hear this! When I first got her, she wouldn't sleep in her tank. I had to rock her, stroke her, and tell her it's all right. She fell asleep on me. Then after that, I started to get her used to the tank and she fell asleep where she lay down. I moved her so she wasn't sleeping on the heat mat all through the night. Didn't want her belly to get burned. But anyway, she began to really feel different. I took an old flannel pillowcase and wrapped her around in it. As long as she could crawl out when she wakes up, she's fine with it. I rocked her to sleep in it. Tell you what, she was sleeping over the heat mat with her flannel pillowcase where she sleeps. I haven't thought of using a flannel pillowcase for her. There's also another thing about her that you should know. She doesn't sleep anywhere else in her tank. She doesn't sleep on her basking branch, rock, or near her watering pool. She sleeps right near the fan. I guess it helps her sleep. White noise and the vibration. So I guess I'll have to have it there for a long time to come and that's great because she's one of a kind with a personality.

She does love sleeping on me. As of right now, she's sound asleep on my chest. She's happy. :blob5:
 

FranktheTank

Gray-bearded Member
Now that I know so much about Allie, I need to see some pictures of her!!! I thoroughly enjoyed reading about her, sounds like you've made quite the bond. I'm looking forward to reading more about Allie.

-Kaleen
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
I've got other pictures of her basking outside her tank, but I don't have them up yet. Here's one that you have to copy and paste.

file:///C:/Users/noella/Pictures/2011-12-07%20Tracy's%20Pics/%20Tracy's%20Pics.jpg
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
I went out tonight to get dinner. I went to check in on her and guess what? She went into her pool and decided to sleep there. I turned on my light to see her tank all wet from her water, even her bed. I took everything out and dried the whole tank. Her bed was wet, soaked. I wasn't going to let her sleep in a wet cold tank! I took her out and she woke up from her sleep. Poor Allie! I took her and wrapped her in a pillow sham. Then I put her down to bed. :shock:
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
Update: Allie's grown 16 inches. She outgrew her 20 gallon tall and is in a permanent 45-50 gallon critter glass tank. Her substrate's still paper towels and I got a tube UVB bulb from Reptisun. She's more energetic now that she's got her UVB bulb.

Another thing: Allie's a jumper for sure. I gave her some more running room in my bedroom and made a portion of my hiding places dragon-proof. I have this brown cardboard lid to a shoe box and she runs to it every time. When I pull her back, she runs, leaps into the air with her front hands or legs flailing above as if she's trying to fly over to it.

She loves her new tank so much that there's another dragon in there with her. Her imaginary friend. I haven't named her imaginary friend yet, but I'm thinking of calling her imaginary friend, Anna. She walks back and forth, doing her little arm waving, dance back and forth, nose to the glass. She notices that Anna does the same thing she does. Allie jumps, Anna jumps, Allie walks, Anna walks, Allie runs, Anna runs. Is this normal? Or is it stressing her out? She seems to be happy and there's no stress marks on her body.
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
Good news. Allie's head's shedding! Isn't that great? Some of the shedding skin rubbed off when I picked her up and she rubbed her head on my fingers. She's growing! :)
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
RandyMarsh":2k3s60yl said:
Can you post some pictures here?

Tomorrow. She's in bed right now. But I'll be glad to post her shedding. Some of the skin actually rubbed off onto me, but she's got some new skin and a piece of skin over her eye. No wonder why she didn't eat much this morning! She's regular and I thought she was sick! I'm glad she's not. :)
 

RandyMarsh

Sub-Adult Member
noella5088":197kht4w said:
RandyMarsh":197kht4w said:
Can you post some pictures here?

Tomorrow. She's in bed right now. But I'll be glad to post her shedding. Some of the skin actually rubbed off onto me, but she's got some new skin and a piece of skin over her eye. No wonder why she didn't eat much this morning! She's regular and I thought she was sick! I'm glad she's not. :)

One thing that helps mine out with shedding is bath-time + soft-bristle toothbrush= happy beardie :)
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
She's actually been very active and her mouth's shedding. Her head's not showing signs of shedding except in patches. Of course, she's blocking half my message. :) What a nut!d and she left you a d. :)
 

pyffersnpaws

Juvie Member
lol at all of our NUTS!d... hehehe, we have 2 shedding babies here... soaking them as we speak.. 2 done and last one in the tub as I type. Getting lots of attention with the toothbrush:) Allie looks fantastic...
 

noella5088

Juvie Member
Original Poster
pyffersnpaws":2r5cv7ui said:
lol at all of our NUTS!d... hehehe, we have 2 shedding babies here... soaking them as we speak.. 2 done and last one in the tub as I type. Getting lots of attention with the toothbrush:) Allie looks fantastic...

Thanks. I've been giving her lots of love, attention, bath every other day. Allie's sleeping right now and no bath like I planned. Oh well. There's always tomorrow and more wackiness from her. :)

Today her attitude was: :lol: :blob5: :blob8: :mrgreen: :p, way too happy.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.

Members online

Still Needs Help

Latest resources

Latest posts

Latest profile posts

Kubet77 là nhà cái đánh giá uy tín hoạt động từ năm 2005, có giấy phép bảo hộ từ PAGCOR, thu hút nhiều người chơi tại Việt Nam và Châu Á nhờ dịch vụ đáng tin cậy. Website: Kubet77 🎖️ Nhà Cái Cá Cược Trực Tuyến Đáng Chơi Nhất 2024 Địa chỉ: Số 27 Đường số 7, Cityland Park Hills,
Go88 là một trong những nhà cái cá cược trực tuyến hàng đầu với danh tiếng vững chắc trong cộng đồng người chơi.
Website: https://https://appgo88.link/
Tag: #appgo88link #go88link #Game_Go88 #Game_bài_Go88 #Cổng_game_Go88 #Tài_xỉu_Go88 #Nạp_tiền_Go88 #Rút_tiền_Go88 #play_Go88
Website:
https://smartcity.bandung.go.id/member/bsc3090527795d
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!
is tape safe for fixing something in my leopard geckos hide?
Day 3 of brumation. It's a struggle. I really miss my little guy. 😔

Forum statistics

Threads
156,236
Messages
1,259,274
Members
76,148
Latest member
appgo88link1
Top Bottom