amime
Hatchling Member
I struggled with whether to put this in "off topic" or here but since Beardie's were the focus of the dream I figured it was appropriate for here.
Last night I had a dream that started nice and got really sad. I had somehow received 5 bearded dragon babies. They were each maybe 2 weeks old. I didn't have my vivarium set up yet so I put them in a 20 gallon aquarium to start with with a light and some basic decor hidey stuff. I went to work and when I got back they'd been switched to a little "Critter Keeper" type plastic box and put right under the light. I thought they were all dead but I found one was still kind of alive.
It was traumatic! I managed to get some water in the living one and it perked up some. Then I gave it some tiny crickets and greens. He seemed pretty spunky so I set him up. Then when I came back again he'd wedged himself in a tight spot and looked dead again! I woke up when I was nursing him again but it was so scary!
I sure hope this wasn't a premonition of my beardie caring skills. It's making me think I better get a bigger dragon for my first one. The little guys just look so fragile!
Ok... I just had to get that dream out there. I keep thinking about it and feeling so sad that I killed the babies by not making sure they were safe enough. (I never bothered to figure out how they got in the little box under the light).
Anyone else have Beardie nightmares?
Last night I had a dream that started nice and got really sad. I had somehow received 5 bearded dragon babies. They were each maybe 2 weeks old. I didn't have my vivarium set up yet so I put them in a 20 gallon aquarium to start with with a light and some basic decor hidey stuff. I went to work and when I got back they'd been switched to a little "Critter Keeper" type plastic box and put right under the light. I thought they were all dead but I found one was still kind of alive.
It was traumatic! I managed to get some water in the living one and it perked up some. Then I gave it some tiny crickets and greens. He seemed pretty spunky so I set him up. Then when I came back again he'd wedged himself in a tight spot and looked dead again! I woke up when I was nursing him again but it was so scary!
I sure hope this wasn't a premonition of my beardie caring skills. It's making me think I better get a bigger dragon for my first one. The little guys just look so fragile!
Ok... I just had to get that dream out there. I keep thinking about it and feeling so sad that I killed the babies by not making sure they were safe enough. (I never bothered to figure out how they got in the little box under the light).
Anyone else have Beardie nightmares?