Catahoula (Pic Heavy)

[Sinya]

Hello! I'm Sinya and a relative newcomer to the beardie scene. I've kept reptiles my entire life - different lizards and turtles. I have a baby Cuban Knight Anole (also known as giant anoles) named Niko and recently decided to buy my first beardie. After looking through all the petstores in a 45 min range from my house - 7 believe it or not! - I settled on PETCO because they had the healthiest animals over all and also refuse to sell to people who have no idea what they are doing. (I watched them refuse a ball python to a mother and her son because they were just buying one because her son thought they were "cool" :roll: ) Anyways I got a baby beardie with beautiful coloring and named him Sabre. Unfortunately I noticed that something was off with Sabre and he was having weird tremors and a decreasing appetite. I took him back to PETCO and they had him scheduled for a vet check on Monday but he never made it. Sadly Sabre had a neurological problem and passed away on Sunday night, a few days after I got him.

Well after the death of my baby, Sabre, PETCO was extremely upset that I had to go through that only days after purchasing him and offered me my choice of their beardie babies as consolation. (Did I mention their customer service is excellent? The employee even cried when she told me about Sabre passing)

Although I'm still mourning Sabre, I did end up choosing a new baby and brought him home yesterday. I've named him Catahoula. (Cat-ah-Hoola) He is a beautiful little guy, albeit not as colorful as Sabre - but I have high hopes for him. Here are a few pics from when I was bringing him home. No tremors or decreased appetite with him! He's gobbled up crickets every time I've offered.

He Liked My Finger

In the transition cage while I was getting his ready

And here is a picture of Sabre RIP

 

[morphmom]

Welcome :wave: I'm very sorry to hear of Sabre's passing. Catahoula is lovely. I wouldn't use loose bedding though. Baby beardies are like baby people and everything goes in the mouth :roll: You can try paper towels, shelf liner, repti carpet, tile and so on, so the baby doesn't get impacted

 

[Sinya]

Welcome :wave: I'm very sorry to hear of Sabre's passing. Catahoula is lovely. I wouldn't use loose bedding though. Baby beardies are like baby people and everything goes in the mouth :roll: You can try paper towels, shelf liner, repti carpet, tile and so on, so the baby doesn't get impacted

His cage actually has paper towels in it- as I said above, that was the transition cage in which he was only in for about ten minutes. But thank you very much! Glad to be on here

 

[morphmom]

that was the transition cage in which he was only in for about ten minutes.

Ah, I see! I misunderstood. I forgot how active babies can be. My 2yr old adult thinks the laundry basket is beardie jail! :shock: I put her in and she doesn't move! LOL! :lol: Perfect for keeping her in one place, but I'm not sure why she doesn't use the clothes to climb out! LOL! :lol:

 

[thedragonkeeper]

That's really sad, RIP Sabre...

I'm glad that your Petco has good customer service and all, but unfortunately there's a contagious disease in this part of Colorado, all Pet stores suck! Your new beardie is lovely, I can see a long lived passionate companion.

 

[Sinya]

Thanks guys! I'll keep posting updates and pictures as he grows. He's been quite wiggly today - running all around and chasing crickets. He starts to stick his tongue out at them and then changes his mind and runs away XD it's adorable. I made sure he ate tho, no worries.