Jee-ca
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well i finally broke down and bought another beardie. i ordered her from a1 reptiles about a week ago, but wasn't going to be around until today to have her delivered. i was worried about having her shipped to wisconsin in january but i was assured she would be fine, that they had heat packs and insulated containers. the temps in wisconsin have been above 0 for at least a week now, and wouldn't you know it the day my beardie gets shipped we get a snow storm and the temp drops to -12. so i waited around all morning, and of course the ups guy came while i was downstairs, and by the time i had come upstairs they had set her on the steps and left. way to go ups man. i quickly ran into the back room and realized i hadn't turned on the lights after changing the bulb, so i did that quick then unwrapped my beardie. i was a little worried when the farther into the box i got the colder it got. i finally found the pouch my dragon was in, i pulled her out and she was cold and not moving. i had a mini panic attack because her cage was only 70 at this point and she wasn't gonna warm up very fast in there, so i ran and put her in the sink. after about 5 mins she started coming around, so i stuck her in her cage and she is currently basking and running around doing dragonly things. i called the breeder and apparently that is exactly what is supposed to happen, the heat packs only work overnight and then they get cold and go into a deep sleep kind of thing. would have been nice to get the heads up on that. so my mini panic attack was all for nothing. oh well i now have 2 beautiful bearded dragons, and i will post pics as soon as i can figure out where i left my camera.