skyfishcafe
Member
Hi everyone,
I'm curious about your opinions on our situation. Our young dragon, Alduîn, is recovering from MBD and thus doesn't have a lot of mobility. Until recently I was home nearly 24/7 and was thus able to interact with him frequently, check up on him, and just offer him time outside the enclosure.
Last week I started at a new position and I am out of the home from 06:30 to 18:00. We have Alduîn's lights set to turn on at 04:30 so he is warmed up and ready to eat/take medications by 06:00. However, his lights are set to turn off around 19:30. Usually my partner is home around 17:30 so he has about 2 hours to digest before lights out. Sometimes (like tonight) we both get home late and so he only has about an hour.
Since he's been alone all day, I thought it would be nice to take him out in the evening after feeding to give him some additional heat after lights out (body heat) and also just some interaction with another living thing. (We want to go bioactive, but not until he's much further along in his recovery.) However, he tends to burrow into his corner before lights out, and I'm loathe to wake him up just to let him fall asleep on me on the couch.
So here's my question: If it were your dragon, would you prioritize his own clock over bonding time or vice versa (or neither)? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.
With kind regards,
Aaron
I'm curious about your opinions on our situation. Our young dragon, Alduîn, is recovering from MBD and thus doesn't have a lot of mobility. Until recently I was home nearly 24/7 and was thus able to interact with him frequently, check up on him, and just offer him time outside the enclosure.
Last week I started at a new position and I am out of the home from 06:30 to 18:00. We have Alduîn's lights set to turn on at 04:30 so he is warmed up and ready to eat/take medications by 06:00. However, his lights are set to turn off around 19:30. Usually my partner is home around 17:30 so he has about 2 hours to digest before lights out. Sometimes (like tonight) we both get home late and so he only has about an hour.
Since he's been alone all day, I thought it would be nice to take him out in the evening after feeding to give him some additional heat after lights out (body heat) and also just some interaction with another living thing. (We want to go bioactive, but not until he's much further along in his recovery.) However, he tends to burrow into his corner before lights out, and I'm loathe to wake him up just to let him fall asleep on me on the couch.
So here's my question: If it were your dragon, would you prioritize his own clock over bonding time or vice versa (or neither)? I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter.
With kind regards,
Aaron