SHBailey":2u17xuz4 said:Your dragons are lucky that there's warm sun outside during a power outage. One nice thing about living in California. (I used to live there, long ago and far away in another time and another place and another life.)
When we had the "big" Alaskan earthquake (not to be confused with the really big one in '64) in November of 2018, the power was out almost all day and not anywhere near warm enough to take a beardie outside, so I used mammalian body heat to keep Puff warm -- in other words, we cuddled all day while my husband cleaned up the mess from the earthquake. It was dark so Puff just went to sleep (like Ziva) and didn't make any trouble. Luckily they got the power back on later in the day so we could feed him and put him back under the heat lamps to bask.
It sounds like Ziva would probably tolerate something like being cuddled by a human for warmth, but Spitfire maybe not so much. Good to have a place for either of them outside in the sun.
SHBailey":3gxxuat8 said:I hope they get your power back on soon. Wondering how you're managing to still be online -- batteries?
We have a UPS for our computer but the battery doesn't last very long once the power goes out. Just enough to save things and shut down. Wouldn't be able to depend on it to keep a fish tank filter going for very long. And believe it or not, they're pretty good at keeping the power on here in Anchorage, especially considering everything they have to deal with -- earthquakes, snowstorms, freezing, etc.
It sounds like you're going to have Spitfire tamed sooner or later. You might have to change her name. :wink:
Good weight gain for her. We're watching our beardie's weight even though he's an adult because he had an episode of nearly starving on what we were feeding him a couple of years ago. At first we thought he was doing well because he started eating lots of greens, but it turned out he was mortally hungry. He has adenovirus and we were afraid we were going to lose him, but he managed to pull through. It was almost like raising a baby to get that poor little beardie back up to his healthy weight, and fortunately he cooperated - there was never anything wrong with his appetite. Massive quantities of bugs, so nowadays we feed him daily as much as he wants to eat, and weigh him weekly. Not going to get blindsided by that again if we can possibly avoid it. Fortunately Puff's weight has been fairly stable, the way it's supposed to be, at least for this last year.
It sound like your baby is well on her way to a good healthy future.
SHBailey":1g50yjxm said:Glad they finally got your power back on. Us 21st century folks are just not adapted to live without electricity. And glad your fish are ok. Sounds like back to normal with the beardies -- one of them basking and the other one giving you "The Look" that dragons are so famous for. :lol:
When Puff was diagnosed with ADV, our vet told us that it was not a death sentence but it can be serious. He's had it for about 6 years now. We've had some close calls with infections and an episode of extreme weight loss -- it was like raising a baby to feed him back up to his healthy weight, but he's doing well for now.
Sounds like you've had some experiences working in a pet store. :shock: I'm surprised that adenovirus didn't rear its ugly head while you were there -- they say that there's an epidemic going on (and I don't mean covid :wink: )
GeckoGarden":3f6fq33f said:I don’t think we ever had dragons long enough to even see signs of ADV in the store. I did have one case of yellow fungus. That wasn’t the suppliers fault. She caught it after a trip to the vet for an unrelated issue. That was fun. I ended up taking her home once she was all clear and finding her the perfect home.
I got tired of how bad the store was getting (corporate) and how sick the animals kept coming in so I left about 4 years ago now.
SHBailey":19i302h0 said:GeckoGarden":19i302h0 said:I don’t think we ever had dragons long enough to even see signs of ADV in the store. I did have one case of yellow fungus. That wasn’t the suppliers fault. She caught it after a trip to the vet for an unrelated issue. That was fun. I ended up taking her home once she was all clear and finding her the perfect home.
I got tired of how bad the store was getting (corporate) and how sick the animals kept coming in so I left about 4 years ago now.
I've never had to deal with yellow fungus, but I understand that it can be pretty nasty. It was good that you were able to find good homes for some of the dragons (and probably other reptiles too, I'd suppose) that weren't well cared for at the pet store.
Good on you for leaving that job when you did. What are you doing for employment nowadays?
SHBailey":lbinzm0r said:Wow. Sounds like you and Spitfire have your nutrition all planned out.
We tried gardening but ended up mostly giving up on it. The soil here isn't too good. Lots of rocks and spirea roots. Spirea makes a beautiful hedge, but the problem is it doesn't stay there. It's invasive and send out roots all over the place and little plants sprout up overnight where you don't want them. You have to keep mowing them down and digging them up, and my husband has spent hours doing that. Last summer he tried growing collards, endives, and mustard greens in pots, but the only thing that did well was the mustard. The summers are short here but lots of people garden and have some success with various things. We used to have mint growing wild, and we also have raspberries growing wild in the back alley even though I don't seem to be able to grow them in our yard. Go figure.
This year my husband cooked up a fresh kabocha squash for all of us. It's Puff's favorite squash and I tried some of it myself and liked it -- a lot. So my husband saved the seeds, dug up some dirt from the yard, and planted them in an old barbecue. A little late in the season so I think he's going to be disappointed, but what the heck. We'll see what happens.
The way she's eating and shedding, it sounds like Spitfire is going to grow really fast. You're lucky you've got one that's not a finicky eater. I am amazed that she can catch flies. Our beardie has trouble catching things that jump and crawl (crickets and roaches), let alone anything that can fly. He once caught a UFI (Unidentified Flying Insect) that wandered into his tank, apparently when we had the lid off. He scarfed it up before I had a chance to get a good look at it, but that sort of thing definitely doesn't happen very often.
My husband likes dandelion greens, but I don't. Like you say, too bitter. Some people say that they're not so bad if you pick them when they're little, but they get really big really fast around here in the summer with all the extra daylight. We aren't buying too many greens for Puff lately because we have a whole yard full of dandelions, which are supposed to be a good staple for beardies. Puff doesn't think so, but he's not good with any other greens either.
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