Hi everyone - I'm new to this forum...we've had a Beardie for 10 months now. Wolfgang was adopted last August as a baby for my 14 year old son, who takes wonderful care of him!!! It just so happens that this past Sunday, a Beardie showed up on my back patio in the middle of the day, enjoying the warm weather! We thought ours had somehow escaped! We have no idea who he belongs to, and have put signs up all over the neighborhood trying to find it's owner. We've even called the local animal shelter and placed our name with them to see if anyone owns him. We honestly think that a college student who graduated from the local university let it go at the end of the semester because he couldn't bring it home. How tragic! My neighbor had seen the Beardie on her lawn shortly before we caught it, and didn't know what it was. She took a picture of it to show people! Thank goodness we knew what it was, and can't believe that it found it's way to our backyard. What an effort it was to catch him. My husband and I cornered him, and caught him as he tried to escape into a soccer netting. I can't imagine what would have happened to him had he gotten away....and the weather has chilled over night down to the low 50's. He may have survived, but he might not have had we not caught him! Anyway, we placed him in a tank that we originally had for the baby beardie, and gave him a lamp, sand on the bottom of the tank, some dried bugs, and dark green lettuce to eat. He didn't eat anything until today, when I shredded up some carrot for him. He wolfed that down! He still hasn't eaten the dried bugs, but I'm guessing that whoever had him before never spent any money to buy insects for him to eat. When we found him, there were bugs crawling around the patio, and he didn't even go after them! So I'm thinking he's a pure vegetarian. What else can I feed him? Should I give him fruit? I now know about the carrots, but what else can I try? I feel so bad for this poor fellow. He's quite beautiful, very large, and a dark beard. I know his tank is too small right now, but we're hoping someone claims him. And he's very feisty! He keeps running into the wall of the tank, trying to escape. I can't imagine where or how he was kept. I don't think he was wild...how many Beardies are wild on Long Island, NY? The weather here goes from 0 to 100, depending on the time of year. But I don't claim to know that much about them, and am hoping someone will enlighten me!
Thank you!
Thank you!
