Hi all...
Well I'm just introducing myself at the moment although hopefully I will have a new addition to the family very soon.
Having recently moved in with my girlfriend we have been on about getting a pet for ages but we couldn't think of anything appropriate until recently. We went down all the usual trains of thought like hamsters and gerbils and even house rabbits but nothing seemed a good idea until now. We really wanted something that would have a little personality all of it's own and none of the above seemed to offer that, either just sitting there eating or sleeping when you wanted to see them and keeping you awake when you didn't so the other day on an impromptue visit to the local garden centre we came across a wee beardie. He was sat there looking at us and almost hung on our every move. We were captivated.
My girlfriends best mate's fiancé owns a reptile shop in Worcester (UK) and has said that he would do us a good deal if we were to buy everything from him so we've now set our hearts on a little beardie of our own.
I think I've spent nearly every spare minute over the last few days looking at numerous different care sheets and the like to try and get all the information we need on feeding, housing and such but one thing that I don't seem to be able to find is how do you know when your beardie has reached different stages in it's life? Short of actually buying an adult which would defeat the object and probably lose half of the fun of growing the little fella how will we know when they have gone from baby to juvenile to adult? :study:
Well we're off to the shop on saturday to find out all about the beardie and the kit that we'll need and hopefully the little beardie will be with us the following week. It's going to be kind of a birthday present for me so I'm extra excited and I can't wait to bring our little baby beardie up to a big and strong adult.
Anyway I guess I better sign off for now. Look forward to getting to know some of you and your little buddies better in the future. See you all soon.
Matt (ReIgN) :mrgreen:
Well I'm just introducing myself at the moment although hopefully I will have a new addition to the family very soon.
Having recently moved in with my girlfriend we have been on about getting a pet for ages but we couldn't think of anything appropriate until recently. We went down all the usual trains of thought like hamsters and gerbils and even house rabbits but nothing seemed a good idea until now. We really wanted something that would have a little personality all of it's own and none of the above seemed to offer that, either just sitting there eating or sleeping when you wanted to see them and keeping you awake when you didn't so the other day on an impromptue visit to the local garden centre we came across a wee beardie. He was sat there looking at us and almost hung on our every move. We were captivated.
My girlfriends best mate's fiancé owns a reptile shop in Worcester (UK) and has said that he would do us a good deal if we were to buy everything from him so we've now set our hearts on a little beardie of our own.
I think I've spent nearly every spare minute over the last few days looking at numerous different care sheets and the like to try and get all the information we need on feeding, housing and such but one thing that I don't seem to be able to find is how do you know when your beardie has reached different stages in it's life? Short of actually buying an adult which would defeat the object and probably lose half of the fun of growing the little fella how will we know when they have gone from baby to juvenile to adult? :study:
Well we're off to the shop on saturday to find out all about the beardie and the kit that we'll need and hopefully the little beardie will be with us the following week. It's going to be kind of a birthday present for me so I'm extra excited and I can't wait to bring our little baby beardie up to a big and strong adult.
Anyway I guess I better sign off for now. Look forward to getting to know some of you and your little buddies better in the future. See you all soon.
Matt (ReIgN) :mrgreen: