Greetings everyone!

[katsnake]

I thought I had better introduce myself, since I have only posted a couple of times in someone else's thread. My name is Kat and have adopted two adult beardies. The first to come into our life was Loiosh. His previous owner surrendered him to the Arizona Herpetological Association when he didn't want him anymore. Since I am a volunteer for the AHA, and was quick on the forum there to say I wanted to adopt him, he became ours. He is quite a character, and does all of his manly displays whenever anyone is around to see him.

When we adopted him, we found that he was missing about a third of his tail and about a third of his toes. I don't know if they were lost due to crickets in the cage at night when he was a hatchling or from hatchling tankmates or even bad sheds. He was pretty thin when we first got him, but with a nice diet of crix, superworms and better greens than us humans eat, he has gained some weight. Here are a couple pics of Loiosh:




Next, we adopted Rocza. She has all of her toes, but is missing the tip of her tail. She looks like she is fairly close to full grown, and loves hanging out with me while I am on the laptop... or helping me read the posts..




I had them together for a few days to see if they would get along, but Loiosh wasn't letting Rocza up to the heat and UV bulbs, so they were quickly separated. I have lizard leashes for them both, so in addition to the UVB bulbs, they come outside for some natural sunlight for as long as I can stand the heat. (I did mention AZ?? it was only 100 degrees F today! Sept 28th!) :shock: They get to go outside when it's not quite that hot, for their owner's sake.. LOL

I also am interested in wildlife photography and snakes. I volunteer with the AHA by rescuing rattlesnakes out of people's yards and taking them about a half mile away to the desert where they came from. There are photos of these rescues in my photobucket, if anyone is interested in looking. http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c198/katsnake/

 

[Chris]

Hi Kat!

unfortunately i cant see ur rescue pics in fotobucket, but i acn see ur dragons and they look very similar to mine! i love normals, i really dont think colour matters!



i'm glad they ound u, you sould like u know moer than enough to improve thie lives.

dont fall into the ESU/UVB trap. theyre crap incase u hadnt read that yet,..go for a repti sun 10 or repti glo 8

i'd love to take in a rescue, actually i'd like to rescue everything rescueable, i think it would be the best feeling,..!!

enjooy ur new children and welcome to the forum!
theres a tonne of great advice to be found here,..if u need anything, just ask,...!!!!

 

[katsnake]

Thank you Chris! I will read up more on the Repti Sun lights. I also take my beardies out for real sun so I know they are getting what they need. Manmade lights will never match what they have already evolved to use.

I am sorry that you couldn't see my photobucket pics, I will check the link and try again. http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c198/katsnake/
I hope that this works.

 

[draken]

hi kat welcome to the forum my name is Sean and i have a teenage(sub-adult) named Draco,hope u have a good time on the forum

 

[katsnake]

Thank you, Sean.
I will certainly have fun and enjoy learning more about these wonders from down under. :lol:

I see you are in TN. I will be in Louisville on business this winter, too bad it's not going to be in the summer when I could go photo herpin'.