HANDI-CAPABLE: THE 7 WONDERS OF MY WORLD!

WELCOME TO: BELLA, OLLIE, PYREX, GABBY, LINCOLN, SCARLETT, AND MICA'S STORY.

Hi everyone,
Somehow having 3 threads going at the same time, bogged me down from posting faithfully, I don't know why it would :?: , but I thought I'd consolidate the 3 together to make this one topic. I'm going to post some original info from each thread to update anyone who doesn't know my clan, then I'll have some new pics at the end.

From "HANDI-CAPABLE BELLA, PLUS OLLIE+ PYREX" Thread

~BELLA~
Well, on craig's list someone posted a 2 yr old "handicapped" girl......... aggressive (this may have been d/t improper lighting and food)............. so not a good pet for children, and would be asking for a rehoming fee.
Long story short.......the lister couldn't take care of her........... he was interested in other pets and was moving on, and when I saw a picture of her, I knew she was suppose to be mine. Many people called for her, and he said that if I came down to pick her up, he would not charge me for her. Sooooooooo...........off I went, with much anticipation and knowing it was going to be a long day trip.
When I saw her, she was in a dirty viv, sand substrate, urate smelling drift wood, and she was very small with poop smears on her. She had a household light bulb only......... with a black light for night time......... no food or vitamins on hand.......... with everything in much need of a good cleaning. In the owners defense......... he said he wanted her to go to a good home............. so someone could take care of her. When I saw her.......... I instantly fell in love.
I brought her some butterworms, to see if she would eat them in her enviroment before I scooped her up to take her away d/t the possibility that she'd have relocation stress and not eat. She goobled them up..........I was so happy!
When I picked her up, she was very tense, bearding without darkening, and trying to bite me x2........ but I was persistent, and rubbed the top of her head, so she settled down quickly. So tiny........I asked the owner, are you sure she's 2 yr's old? He said yes, and told me how she lost her feet, etc. Apparently she was a runt, and the other babies attacked her leaving her with her right front foot missing at the ankle, back left missing from the ankle down, back right missing right below the knee down, and half her tail. She has the front left limb completely, but the fingers are crooked, the limbs are very skinny, and mushy/soft, significant of MBD, also her jaw is a little off alignment, another sign of MBD too.
I wrapped her snuggly in a soft towel, and she went home on my friends chest, cozy and sleeping. I brought hand warmers with me so they were within the towel......... she was toasty warm and appeared very content. It was a long day, and the only time she moved, was when she did a poop........ much to my delight........... because of the sand substrate housing. I had brought another towel, just in case that happened.
I have named her "BELLA"...............for she is truely "beautiful".......... she has some orange/red on her face/beard and back, not too much, just enough. Her eyes are the perfect color with the golden color outlining the dark iris, she has a short nose, 9" long, from nose to tail end, and weighs 140 gm. She looks like a baby not a 2 yr. old.
When she woke up in the AM, she had a nice salad then I gave her some phoenix worms......... she's very alert and study's everything, including me. She pooped again, which was wonderful, formed but smelly, so I'll be testing her soon for parasites. Bath time was cute, I held her and took a soft toothbrush and removed the dried poop from her........ I think she thought she died and went to heaven.
I am using what I have........... I have cleaned and baked her things, I couldn't salvage one piece of driftwood, because the urate smell wouldn't come out.
I have a very low hammock for her, a hide, and a low log......... she manages well with walking........ but woobles d/t the MBD and her legs being unevenly amputated.
All I can say is............ she is precious, and I love her........... plus I want to give her the best home that she deserves, especially with her past. Meet Miss Bella Graham. (All my beardies have middle names)


~OLLIE~
He was my first beardie, I picked him out from a tank filled with at least 50 babies, didn't know a thing about beardies or their care. I soon found this site and quickly learned how to set up the viv, etc., and had a stool sample examined only to find out that he had AV. I hand fed him for over 2 years, plus he had pneumonia, so it was 14 days of injections, nebulizer treatments and medicines, but he is now eating on his own, still fussy about the greens at times, but appears stable. Meet Oliver "Ollie" Spike.

~PYREX~
He is a snow morph, and was abandoned at a reptile expo. I saw him on the information table, tiny and under a cool breeze, so I went to the MC and said it was nice they were using a baby beardie as their mascot, but he would freeze to death all day with the air conditioning blowing on him. He wasn't a mascot,............ and someone left him, :?: :?: so I waited all day for someone to claim him, no one did, and low and behold, I was driving home with a new baby. Meet Pyrex Ricco.

From "NEW BABIES AND PICS, Meet Gabby, Lincoln, and Scarlett!!" Thread
~LINCOLN AND GABBY~
So.............they have a Reptile expo in Co. 4x a yr. and yesterday was my first introduction to the western expo's. Of course, I was only going to buy some supplies, really............ but couldn't help my self to look at the babies, I should have never gone near the tables. One vendor had some beautiful morphs and I fell in love with a 4 month male, with a tail nip. He comes from a red sandfire/het/hypo/blood line, I held him of course, put him back and spent the day chatting with vendors and buying supplies, but when I went back, much to my amazement, he was still there................he made an offer I couldn't refuse.................but here's the unbelievable part.............I already had a little girl under my shirt (to keep her warm) that I purchased for $10.00. She was under another vendors table and while looking at their beautiful tiger/red babies, the vendor said, I have a baby that's been nipped on her foot/tail, would you like to see her? I should have said "no thank-you, I have to leave", but of course I said yes........... if you've been following Bella's thread, you know I rescue beardies, and I couldn't put her down.......the vendor said, "I want her to go to a good home", and that was it, paid the money and...........off I went to the ladies room, put her under my shirt, and she never moved the rest of the day. The vendor said she was a normal, but when she warmed up, her head became neon yellow, along with her shoulder blades, and when she was a baby, she had a diamond pattern going down her tail, thus, her name.......... So this is Lincoln Mosaic and Miss Gabby Diamond.

~SCARLETT~
She came to my home during part of my (pringle) addiction, one of my few beardies that does not have any infirmities; she's still growing and quick as ever, she keeps me on my toes and is getting her own little personality. Meet Scarlett Emerson.

From "MY NEW (PRINGLE) MICA" thread
~MICA~
Well, as some of you know, I've always wanted a "white" beardie, so I've kept my eyes open for the right one. It's difficult to know what a 6" baby will grow up to be, color-wise, even if the parents are leucistic, etc, so I've been hesitant in getting such a small tyke....................
Well........................., I found a 11 month old light colored male, hypo pastel, that I just loved when I saw him, and knew he'd me mine. To my surprise, he was very skinny and lethagic, but friendly and lovable. I really felt that he came to me as a rescue,........ just for me to nurture and love. Meet the one and only, Mica Jackson.


So there's the synopsis of each baby, and here are a few pics for an update.

~Bella~

~Ollie~

~Pyrex~

~Lincoln~

~Gabby~

~Scarlett~

~Mica~

So I hope you enjoyed the new pics, sorry for the long intro, but I hope you'll leave a note so you can continue to follow my special family and their updates. That's my one fear about closing my other threads, that I'll lose all my contacts, so please check in.

Bugs and hugs to all, :love5:

 

[beardie osk]

Thanks so much Deb and Carrie, great advice from both of you.

My Aunt passed away today, she had been failing for a while,......none of us thought it would be this quick but she was comfortable at the end, unfortunately, I didn't get down there in time ............She was like a mother to me, definately my spiritual mother, and I'll miss her. So plans have changed a little, I'm her POA and I'm making all the arrangements........... the funeral will be Friday..............

October is beginning to be quite a month for me, Both mother and father, now my Aunt have passed at this time..........so it's filled with many memories.

Thank-you ladies for all your help re: the superworms........I'm going to try all your suggestions.

 

[beardie parents]

You have my sympathies, Christine. I lost an Aunt (my father's sister) last month I haven't seen her since my father's death. She lived in Texas where her first funeral was and the kids are supposed to have another one in Tucson, where she spend a lot of her childhood with my father and their brother (both deceased, she was the last one) but I still don't know when that will be. I know how you feel. Thankfully I still have my mother, she turned 80 in July and is doing good. My father died July 1 2005, just over 6 years ago and I still miss him. My mother and I were talking baseball last week and a question came up that I know my dad could have answered, but since he's not here anymore, we couldn't ask him. Stuff like that always comes up, it doesn't matter how long they've been gone. You have my prayers and I send hugs, I know you need them.

Lori

 

[NCSUCarrie]

Oh Christine Im so sorry to hear that. It sounds like she was a very special person in your life. Good luck with all the arrangements. I'll be thinking of you, esp over the next several days! And keeping you in my prayers!

 

[athenacp]

Oh dear I am so sorry! I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers!

 

[sweetiepie9]

I'm sorry to hear about your aunt Christine, you're in my thoughts & prayers, too. Now for the paperwork, I feel for you, I had tons of paperwork to do for Roger, I had to keep a list to make sure I did all that was needed & that's without a funeral, we had the memorial instead. So I feel for you, it seems there is so much to do, paperwork-wise, but you'll get through it. Glad all is well with your bunch. How'd you manage with the supers?
Take care,
Deb
Check out my thread when you have a minute.

 

[Rukia1988]

So sorry for your loss Christine. I hope everything works out with the funeral, im sure you will do a fantstic job one that your aunt would be proud of!

 

[fresnowitte]

Oh, Christine! I'm so sorry to hear about your Aunt.

P.S. I have been having computer issues but if you need to talk you have my number. :wink:

Love You! :love5:

(((HUGS)))

 

[beardie osk]

Thanks so much ladies, for all your thoughts, prayers and hugs.............It's nice to know you are there.............The week my aunt died I had a dream that I was preparing a eulogy for her, and woke up with many memories to speak about..............We all were amazed the day she died, that it was so fast but I am at peace that she didn't suffer for a long time.
The funeral was simple and sweet, I gave the eulogy, and the Pastor that she worked with for 30 years gave us all a challenge. It's sad that so many times family meet together for these circumstances and we don't make time on happier occasions, but all went well, and I am grateful, it was nice to see everyone.
I did make it to the reptile expo to get some feeders, and now I'll try again with the supers.........I did put the bran and oatmeal in the freezer, as suggested, so I'm hoping that'll do the trick, we'll see................
Thanks again, for being there for me, it means alot!!!!!!!!!

 

[MissT]

Oh, Christine, Im sorry I have been missing from your thread.
I'm so so sorry to hear about your aunt but glad that you have found peace in the fact that she did not suffer for a long time.
You will be in my thoughts and prayers!
Hugs!

 

[sweetiepie9]

Hi Christine, how are you doing? Hope everyone is doing well during the beginning of "brumation", nasty word. Lonzo is semi-brumating, he'll get up to check on what's happening, then go back to bed. Rubio has been spending a day here & there, but he's shedding, so mostly he's up. When I got home last night, Didi was 1/2 way out of his hide, just his shoulders & head were out of the hide, the rest was in the hide :mrgreen: Silly dragon!

Go visit my thread when you have a minute, Sweetie broke both her upper arms on Saturday. It's been a busy few days!
Talk to you soon,
Deb

 

[Goonie]

Hi Christine. Sorry I haven't posted here in awhile, but I had been lurking.

I'm very sorry to hear about your aunt. I'm sure the eulogy you gave at her service was beautiful.
As sad as the reality is that the only time all family members get to see one another is after someone's passing, I'm glad that you all were there to console each other.

 

[sweetiepie9]

Hi Christine,
How have you & your family been, it's been awhile since I heard from you. I hope all is ok & you're just busy, hope to hear an update soon.
Hugs
Deb

 

[fresnowitte]

Thought I'd pop in to see if it might have been Christine posting.

Deb the last I spoke to Christine she was having computer issues.

Christine I hope that all gets figured out soon and you can join us once again here.
Until then might I wish you a Very Merry Christmas!

Warm Hugs & Snuggles!

 

[sweetiepie9]

Hi Christine,
I wanted to wish you a good & Merry Christmas & a good 2012

Rubio was singing, so he wanted to sing you and your crew a song:

Hugs & snuggles,
Deb, Rubio, Lonzo, Leo & Didi & Rocco my golden gecko

 

[falcor33]

Hi Christine, hope you have a wonderful Christmas! Falcor, Tolkien, Loki, Onyx, Chibi & myself wish you the best always!!!