Hello everyone!

[ChrisMiller]

Greetings from Arizona!!

I am new out here and wanted to drop in and say hello. Not new to the herp world but I am new to beardies. I actually started and ran IguanaLand.com when it was active many years ago. Not sure if anyone used or remembered that site but I thought I would throw it out there in case they did. I kinda moved on quickly back then and left the site to another guy and have regretted it ever since. I had met a lot of great people who were really passionate about Iguanas and have since lost contact with all of them.

ANYWAY.... back to beardies. I had always been interested in them but I stayed so busy trying to learn all I could and take proper care of my iguanas, anoles, and salamanders back in the day that I never had the time. Now i am married and have 2 little girls so I thought with them being 6 and 9 now that it was certainly time to get back into herps and teach them about them too.

So we picked up Rango here off of Craigslist a couple of days ago. His previous owners could not keep him anymore so I thought it would be nice to adopt one. He's a citrus color and in real good shape with the exception of a couple of missing toes. His enclosure is not the best - the previous owner was running pellets for bedding and had a regular UVB bulb over the top of his cage. The reptisun 10.0 tubes should be in tomorrow and I am going to move him into a big 48x24x24 from CustomCages.com and the new substrate will be tile. Luckily Rango came with his own Dubia colony so we're off to a good start there!

Me and Rango will be spending a lot of time on here learning all we can to give him the best life possible. Right now he's going thru some relocation stress and doesn't want to eat much of anything. Really hoping to turn that around soon.

See you around!

Chris

 

[ChrisMiller]

Lets see if this works...

 

[Flynnthedragon]

cute lil Rango they're awesome pets, your daughters will love him My little cousin likes mine but isnt quite sure about touching her yet. Nice that you are putting him in a nice new enclosure, and with tile, will be heaps easier to clean.. and the dubia colony is a added bonus! living in arizona im sure the temps are high enough for the dubia to breed. My colony needs a CHE to keep em up to temp here in WA state. My next beardy will prob be one off of craigslist there awesome

also Welcome!

 

[FranktheTank]

Hello and Welcome! Wow Rango is one handsome beardie, he is so bright!! Sounds like you're off to a great start with everything, thank god you rescued him before he got mbd from lack of uvb! Did the previous owner tell you how old he was or where he came from? It's nice to see another person from AZ! I'm in Gilbert and got my first beardie about a year ago. Now we have 4 lizards and growing!!

-Kaleen

 

[ChrisMiller]

Kaleen,

I have been told he's 8 months old but no idea where he came from.

I am real close to you. San Tan Valley.....

If these roaches get out of hand, I might have to get a hold of you LOL. Or do you raise your own feeders?

 

[FranktheTank]

Chris,
We are very close indeed!! If you need help getting rid of some roaches I have two very hungry beardies who love to eat!! We don't raise our own because I don't want them in my house. That may change as the number of scaley children in our house increases though. We've already started a vegetable garden in the back yard and are constantly adding veggies as we discover their favorites. It's amazing how fast these amazing creatures take over your life! I love them and wouldn't have it any other way, in fact we are working on getting our third beardie, giving us a total of 5 lizards! Well I look forward to reading more about Rango, and hopefully we'll see some more pictures!!

-Kaleen

 

[Claudiusx]

Welcome to the site!

-Brandon

 

[BlueDragon09]

Welcome and lovely dragon very cute.