Hello everyone! Everyone calls me Halesy hence the user name. 
I used to keep Iguanas a long long time ago in my teenage years and like most people I bought without doing proper research. Of course than the internet and information was not readily available the way it is now. My children wanted lizards for sometime and they finally got to an age where I thought they could be gentle and responsible. So I did some homework on the matter and kept coming back to Bearded Dragons.
I went to a few petstores just to have a look see and the dragons seemed in bad condition. One dragon was shaking which I know is a bad sign of possible calcium deficiency. So I wound up getting the name of a guy who owned a petstore but was also said to be a reputable breeder and the dragons looked very healthy. Last week we brought our two new family members home and we couldn't be happier. Their names? Chester and Rudibaga. :lol: They are very young and growing like weeds with a nice rainbow tint. We do have them together at the moment in a 40 gallon just until their new enclosures are finished.
I hope to learn alot from all of you and share in the joy we've grown for these two and get pictures up soon. I'm sure I'll have tons of questions as well.
The one thing though that I found to be disheartning in our quest to take on reptiles is that it seems there are so many people who just want to make a buck and I did run into a few people with reptiles who seemed to care more about their entertainment value than trying to take proper care of them. I know it sounds sappy but we take our pets very seriously and believe that every creature we take in deserves our very best. Anyway thanks for reading and i look forward to getting to talk with you and sharing in your knowledge.
I used to keep Iguanas a long long time ago in my teenage years and like most people I bought without doing proper research. Of course than the internet and information was not readily available the way it is now. My children wanted lizards for sometime and they finally got to an age where I thought they could be gentle and responsible. So I did some homework on the matter and kept coming back to Bearded Dragons.
I went to a few petstores just to have a look see and the dragons seemed in bad condition. One dragon was shaking which I know is a bad sign of possible calcium deficiency. So I wound up getting the name of a guy who owned a petstore but was also said to be a reputable breeder and the dragons looked very healthy. Last week we brought our two new family members home and we couldn't be happier. Their names? Chester and Rudibaga. :lol: They are very young and growing like weeds with a nice rainbow tint. We do have them together at the moment in a 40 gallon just until their new enclosures are finished.
I hope to learn alot from all of you and share in the joy we've grown for these two and get pictures up soon. I'm sure I'll have tons of questions as well.
The one thing though that I found to be disheartning in our quest to take on reptiles is that it seems there are so many people who just want to make a buck and I did run into a few people with reptiles who seemed to care more about their entertainment value than trying to take proper care of them. I know it sounds sappy but we take our pets very seriously and believe that every creature we take in deserves our very best. Anyway thanks for reading and i look forward to getting to talk with you and sharing in your knowledge.
