when i first got my beardie, it was $300, and it's only been a couple of weeks and I've already spent nearly $100 on extra stuff.
I looked up stuff. Did you get a tank with gold frames? Funny. I looked up stuff, and found that if you know where to look, you can find cheaper things. Yeah, maybe used, maybe scratched a little in a spot or two, but still usable. Besides, our local Goodwill is known for selling tanks for less than $20. Sometimes without a cover, but that can easily be purchased anywhere. eBay also has some good stuff, and, knowing our house, some stuff from gazillion years ago can be used for a beardie - like decor or fixtures.
running the lights that beardies need is very expensive, so maybe your parents can't afford that right now.
For the sake of sanity, yours and mine, read, will you? My parents won't have to afford anything. I am entirely capable of earning my own money. And just FYI, my father is a small business owner. Can't afford lights...
sometimes, they need to go to the vet when they are sick, that's at least $100 because you have to take them to a exotic vet, maybe they can't deal with that at the moment.
Oh, really? Thanks for enlightening, man. Didn't know they ever get sick. Wow. And I was wondering why vets exist, and why do people put aside money? But now I know. Now I'm a new creature.
$50 won't even buy you the dragon alone, those are usually $60, so they would have to help you out with all the supplies they need.
I've heard otherwise. My parents will most likely just drive me to PetSmart (I know they're not the best, but our neighborhood one seems fine enough), or, if they're particularly generous and kind (which they can be if I'm a good kid) they can let me order one through Backwater Reptiles. Guess the price? OMG you're so smart! It's $40. And besides, where did I say I only had $50? I said that last year, for my birthday, I got $50 from my mum's side (relatives) alone. My family gave me $13 from each of the four members - my mum, dad, bro, and sis. That was $52 from my family. So, plus $50 from relatives... Oh look, it's $102! Plus, it's a tradition within my family - however old someone turns (us children, I mean), they get that much money from each family member. So this year, I'm turning 14. If I'm very lucky, I get $56 from my fam and, hopefully, another $50 from my other relatives. Awww, now I'll have around $200, given the amount of money I already made before!
Am I clear at least now?
maybe get a job, and save up until you have at least $500. Give your parents time and prove to them that you are mature, they are probably nerveous that they will have to care for it when you don't want to.
Hey, everyone else who posted here! Did y'all just see things when I yelled at the top of my lungs (or is it my fingertips? Or my keyboard?...) that I'll get a job over the summer? Yeah, well, we have a sane one here.
>Give your parents time
Apparently, seven years was not enough.
Personally, beardies are not very cheap pets, No animal is cheap. They may be saving up for something else.
Oh, wow. I did five years of actual bloody research and still don't know that. I thought you could just get an animal and care for it for free. Funny part is, I lease a horse. She's old and need meds every so often. Bute, too, because she has a sore leg and arthritis.
>maybe they're saving up for something else.
Yeah.
The Tardis, to be exact.
Already worked out a good deal, they now just need a few pennies and we'll have our own flying police box.
Also think if you have the room for a 100 gallon aquarium to house your beardie in the future (Those usually price in at around $300).
I'm not really planning on getting two or three, FYI. No idea where you got the 100 gallon bit. From what I researched, they need 40 gallons as adults.
Give them time and when they say no don't talk about it again until a couple of weeks later.
They don't say no. They just give reasons. Puny little reasons. If I prove to them that all their worries are without a root, they might as well let me get one. Not get me one, but let me get one.
I simply stopped asking for one and started asking for something more extreme like another puppy and then one day my parents were like if we get you a dragon will you stop asking for a dog? And I was like, yes! Idk if this will work with your parents but I thought I might drop some info on my experience.
