ThePhilosopher
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Hi everyone.
I found a breeder on craigslist three weeks ago and he had a beautiful female baby super citrus sitting comfortably inside a small plastic container he had poked holes in to provide air. I paid a $60 donation to the breeder for his time and effort and I brought "Lucy" home. She's crawling all over me as I'm writing this. :lol:
So I have had her for a while in a 40 gallon tank my good friend let me have with a basking spot I bought and temped the area with a probe thermometer from 98° to 118° with a shaded cooling spot at the other end from 18° to 27° cooler. Her light greys and light yellows turn into dark greys and dark browns.
I mist her with filtered drinking water 4 to 5 times a day which she loves to just stand there still with her chest high and eyes closed licking the water slowly dripping down her nose. I use a layered bed of kitchen paper towel for substrate. I figure it's easier to clean.
I also give her daily baths in a mid-sized tupperware container with filtered water up to her shoulders that I temp to about 105°and let her soak in it until she starts crawling up the edge which means I want out. Usually she will leave a decent sized poop in her "bath tub". I rinse and sanitize it with bleach.
At first she ate very little, but now she is starting to pound the crickets left and right. I'm following the 80/20-20/80 diet with crickets and veggies. She barely eats veggies though, just licks them. I have tried kale, carrots, apples, all either finely chopped or grated to mush. I also dust the crickets that I feed her with calcium/D3 powder so she doesn't get sick. I take her out on my shoulders to bask in the natural sun to absorb vitamin D whenever I can. I once accidentally suffocated an entire box of crickets because I dusted them with too much calcium powder.
She is very relaxed and gentle, will let anyone pick her up or pet her, never bites or shows any signs of aggression and loves a tight warm crevice to crawl into and call it a night. My parents think I'm insane for keeping a reptile and more so because I kiss her a lot and talk to it like a baby. I figure since you have to be so gentle and attentive to its needs so it doesn't die, you might as well see it as one.
I have seen her puff up her beard before and scratch her beard against a stone like she is shedding. She loves to lick things as she explores. I can only pick her up when she allows me, which is 99% of the time, and when she doesn't she dissappears out of my grip like a bullet to the other end of the room. I'm amazed at the energy contained in such a small fragile creature.
I found a breeder on craigslist three weeks ago and he had a beautiful female baby super citrus sitting comfortably inside a small plastic container he had poked holes in to provide air. I paid a $60 donation to the breeder for his time and effort and I brought "Lucy" home. She's crawling all over me as I'm writing this. :lol:
So I have had her for a while in a 40 gallon tank my good friend let me have with a basking spot I bought and temped the area with a probe thermometer from 98° to 118° with a shaded cooling spot at the other end from 18° to 27° cooler. Her light greys and light yellows turn into dark greys and dark browns.
I mist her with filtered drinking water 4 to 5 times a day which she loves to just stand there still with her chest high and eyes closed licking the water slowly dripping down her nose. I use a layered bed of kitchen paper towel for substrate. I figure it's easier to clean.
I also give her daily baths in a mid-sized tupperware container with filtered water up to her shoulders that I temp to about 105°and let her soak in it until she starts crawling up the edge which means I want out. Usually she will leave a decent sized poop in her "bath tub". I rinse and sanitize it with bleach.
At first she ate very little, but now she is starting to pound the crickets left and right. I'm following the 80/20-20/80 diet with crickets and veggies. She barely eats veggies though, just licks them. I have tried kale, carrots, apples, all either finely chopped or grated to mush. I also dust the crickets that I feed her with calcium/D3 powder so she doesn't get sick. I take her out on my shoulders to bask in the natural sun to absorb vitamin D whenever I can. I once accidentally suffocated an entire box of crickets because I dusted them with too much calcium powder.
She is very relaxed and gentle, will let anyone pick her up or pet her, never bites or shows any signs of aggression and loves a tight warm crevice to crawl into and call it a night. My parents think I'm insane for keeping a reptile and more so because I kiss her a lot and talk to it like a baby. I figure since you have to be so gentle and attentive to its needs so it doesn't die, you might as well see it as one.
I have seen her puff up her beard before and scratch her beard against a stone like she is shedding. She loves to lick things as she explores. I can only pick her up when she allows me, which is 99% of the time, and when she doesn't she dissappears out of my grip like a bullet to the other end of the room. I'm amazed at the energy contained in such a small fragile creature.
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