bdalton
Sub-Adult Member
hey guys,
so im a first time beardie owner of my precious girl Lola, shes 6 months old. She is my first reptile since I had an iguana when i was about 12. Ive had her for about 2 months now and google and this site has been life saving. BUT there are certain situations that I cant google which brings me to my...well not so much question, i guess im looking for everyones experience in their own situation with their dogs and beardies. I have 3 dogs, a black lab, a golden retriever and a beagle. Lola's tank is in my room, and I have been trying to keep the dogs out as much as possible because when she sees them she gets totally stressed out. Her normal pure white chin and belly go black as ever and she just stares through the glass at them and usually wont move. So recently, I have been letting one dog in at a time to just stay in the room so she will get used to seeing them. The golden retriever is my dog, so she sleeps in my room. Im starting to feel really bad because she will just sit outside my door and cry until I let her in, but Im torn because I dont want to stress lola out. She doesnt get too black anymore when the golden retriever is in, but as soon as the others come in, shes back to BLACK. Shes very submissive, so she doesnt show any aggression towards them, just terror. Its mainly the black lab, probably because hes the biggest out of the 3 and probably looks like a monster to her. Anyways....im nervous about how the dogs will react to her and how she will react to the dogs. Im scared one of them might try to eat her. None of them are mean or aggresive in anyway, we just dont have any other small animals besides 2 cats to compare. They are fine with the cats, but a beardies a little different :\ I just dont know how to introduce them.......I always yell at them if they go near the cage, because they will just stand there and stare at her and I dont want her to be scared. Im not sure how often she has been seeing them, because Im not sure if they go in there when Im at work or not, but i try to let all 3 in at least once a day for a couple minutes at a time, but I dont know where to go from here. Do I just pick her up and show her to the dog (Obviously one at a time! lol) and show the dog to her? I just dont want her to FREAK OUT and like jump out of my hand and run away and then have the dog chase her (thats the picture ive had in my head of how it was going to happen, which probably doesnt help my nervousness lol) but I can cup her in my hand to make sure she doesnt freak and run away. I just know the dogs are going to want to sniff her and maybe even give her a kiss, but im just nervous. Okay okay i know you all get that im nervous, now ill stop rambling and let you guys tell me how your beardie dog introductions went and if u have any advice, precautions, stories, tricks, ANYTHING!!!
These are questions I have....
Do you let your beardie out when dog/dogs are around?
How are they together?
Was the beardie scared at first?
How big/old was the beardie?
What was the dogs reaction? beardies reaction?
Same with cats....they are inside/outside cats so their not around as much, and when I have lola out I only let her out in my room, and the cats barely come in, but they will meet eventually. Im not worried about the cats eating her, just worried they might try to play with her and claw her or bite her?....ill take kitty beardie intro stories too
...any bad introductions? :\
anything will help at this point I just wanna make sure it goes as smoooooooth as possible
THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!
so im a first time beardie owner of my precious girl Lola, shes 6 months old. She is my first reptile since I had an iguana when i was about 12. Ive had her for about 2 months now and google and this site has been life saving. BUT there are certain situations that I cant google which brings me to my...well not so much question, i guess im looking for everyones experience in their own situation with their dogs and beardies. I have 3 dogs, a black lab, a golden retriever and a beagle. Lola's tank is in my room, and I have been trying to keep the dogs out as much as possible because when she sees them she gets totally stressed out. Her normal pure white chin and belly go black as ever and she just stares through the glass at them and usually wont move. So recently, I have been letting one dog in at a time to just stay in the room so she will get used to seeing them. The golden retriever is my dog, so she sleeps in my room. Im starting to feel really bad because she will just sit outside my door and cry until I let her in, but Im torn because I dont want to stress lola out. She doesnt get too black anymore when the golden retriever is in, but as soon as the others come in, shes back to BLACK. Shes very submissive, so she doesnt show any aggression towards them, just terror. Its mainly the black lab, probably because hes the biggest out of the 3 and probably looks like a monster to her. Anyways....im nervous about how the dogs will react to her and how she will react to the dogs. Im scared one of them might try to eat her. None of them are mean or aggresive in anyway, we just dont have any other small animals besides 2 cats to compare. They are fine with the cats, but a beardies a little different :\ I just dont know how to introduce them.......I always yell at them if they go near the cage, because they will just stand there and stare at her and I dont want her to be scared. Im not sure how often she has been seeing them, because Im not sure if they go in there when Im at work or not, but i try to let all 3 in at least once a day for a couple minutes at a time, but I dont know where to go from here. Do I just pick her up and show her to the dog (Obviously one at a time! lol) and show the dog to her? I just dont want her to FREAK OUT and like jump out of my hand and run away and then have the dog chase her (thats the picture ive had in my head of how it was going to happen, which probably doesnt help my nervousness lol) but I can cup her in my hand to make sure she doesnt freak and run away. I just know the dogs are going to want to sniff her and maybe even give her a kiss, but im just nervous. Okay okay i know you all get that im nervous, now ill stop rambling and let you guys tell me how your beardie dog introductions went and if u have any advice, precautions, stories, tricks, ANYTHING!!!
These are questions I have....
Do you let your beardie out when dog/dogs are around?
How are they together?
Was the beardie scared at first?
How big/old was the beardie?
What was the dogs reaction? beardies reaction?
Same with cats....they are inside/outside cats so their not around as much, and when I have lola out I only let her out in my room, and the cats barely come in, but they will meet eventually. Im not worried about the cats eating her, just worried they might try to play with her and claw her or bite her?....ill take kitty beardie intro stories too
...any bad introductions? :\
anything will help at this point I just wanna make sure it goes as smoooooooth as possible
THANK YOU ALL!!!!!!