CitrusLemonBeardie
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- Beardie name(s)
- Lemon
Hi everybody
I've become a bearded dragon mum today (or technically nan as our new baby belongs to my 12 year old son!). Lemon, our baby Citrus bearded dragon came home with us today as a Christmas present for my son. We spent Christmas Day / Boxing Day setting up the vivarium and have been doing as much research as we can before collecting him / her today.
So... it's a bit overwhelming isn't it?! We are head over heels in love already but I feel like I have a newborn again I'm so worried! Literally every single thing we research comes up with conflicting information. I just hope we're doing everything correctly. Lemon has eaten really well today but already we're worried we have fed him / her the wrong things. Some of the crickets I think were bigger than the space between Lemon's eyes, which is something we have only read about this evening! Lemon has also eaten a few mealworm which seems to be a no-no for babies?
Lemon has been fast asleep, we think, since 7pm but all we can see is his / beautiful tail sticking out from the foliage. I feel like I won't sleep tonight panicking that Lemon is just asleep - yep, that newborn feeling again! We only have a stick on thermometer so I'm stressing the temp in the vivarium isn't accurate, and also that there is a rogue cricket still in with Lemon even though we cleared it completely before lights out. Arrrrghhhhh!
Please tell me it gets easier? I was not this stressed when we got our cat!
I've become a bearded dragon mum today (or technically nan as our new baby belongs to my 12 year old son!). Lemon, our baby Citrus bearded dragon came home with us today as a Christmas present for my son. We spent Christmas Day / Boxing Day setting up the vivarium and have been doing as much research as we can before collecting him / her today.
So... it's a bit overwhelming isn't it?! We are head over heels in love already but I feel like I have a newborn again I'm so worried! Literally every single thing we research comes up with conflicting information. I just hope we're doing everything correctly. Lemon has eaten really well today but already we're worried we have fed him / her the wrong things. Some of the crickets I think were bigger than the space between Lemon's eyes, which is something we have only read about this evening! Lemon has also eaten a few mealworm which seems to be a no-no for babies?
Lemon has been fast asleep, we think, since 7pm but all we can see is his / beautiful tail sticking out from the foliage. I feel like I won't sleep tonight panicking that Lemon is just asleep - yep, that newborn feeling again! We only have a stick on thermometer so I'm stressing the temp in the vivarium isn't accurate, and also that there is a rogue cricket still in with Lemon even though we cleared it completely before lights out. Arrrrghhhhh!
Please tell me it gets easier? I was not this stressed when we got our cat!