lexus465
Juvie Member
Hello everyone! Here's my story on how I found my new little buddy Toa.
So on a quick trip to my local Petco for some cat food I came across this gorgeous 6 yr old beardie that had been basically neglected for four years by his previous owner. The animal lover in me flipped and I wanted to take him home right then and there, but seeing as I had nothing to take him home to, I decided to talk to my husband more and my mom (who lives with us) and get everything ready before picking him up. Both my husband and I started researching like crazy :study: , which is how I found you guys. This site has been instrumental in helping us get informed. Well, this was Sunday evening and by Tuesday evening he was gone! We had already bought (almost) everything we would need for him (yay for the $1/ gallon sale). Needless to say we were heartbroken. A few days later we stopped by another Petco and of course stopped by to check out their dragons. There was one guy who stood out to us, he was the biggest in there and was really alert, came up to the glass, and was watching us. I asked to hold him and he just hung out on my shoulder. We were hooked, there was no way I was putting him back at that point.
He settled in nicely, there didn't seem to be too much relocation stress and he has been eating and pooping like a champ. lol. I've been trying to hold him a little longer each day and he seems to enjoy it, he even got his first bath the other day and seemed to like it.
He (I'm pretty sure) measured in at 12" a few days ago and is around 4 months old. After much debate and joking around we decided to name him Toa which means warrior in Samoan.
So without further adieu, I introduce Toa: (I couldn't figure out how to embed the images, the tutorial said to click the IMG code, but it wasn't listed on my photobucket page)
http://s1230.photobucket.com/user/lexus465/slideshow/Toas%20new%20home
Any advice is more than welcome and thanks again for all the help this site provided!
So on a quick trip to my local Petco for some cat food I came across this gorgeous 6 yr old beardie that had been basically neglected for four years by his previous owner. The animal lover in me flipped and I wanted to take him home right then and there, but seeing as I had nothing to take him home to, I decided to talk to my husband more and my mom (who lives with us) and get everything ready before picking him up. Both my husband and I started researching like crazy :study: , which is how I found you guys. This site has been instrumental in helping us get informed. Well, this was Sunday evening and by Tuesday evening he was gone! We had already bought (almost) everything we would need for him (yay for the $1/ gallon sale). Needless to say we were heartbroken. A few days later we stopped by another Petco and of course stopped by to check out their dragons. There was one guy who stood out to us, he was the biggest in there and was really alert, came up to the glass, and was watching us. I asked to hold him and he just hung out on my shoulder. We were hooked, there was no way I was putting him back at that point.
He settled in nicely, there didn't seem to be too much relocation stress and he has been eating and pooping like a champ. lol. I've been trying to hold him a little longer each day and he seems to enjoy it, he even got his first bath the other day and seemed to like it.
He (I'm pretty sure) measured in at 12" a few days ago and is around 4 months old. After much debate and joking around we decided to name him Toa which means warrior in Samoan.
So without further adieu, I introduce Toa: (I couldn't figure out how to embed the images, the tutorial said to click the IMG code, but it wasn't listed on my photobucket page)
http://s1230.photobucket.com/user/lexus465/slideshow/Toas%20new%20home
Any advice is more than welcome and thanks again for all the help this site provided!