Hi everyone, glad i managed to find this site.
Got my beardie 2 weeks ago now, bit of a weird story really. My son Liam is 7 and is really into wildlife, but with him having asthma cant really go anywhere near fur. so we came up with the idea of a lizard. At first i was thinking of a small gekko or something similar until we went to the pet shop,had a talk with the assistant, he said that they are really quick and we would'nt be able to handle them really, he said what about a bearded dragon and showed us some about 2 months old. But me and my son fell in love with one right at the back of the shop that was 18 mths old all on his own and looking sad.So we got him, my son named him Rossi after the motorbike rider, he scares all his mates when they come round and he's walking round with him on his shoulder,the whole family have fell in love with him including my 2 year old daughter. best thing i've bought in a while.
Anyway couple of questions, sorry if they sound dumb but would be much appreciated if you bear with me.
Firstly, i've mostly been feeding him locusts, but also leaving him a dish with cabbage, broccoli and other greens but he won't touch the veg. or greens but wolfs down 4 or 5 locusts i've tried the veg a couple of times now but he wont touch it also when i went back to get more locusts the assistant told me he didnt touch them there either.
Thanks for being here hope to hear from you soon, cheers Paul n Liam[/img]
Got my beardie 2 weeks ago now, bit of a weird story really. My son Liam is 7 and is really into wildlife, but with him having asthma cant really go anywhere near fur. so we came up with the idea of a lizard. At first i was thinking of a small gekko or something similar until we went to the pet shop,had a talk with the assistant, he said that they are really quick and we would'nt be able to handle them really, he said what about a bearded dragon and showed us some about 2 months old. But me and my son fell in love with one right at the back of the shop that was 18 mths old all on his own and looking sad.So we got him, my son named him Rossi after the motorbike rider, he scares all his mates when they come round and he's walking round with him on his shoulder,the whole family have fell in love with him including my 2 year old daughter. best thing i've bought in a while.
Anyway couple of questions, sorry if they sound dumb but would be much appreciated if you bear with me.
Firstly, i've mostly been feeding him locusts, but also leaving him a dish with cabbage, broccoli and other greens but he won't touch the veg. or greens but wolfs down 4 or 5 locusts i've tried the veg a couple of times now but he wont touch it also when i went back to get more locusts the assistant told me he didnt touch them there either.
Thanks for being here hope to hear from you soon, cheers Paul n Liam[/img]