New enclosure & intro's of new addition dragons (PIC HEAVY)

Well, we started off with 2 dragons 5 yrs ago, now we are up to 7, we all love them in this house, lol. Starting off with Pizza, now all grown up ...

chillaxin...lol

All the fake rock basking areas we made ourselves at our kitchen table, alot of work but totally worth it!

this is george, he is a little shy.

this is george the day we got him, a little on the skinny side but has made up for it now

this is sunny, our citrus male with lavendar sidebars, he's packed with personallity

this is sweety, she has yellow highlights.

we aquired sweety when we got george, she doesn't look like it ithese pics but she laid 22 infertile eggs the day after this photo was taken, then she was sooo skinny

here she is a few months later after she gained some weight and health back

Here is stumpy all grown up

Our newest additions from over a year ago, punkin and lil' g they are both female leatherback tranlucents.

These are the new enclosures my inlaws made for our dragons, so lovely.

Last but not least... is Sythe, unfortunately he passed away due to a second growth on his head and grew even larger than the first one that the vet removed. We did our best with him and he was so very tolerant of the feedings, cleanings, he hated car rides... the growth eventually took his sight and was causing him obvious distress and removal of a second growth was impossible because of how porous his skull beneath the tumor had become.He was uthenized. RIP Sythe.

Hope you enjoyed the pics Now that I have a newer pc I hope to be online here much much more

 

[HappiDragon]

I should say, Although Pizza is a very LARGE dragon.. :roll: She is fed 90% on various greens and 10% proteins and fats from supers and crickets. Our other dragons eat far more supers and crickets than she is allowed.....just a hefty girl I guess?? Do you think she is an unhealthy size? I'm asking because I've wondered that myself :dontknow:

 

[HappiDragon]

Well, I think we are putting Pizza on a strictly green and such diet for awhile, I don't want her getting any fatty liver disease or anthing from being too heavy..

Does she remind anyone else of Jabba the Hut? Or is it just me? ...lol

 

[TheAnthropologist]

Nice tanks! They look awesome! Stacks are so great, I do not know what I would do without mine! Nice leatherbacks too! The patterns are really vibrant.

 

[blackroses110285]

Pretty Dragons!! Love your girls beard! Very nice enclosure too!! I have to custom enclosures my husband made me. I prefer custom made over glass tanks! They seem to hold heat so much better, and you can make them look how you want. It's funny how addicting beardies are! I got my first one a lil over 2 years ago, and now I have 5 plus going to keep two babies for my daughter. Oh and since I got my first dragon all my immediate family got dragons after that lol! Your dragons look so nice and healthy, but your girl is very big, but so cute! Oh and I am really sorry bout your beardie that was ill.

 

[ChestersPet]

Well, I think we are putting Pizza on a strictly green and such diet for awhile, I don't want her getting any fatty liver disease or anthing from being too heavy..

Does she remind anyone else of Jabba the Hut? Or is it just me? ...lol

Yes! Jabba all the way. Pizza is a good name too but Jabba is a great fit. Love the beardies and the vivs, very nice!

 

[HappiDragon]

Thanks Chesterspet! Thats what I thought Hubby said the other day she's so big she'd make a good slipper.... :shock: :shock: :shock: In jest of course... he loves her too

 

[Irwinshealth]

Quite the nice bunch! Pizza does look more like Jabba in that pic :lol: Your Viv's and rocks look great. I'm looking forward to more on all of your bunch

 

[ChestersPet]

Thanks Chesterspet! Thats what I thought Hubby said the other day she's so big she'd make a good slipper.... :shock: :shock: :shock: In jest of course... he loves her too

There is one other Star Wars character....it was in Episode 2, he is the cook at some diner that Obi Wan visits to find out about a the dart from Jango Fetts' gun. Pizza and that guy have the same paunchy neck. Also reminds me of the Gungans king from Episode 1. So many odd creatures have that...wonder if old George has had a beardie...

 

[Rowaki]

Wow! I love your vivs. I went and got my wife from the other room and made her come look at them :lol: lol! I told her we need to talk her dad into making something like that for our new baby! It's our first and only about 3 weeks old and having a blast with him/her. (Not sure ye what it is) lol

 

[HappiDragon]

Thanks Chesterspet! Thats what I thought Hubby said the other day she's so big she'd make a good slipper.... :shock: :shock: :shock: In jest of course... he loves her too

There is one other Star Wars character....it was in Episode 2, he is the cook at some diner that Obi Wan visits to find out about a the dart from Jango Fetts' gun. Pizza and that guy have the same paunchy neck. Also reminds me of the Gungans king from Episode 1. So many odd creatures have that...wonder if old George has had a beardie...

lol! I'm gonna have to watch the episodes again!! :wink:



Rowaki, Good luck with your beardie! They are addicting! We have become slaves to ours :wink: We live in a fairly small space so the stackable vivs are awesome! My father and mother in-law spent alot of hours on them, they used 2x10 dried out fish farm floating walkways, he planed them on all four sides to get rid of all the sunbleached and damaged wood after carefull removal of all nails. The tracks are made from recycled 4x4 fence posts. they are bisquet joined and then the wood is sealed and laminated. holes were cut in the sides and back and normal circular household vents were inserted. The interior is arborite so very easy cleaning :wink: circular adhesive felt pads were used between the vivs to prevent damage from rubbing. My inlaws live over 1000km away so they partially assembled them and brought them out in their motorhome when they came to visit for the summer then here we finished assembling them It was a labour of love and I can't thank them enough for all their hard work!! We use discared carpet pieces from the carpet store to line their cages, cut to the appropriate size, I find it works great and just throw it away when it gets dirty and insert a new one, we usually have a few pre-cut pieces standing by

I LOVE the fact that they are mostly all made from recycled products!

 

[Rowaki]

Wow that's some serious love lol that's AWESOME you have in laws that are willing to help like that! I've been nervous ever since I brought beardie home. Check on him constantly lol this forum has been great so far and picked up a ton of info and have been extremely helpful! I appreciate your time!

 

[HappiDragon]

No problem Rowaki! I love this forum for its wealth of information! Have you taken any pics of your dragon yet? i would LOVE to see them!!! My inlaws are very special to me, pretty much MY parents, I lost my own parents back in 1992.......wow......long time ago. They have been my rock. Me and Ma talk every day even though we are so far appart and she alway asks about the dragons :wink: She loves them too We now have eggs in the incubator again and are soooo excited to see our new lil dragons!

 

[Rowaki]

Yeah I've taken a few! I'll have to read the post on how to upload pics and post some soon lol Thats just great that you are that close. I've been married 3 years now and my family is back in IN but now I am in Seattle where my wife's family is. We moved back when she was pregnant with our son which is now 1yr 2mth. Luckily I get along with my in laws. lol How did you get started with dragons?

 

[Rowaki]

O and my mom doesn't know about the beardie yet but she is coming to stay with us for a bit in two weeks . I think she will like it though. Not that it would change my mind if she didn't