Hi All!
Tho I am not new to exotic pets I am new to Bearded Dragons and lizards in general. I have had my new guy Boudreau for 3 days now. I am not sure how old he is and believe it's a male by what I have read so far. Poor thing was basically abandoned at our tattoo shop. One of the Boss' kid's friend left him there on the basis he had no where to put him and it would be only a few days. Well a few days turned into a month. Boudreau had been there for two weeks before I actually new he was there. Boss kept him in the office on the second floor which I don't have access to. The kid only came by once a week to dump a handful of crickets in the cage. Me and the boss started getting crickets and meal worms to him every couple days. So I started researching bearded dragons and knew he needed more than that. I already knew about the calcium and vitamins but had no clue about the different lighting. His body is about 10" plus the tail and has been living in long 20 gal tank with just a heat lamp. Needless to say I felt called to take him in, had to fork out $40 for him but at that point I didn't care about the money as his was not in good shape. I noticed he was starting to peel but his skin was like a rock where it just wasn't coming off. I gave him a bath the second day which he seemed to thoroughly enjoy. He really started to shed after that. It appears he should have some deep oranges and yellows in his coloring but without proper nutrition and lighting he looks rather pale. So far he has perked up amazingly in just the little time I've had him. He will let me handle him, actually perched on my shoulder for a while today. Trying to get him to eat greens which is proving a challenge. Cleaned the cage today and put in some play sand (sifted to get out all the rocks), there was some kind of black sandy stuff in there before. Was worried about him ingesting that black stuff all this time but he had a good poo today and his belly is soft. He has a basking light and a UVB light and there are plans to build a proper enclosure after I know he is okay. So that's it so far. I am so glad to have found this forum
lots of good info and a lot of people who seem to care.
Tho I am not new to exotic pets I am new to Bearded Dragons and lizards in general. I have had my new guy Boudreau for 3 days now. I am not sure how old he is and believe it's a male by what I have read so far. Poor thing was basically abandoned at our tattoo shop. One of the Boss' kid's friend left him there on the basis he had no where to put him and it would be only a few days. Well a few days turned into a month. Boudreau had been there for two weeks before I actually new he was there. Boss kept him in the office on the second floor which I don't have access to. The kid only came by once a week to dump a handful of crickets in the cage. Me and the boss started getting crickets and meal worms to him every couple days. So I started researching bearded dragons and knew he needed more than that. I already knew about the calcium and vitamins but had no clue about the different lighting. His body is about 10" plus the tail and has been living in long 20 gal tank with just a heat lamp. Needless to say I felt called to take him in, had to fork out $40 for him but at that point I didn't care about the money as his was not in good shape. I noticed he was starting to peel but his skin was like a rock where it just wasn't coming off. I gave him a bath the second day which he seemed to thoroughly enjoy. He really started to shed after that. It appears he should have some deep oranges and yellows in his coloring but without proper nutrition and lighting he looks rather pale. So far he has perked up amazingly in just the little time I've had him. He will let me handle him, actually perched on my shoulder for a while today. Trying to get him to eat greens which is proving a challenge. Cleaned the cage today and put in some play sand (sifted to get out all the rocks), there was some kind of black sandy stuff in there before. Was worried about him ingesting that black stuff all this time but he had a good poo today and his belly is soft. He has a basking light and a UVB light and there are plans to build a proper enclosure after I know he is okay. So that's it so far. I am so glad to have found this forum
lots of good info and a lot of people who seem to care.
