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[HaleyRose]

Hello! After months of lurking around I decided to just make an account. My name is Haley and I am the mother of two (about)six month old beardies, Athena and Lucifer. I adopted them both from my job at PetSmart. The tip of Athena's tail was bitten off by Lucifer, who is aptly named because he just isn't that nice...I just took him home today after months of thinking about it. Everyone was afraid of handling him besides me. They will never be around each other, and I have hopes that Lucifer will turn his attitude around and become trusting of me. Athena is as sweet as they can come though.

Months before I even adopted Athena I was doing research. I also own hermit crabs, which are one of the most misinformed animals sold, so I wanted to also do it the right way with the ubeardies. I seriously made lists upon lists of supplies I needed to collect. My beardies are in 40 gallons, which I scored super cheap at Goodwill, with Reptisun 10.0, no substrate, etc. etc. I even started breeding Dubias! I even recommend Reptisun to all the customers at work with lighting questions. One thing I couldn't wait to do when I brought my beardies home was to put them under that UVB. I hope that the introduction to UVB will help with Lucifer's temperate, too.


Lucifer

Athena

 

[Galactic]

Oh cool a petsmart employee! To get Lucifer more trusting just try to handle him as much as possible.

EDIT: I adopted a male and a female that used to be caged together. The male ate the tip of the females tale like what Lucy did. Of course I separated them when I got them.They are both really sweet lizards though, I think he was just hungry.

 

[HaleyRose]

I'll try to handle him more, thanks! At work I wasn't able to handle him often . And he also tries to jump out if your hands. I'll give him some time to adjust to his new surroundings and then start.

 

[Galactic]

Has he ever actually bit you?

 

[HaleyRose]

Yeah, but he doesn't bite down. He's learned that taking your hand away from him will make you go away. I don't back off, so he'll strike. I think the poor thing is more scared then angry.

 

[Galactic]

Yeah he is definitely scared. Good thing you aren't though! After a while he will learn to just tolerate your handling and should calm down. I am glad he went to somebody who is willing to put up with that!