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Hi, I am the slave of six cockatiels and my new dragon Nim. I'm creating this thread to share all the cute things my little Nim does. Ive had him for eleven days now and he likes me. He warmed up to me six days after I got him. He is the smartest lizard I have ever owned. I would post pics but I'm having some trouble. I put a photo on Flickr and then do the image thing but it only flashes the pic then it disappears if anyone could help I would like that. Nim is a six inch ten gram bearded dragon. Who's favorite veggie is dandelion greens. I have an organic lawn so I get the dandelion greens from there.

 

[Tonja]

Yes just a couple of drops in it and mix it up well then feed it to him

 

[TheWerewolf]

Alrighty. I'm going to do that now.

 

[TheWerewolf]

He just ate some. He loved it but stopped after a while. Because I let him tell me how much he wants. I'll probably give him some more in an hour if he hasn't pooped. Thanks for all your help Tonja.

 

[Tonja]

you're welcome

 

[TheWerewolf]

WhooHoo he pooped! And I also finished his new bed. Here are the pics.

The blanket is double sided, so is the bed. And it is way bigger than his first bed. I think this one will last a while. That's all to update on now.

 

[NEROtheMONSTER]

Cool bed .
Any new pics of Nimmy :?:

 

[TheWerewolf]

Nope, not yet. But I will have some tomorrow. Maybe, but right now he out for his snuggles.

 

[TheWerewolf]

Alright, I'm going to make this quick as I am not in a chatty mood. Let's see how quick I can make this. Nim pooped without difficulty. He ran out of canned crickets. And, I hate this too, we weren't able to get any. Not even live. We also can't get any tomorrow. I am frustrated but after my 'breakdown' Saturday night, I not as angry as i would be. This hurricane will end, soon. But I did get some squash and collard greens. Would you believe it that collards was all Hannaford had. So for Nimmy's dinner I gave him a larger than normal salad of collards and butternut squash. With green grapes for dessert. :wink: So tomorrow he'll probably have butternut squash and collards for breakfast and dinner will be spaghetti squash and more collards. I really do hope he forgives me for not giving him bugs. Maybe, just maybe, I'll give him wild crickets. Yes, I know I said I wouldn't do that any more, but again, I cannot see the future. He probably has parasites already, thanks to me and the Petco crickets. But I guess the parasites haven't gotten worse. IDK, I'm just tired of all this. If only I could take a vacation from Nim. But if I did I would worry about Nim all throughout it. I feel cursed in a way. But I do have good news. We got paper towels! I large roll for a buck. I don't know why people use sand, paper towels are cheaper and won't impact your dragon. So tomorrow I'll grab some rocks and sticks and set up his 20 gallon. And that will be his cage until we move. I would get a 40 gallon, but, we don't have room in this house. Also, I don't think we have 40 dollars. Oh, this Friday we WILL get roaches for Nim. WILL most positively. I guess that is all for tonight. I'll take Nimrod out for snuggles soon. I may not even post tomorrow. I don't know, perhaps just a quick update. This 'blog' seems to have gotten boring. Plus, I just don't feel chatty. I just want to sit and listen to music. Seriously, that is all I want to do. Maybe I'm depressed? Whatever, that is all for tonight.

 

[Beardiesforthewin72]

Turkey baby food would work if you can't get crickets right away. It needs to be stage one food and just turkey no added gravy or anything mix it up with some warm water and feed on a spoon. That way he gets is protein. It may seem like its just liquid but let me tell you chars on baby food bc she won't eat and she gained 46 grams in two weeks! It's also very cheap 69 cents for a small thing of it!

 

[TheWerewolf]

That's a good idea but, would you believe it, we don't have enough money for that. Mom doesn't even want to go out tomorrow. She wants to rest up for Wednesday. And I can't drive, plus we don't have baby food in the house. Well, except for one that I didn't chose that has iffy ingredients. Could I, perhaps, give him a little white meat chicken with his dinner tomorrow? I know it is yellow on the Beautiful Dragons food chart, but maybe that could be where he gets his protein? I really don't know.

 

[Beardiesforthewin72]

Well I gave char steak and chicken before and honestly chicken isn't that much different then turkey. I don't see why not just do it sparingly. I hope things work out for you and mom times are tought very tough. I know I work telefundraising and no ones got money accept of course for the 1% those greedy dumbies! Anyways I digris I'm sure that nimrod will be fine with the checking char seemed to love her piece just don't season it idk how that stuff reacts with their tummies.

 

[TheWerewolf]

Yeah, I know to use it sparingly. That is why I said for dinner only. And I would give him the tiniest piece. Just enough to give him the protein he needs. Yes, times get tough for everyone. But it seems that after this week things will look up. Hey, he'll get a larger cage tomorrow. Nim and I will get through this, together. Thanks Beardiesforthewin72.

 

[morphmom]

I'm very glad you picked up paper towels but may I make a suggestion? Sweetiepie9 (One of our mods) has five boys! :shock: She uses flyers/papers that come free to the house. You can even talk to the neighbors about having their flyers once they're done with them. No cost to you and more money for feeded insects

 

[TheWerewolf]

Thanks for the tip, morphmom. I was thinking of using some newspaper underneath the paper towels. 'Cause we don't have neighbors but we do get some type of newspaper thing free in the mail everyday.

Well, guys. This is going to be my only post today it seems. I am too sad to be in a chatty mood. Because Pikachu died. I don't know how, nor I do why. The worst thing is that I'm all alone because mom is gone for some errand. It hurts, even though we never bonded and she was slightly feral, I still loved her. I also think KitKat saw her die in front of his eyes. I showed him her body but I don't think it has hit him yet. Because he is calling for her, but there is no one to answer. It is the worst thing! Birds mate for life! I saw him look in one of the cages that she was being nesty in. I broke down, he was looking for her! I put her in a box all nice a comfy and am now letting her freeze. 'Cause we always do that with our dead pets. We like to let them freeze for a week or two so that a predator doesn't dig up the body. I feel like I want to wake up out of this dream. But it is real, she is not coming back. Goodbye Pikachu. Please know that I loved you. Have fun in Heaven, goodbye my baby.
Now I shall post a few pictures to keep her memory.
This is her as a sweet sweet baby bird.

A recent pic.

Being the cute nesty cobra she was.

I think this was when she was a juvenile.

Looking out the window with two of her siblings. One of her favorite past times.

That is all the pics I know I have of her. Would you believe it. If I could rewind time I would. I think there was a sign something was wrong last night. Her cage was in my room and I heard something strange. But I didn't get up to check, maybe she could've had her last moments out of her cage. This is my only post for today. I may look around and read posts, but I won't type anything. I don't even feel hungry. Bye for today.

 

[BlueDragon09]

Aww...sorry about Pikachu, beautiful girl. RIP Pikachu!