Norris Notes - Two years already?

[Mirthy]

I hope ol' Norris the Morris will keep his creamy belly more often now that he is getting bigger. Even though I joke about how grumpy he is, I'm always looking for what could be stressing him out and trying to 'de-stress' while still giving him more than just a shut-in life.

 

[McSkweeky]

With a mom like you Carrie there is no way his life is anywhere NEAR boring. He's got a 'heated' kidding pool for crying out loud :lol: You are so attentive to him and what he needs/wants. It's really spectacular.

 

[Mirthy]

well Maggie, since you put it like that! He is a spoiled little stinker! What's his problem!? :lol: I'm going to be flying over your head on the 11th so wave at all the planes. Portland, Spokane, Seattle then home again.

 

[McSkweeky]

I will be in Virginia next week otherwise I would wave! Consider this a pre-wave hello!

 

[Mirthy]

Hi Folks,
today was a very mild Vegas day so we opted to try for another pool day. I took out the tree with us again but left out the water and just let Norris bask. He had just chomped on three crickets and a dubia so I figured he'd like some basking time. He started off stressed but eventually calmed down and seemed to enjoy himself. I'd say we were outside for about 15 or 20 mins. He started gaping and since I couldn't found my super thermo-fantastic ray gun I decided to play it safe and move to cooler weather. I'm going to start with my favorite photo first and then go back to the beginning.

Here is Norris on Sean's (my hubby) hand just before we took him in. His colors were dark for basking but his belly lightened up to a nearly perfect white. (what we call Norris Perfect!) Wow, look at his basking colors! He looks like he dressed for Halloween! Who needs a costume! No flash, just sunshine and a happy dragon.

Here is how our outing started, though...not nearly as happy, naturally...cue grump!

When I took the picture, it made him open his eyes. I could just hear him say. "Here comes the camera again...egads Tree!"

"...at least get my Good Side!" (thank goodness looks can't kill!)

however, it didn't take long before he really started getting into the whole outdoor basking this time so we all just sat around and enjoyed.

Norris on my Sean's hand, looking like the regal Morris he is.

well, mostly regal...

Norris on my hand, leaning back as on one arm in his Jabba the Hutt impersonation. It's the closest we've come to catching it on camera. He puts the other arm against his belly! I've caught him doing it twice now.

He had been so white bellied and even in the picture above you can see the stress marks starting. I had just reached a finger in to point it out to hubby, wondering why he was getting so stressed when Norris explained what was bothering him.

apparently it was the plane over head... flight attendant with a plane phobic dragon.

After that we went inside and he went back to chomp a few more crickets ...alls well that ends well, unless you're a cricket.

 

[Beardednoob]

I am king! Bow before your master! Good puppets........

He is looking good, and I am still in awe over his contrasting coloration.

 

[Mirthy]

hehe his royal highness thanks you...
I hope he keeps some of this color. Who knows what the next shed will bring? But hubby says that he bets it's not purple.
I'm in awe over how you get Thor to eat...and possibly pull wagons.

 

[Beardednoob]

hehe his royal highness thanks you...
I hope he keeps some of this color. Who knows what the next shed will bring? But hubby says that he bets it's not purple.
I'm in awe over how you get Thor to eat...and possibly pull wagons.

Tell your husband I accept his bet!
Also tell him I bet him double or nothing the shed after next will not yield pink or blue!
:lol:
The DRAGON WAGON :shock:

 

[McSkweeky]

He is getting BIG! He's growing into the amazing beardie we know he will be. I can't believe his colors. He's a looker!!

The photos of him on your hand are adorable. I can see what you mean by his Jabba the Hut pose. I bet it's adorable in person.

How's your week progressing?

 

[Mirthy]

Micheal, I told him but he's half asleep so ...

Maggie, It's so weird, he is actually a weight that I can feel when I pick him up now. Cheer! His normal colors are light orange-brown on dark brown but sunlight seems to agree with him. How is Virginia?


I swear, I have a box full of chaste dubia. As near as I can tell, we've only had one birth and those shrimps are too little to eat still. The local pet stores are both wiped out of nymphs and the only other local person who 'grows' them doesn't have enough nymphs to spare. We are waiting on cooler weather before we try anything with the post office again.

EDIT: 29 grams today. He was thirty but then nature called. :roll:

 

[McSkweeky]

Micheal, I told him but he's half asleep so ...

Maggie, It's so weird, he is actually a weight that I can feel when I pick him up now. Cheer! His normal colors are light orange-brown on dark brown but sunlight seems to agree with him. How is Virginia?


I swear, I have a box full of chaste dubia. As near as I can tell, we've only had one birth and those shrimps are too little to eat still. The local pet stores are both wiped out of nymphs and the only other local person who 'grows' them doesn't have enough nymphs to spare. We are waiting on cooler weather before we try anything with the post office again.

EDIT: 29 grams today. He was thirty but then nature called. :roll:

Virginia is good - so far it's mostly napping and eating. I can't complain!

What's your setup like for the dubia? I need to rethink mine when I get back. I think I'm going to try Michael's idea of the CHE to make sure the temps are correct. I don't think my current tub is warm enough so I'm not getting much for babies. Who knows though. When do you temps there usually start to go down there?

 

[Mirthy]

Well, we don't have to worry about it getting too cold even without a heat source...reverse of that, we have to try to keep them cool as the garage will sky rocket to 100F if the outside gets to 110F. This week was cooler and we actually had a day in the 80s! Of course it was raining but ?? Next week back into the mid 90s and that is the start of fall, I hope! If you go back to page 5 you can see our set up although we've added a few things. We have water crystals in there now as well as the water pillows in a couple of places, got rid of the oranges completely and put down shredded news paper on one of the sides for the one batch of babies we did get. It is so dry out here that we have dubia dehydrating and dying if we aren't careful. The pet store keeps them on misted bark...to give you an idea. (of course they keep their baby dragons on sand, too) Okay enough BUGS. Blah.

Norris just climbed to my shoulder then up my neck and tasted my hair. Having added another item to his long list of things he doesn't want to eat (good one, this time) He stretched up and tucked his head behind my ear with his arms holding on to my neck and went to sleep. Of course it tickled like anything but it was just too cute to disturb. Or so we humans think...the dragon was thinking "Haha! At last I dominate the Tree! Take that! I step on your head!" I tried to take a picture with the camera phone but for some reason it didn't seem to work. I must have broke it. 8)

 

[McSkweeky]

I forgot you posted the pics before. I get forgetful in my 'old' age :lol:

I can't even imagine how cute Norris was all cuddley up against your neck, even if he was just dominating you. I know they have to know who their parents for how much we slave for them. I'm hoping Dres and Nezzie don't think I've left them since they went to the vet's this week I know I won't get a reaction like a dog when I get back, but I'm hoping there will be some type of recognition even if it's a stink eye Does Norris do anything when you come home from traveling? Do you think he knows you're gone?

 

[Mirthy]

Trying to look at it objectively... No. But he is very curious and always watches when we come in and out and looks up at us. He eats for Sean and I both and seems to equally be grumpy at both of us. 8)



EDIT: Okay now that Hubby isn't looking....He LOVES ME!! NORRIS LOVES ME MORE!!

EDIT EDIT: just kidding, naturally.

 

[Mirthy]

So, since his big body shed Norris has been steadily eating less. He had a huge eat day immediately following and gained a few grams overnight!! but it has been a really low food day today. He is such a pain in the butt. He's had 16 Med. Cricks today and nothing else. Pooped fine. Only thing I can think of that might be setting him off is that his tail is going to shed soon. His new length is 9.75" long but he is only 31 grams. He does, however, have a very long tail and I think that is making his length:weight a little off. I also think he is just gonna be a runty fellow. I hope he proves me wrong.
We think that another one of our dubia gave birth whoohooo! Now we just need those babies a little bigger.