She is stinking beautifulHello BD community, this is Lilith but you can call her Lilly. She is eight weeks old and a hypo het trans.
She just went into her new home (yes I keep her on sand!) and she has already been eating greens out of my hands and I got her a couple of baby roaches as a rewardShe is very active and curious and I'm really looking forward to get to know her.
She is my second dragon (as most of you are probably familiar with my boy Luis by now) but my first female. She is waving at me constantly (like really a lot!) right now which so soooo mega cute
I'll feed her well even though I wish she could stay this small for ever...
Yes, there is something about thatChris. said:I'll feed her well even though I wish she could stay this small for ever...
Mine wasn't afraid of black T-shirts, but likely because in the reptile store they all wear black T-shirts and my Taco was the last one of the siblings that was sold (nothing strange about him, but one must be the last one), so he might have stayed approx. one month there (reptile store is not he same as breeder) according to what I can guess based on this size. I also wear >90% of the time black T-shirts. So he might have learnt early on, already in the reptile store, "black T-shirt = food supply", and this continued.xp29 said:I've noticed with my small dragons, the new one included that black t-shirts and hats seem to make them nervous, I think my beard does as well.
Mine also changes color that quickly. Sometimes funny when I want to snap a photo, go getting my digicam or phone from another room, and in the meanwhile...It is funny, she was this light orange outside and did really blend in seconds after putting her on that basking branch.
I also saw this difference when watching youtube videos.@ChileanTaco the breeders kept her on sand also and in Europe it is very uncommon to keep a dragon on non-loose substrate.
UP THE IRONS!!!! my favorite band lol.Thank you everyone.
@xp29 there might be something to this, my boy still hates my old metal shirts (Iron Maiden, Amon Amarth, etc). Today I was wearing pink though but it was almost a 2h drive to pick her up so there is enough reason to be nervous. Sure she will come around. I noticed she looks a lot like your girl, except she's only het for trans, but we have a similar taste for dragons
@NickAVD you are right, I can tell she has been handled quite a bit more compared to Luis who would shy away in the beginning as soon as I opened the door. Lilly still won't really let me touch her but I can hold my finger close and she will pick small pieces of greens off from the tip.
It is funny, she was this light orange outside and did really blend in seconds after putting her on that basking branch.
We were able to spend maybe an hour or so today before her lights went out so we are not really communicating yet. Other than her constant waving, which Luis also did not do. But she is (like Luis also at the beginning) trying to eat everything right now, which concerns me a little but and I might feed her a little more the first week because of this.
@ChileanTaco the breeders kept her on sand also and in Europe it is very uncommon to keep a dragon on non-loose substrate.
Also dagons are fed less here in general. Most stores and breeders advice to feed a baby maybe three or four bugs per serving with three servings a day. From what I've read here most people in the US will feed waaaay more. But then they end up with full grown dragons that are little over half a year old and I was told from a breeder and two vets now that my boy is very big for only 1,5 years old (he is 17"). Thats those different approaches again
I picked her out about a month ago so when you posted your girl I just smiled and already loved herUP THE IRONS!!!! my favorite band lol.
I thought our girls looked similar to lol. I actually wanted het trans but my girl wanted the black eyes because Sweet Pea had them.
Lilly will come around, it takes babies a bit to figure things out. Zsa Zsa was really bold the first couple day, but this morning she was kindda skittish to. It's perfectly normal with babies.
Beardies are much like guys, food is the path to the heart lol.I picked her out about a month ago so when you posted your girl I just smiled and already loved herFollowing both their journeys will be really interesting in the time to come.
She is doing very good already, she's a lot calmer than yesterday. No waving anymore and she's eating her roaches out of a cup that I hold close to her. Still watching my every move and avoiding my touch but I don't push her but rather hold my hand close and just let her make the first move.
Hi, no, I did pick her out a bit before I was able to bring her home and that was just a way for the breader to mark her for me. It's really light paint and it fainted after a few days (and she shedded off the remains yesterday).Hi! She really is cute! If you don't mind (Still new to beardies) that pattern on her back, the blue circle, is that part of her morph? Or something else?
Oh ok! Thank you! I'm familiar with ball python morphs and genetics (I was originally going to get a ball python instead of a beardie, so glad I got the beardie). Sounds sort of similar. I just wasn't sure if it was the same for beardies.Hi, no, I did pick her out a bit before I was able to bring her home and that was just a way for the breader to mark her for me. It's really light paint and it fainted after a few days (and she shedded off the remains yesterday).
As for the morph and genetics, she is hypo het trans orange.
Hypo means a reduction in black pigments (hence the more vibrant light colors and clear nails).
Het for translucent would be a reduction in white pigments (more vibrant darker colors and pretty or completely black eyes). Beeing het, means she carrys the trans gene but does not display any of its signs.
If you look at my profile pic, that is my boy, he is a translucent leatherback tiger high orange.
Leatherback meaning his skin is more smooth with less and smaller spikes.
Tiger is refering to the tiger-stripes on his back.
I'm not sure if it is the translucent but he has a lot of dark blueish to black in him. Like his beard is dark/grey most of the time and even the tip of his tongue is pure black.
He is also half german giant (a supposedly bigger breed from Germany) but he seems to come more after the father, except that his beard is quite big compared to most dragons I've seen.
There are more different genetics out there but I think those are the most common.
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