Hello all. I'm starting a new thread for my new dragon and will do a memorial thread for my beloved Zilla, who was my first dragon.
We've had Sid for 5 days now, and wow! I can't believe how different of a dragon he his compared to Zilla! I still consider myself new to beardies since I'd never really even heard of them before around two years ago.
We are still in a learning process with Sid to try and figure out his likes and dislikes with foods and temperature etc. The woman I got him from had a toddler and a three week old baby, and wasn't spending the time with him that she wanted to. She didn't give me a whole lot of info except he loved roaches and didn't eat greens like she thought he should. That he was an every other day pooper and usually only on the left side of his tank. Not even positive what his basking temp was because the end of the thermometer hung down halfway in the back of the tank.
But so far so good with him! He ate a roach the first day and three superworms, but then threw up the next day. A piece of carrot either didn't agree with him, or I hadn't gotten his basking high enough. The next day he didn't eat, but I lowered his light and he eventually started gaping. Yesterday I coaxed him into 10 worms, and today he ate 25! That was WAY more than I intended to feed him, but honestly, it had been SO long since I had seen a healthy beardie eat! He even washed it down with some water dripped onto his nose. I snuggled with him a bunch after that, but new he had to bask so didn't keep him out to long. He promptly black bearded and glass danced to come out, so I took him out. Then he crawled up my shoulder and head and hung out and dozed. I put him back after awhile and he basked.
Here's some pix!!
First day!
First day neck snuggles with daddy
Yesterday, checking out Mt. Shoepile
On the couch with his mouth open
Black bearding the back of the couch with his mouth open
Today, very happy to be out of his tank
Black beard fading since he's out of his tank
How we snuggled for awhile after he ate 25 worms
He always touches my cheek or sticks his nose in my ear when he's on my shoulder
He was very lazy/sleepy today
Look at that black beard after I put him back to bask!!
I have NEVER seen a beard so black!! And look at that one spike. Pretty sure it's shedding.
But he's a very pretty color! And I think he's got blue eyes!
We've had Sid for 5 days now, and wow! I can't believe how different of a dragon he his compared to Zilla! I still consider myself new to beardies since I'd never really even heard of them before around two years ago.
We are still in a learning process with Sid to try and figure out his likes and dislikes with foods and temperature etc. The woman I got him from had a toddler and a three week old baby, and wasn't spending the time with him that she wanted to. She didn't give me a whole lot of info except he loved roaches and didn't eat greens like she thought he should. That he was an every other day pooper and usually only on the left side of his tank. Not even positive what his basking temp was because the end of the thermometer hung down halfway in the back of the tank.
But so far so good with him! He ate a roach the first day and three superworms, but then threw up the next day. A piece of carrot either didn't agree with him, or I hadn't gotten his basking high enough. The next day he didn't eat, but I lowered his light and he eventually started gaping. Yesterday I coaxed him into 10 worms, and today he ate 25! That was WAY more than I intended to feed him, but honestly, it had been SO long since I had seen a healthy beardie eat! He even washed it down with some water dripped onto his nose. I snuggled with him a bunch after that, but new he had to bask so didn't keep him out to long. He promptly black bearded and glass danced to come out, so I took him out. Then he crawled up my shoulder and head and hung out and dozed. I put him back after awhile and he basked.
Here's some pix!!
First day!
First day neck snuggles with daddy
Yesterday, checking out Mt. Shoepile
On the couch with his mouth open
Black bearding the back of the couch with his mouth open
Today, very happy to be out of his tank
Black beard fading since he's out of his tank
How we snuggled for awhile after he ate 25 worms
He always touches my cheek or sticks his nose in my ear when he's on my shoulder
He was very lazy/sleepy today
Look at that black beard after I put him back to bask!!
I have NEVER seen a beard so black!! And look at that one spike. Pretty sure it's shedding.
But he's a very pretty color! And I think he's got blue eyes!
