Hi Em,
I've been thinking of you constantly, wondering how you've all been doing. Congrats on the house & all the expenses that go with that, but a new house, OMG that's great news!
And Lexi, so sweet that she made that trip like the trouper that she is. It's wonderful news that she's off meds, eating great and gaining weight, good for my wonderful miracle dragon! And don't worry, a 40 gallon breeder will be just fine for her. Didi, Lonzo, Leo and Gabriel are all in 40 gallon breeders and will be for life. Even if they don't get out of their tanks during the day when I'm at work, they have plenty of room to get around, so she'll be fine in one of those. Only Rubio, who's so huge, is in a 75 gallon tank, which we had because we had a tegu given to us at one point, who was rehomed, so that's how Rubio got the bigger tank. She'll do fine in that sized tank, no worries!
My crew are fine. Rubio is like Belle, still sound asleep, even though he did get up for water yesterday, so I got myself a super Rubio cuddle before he went back to sleep. The other four are all up today, even though Didi & Leo have slept for the last week. Lonzo is doing well, considering his lung will never function again. He's still not allowed to brumate, but he does go to bed early, about 3p or so, so does very short days. I've had to literally feed him his food, so he's gained weight and looks great (I'll attach a pic). Gabriel hasn't figured out what brumation is, he slept 1 day so far, but otherwise is up every morning, has alot of energy in the am, then quiets down and he's sleeping earlier than usual, too. It's been wet and rainy every day since mid Oct, even though we did get 5" of snow the week before Christmas, closed down our area for a couple of days, but otherwise it's just been raining, foggy and if not raining overcast. Typical winter for here.
I'm so glad to hear that everything at your end is going well. When did you buy your house and when did you move in? I think it's wonderful that you guys were able to do that!
My other news is my son is engaged and Tara, his fiancee, is pregnant and due early August or earlier, we're not sure. She sees the doc again on Monday so will know more then. They're over the moon and moving to a bigger place with it's own backgard (the bottom duplex in a complex) in a better part of their city, so all is good. They came to my mom's on New Year's Day to announce the news. So I'm going to be a grandma if everything goes well!
The other news is my wonderful sis & b-i-l bought us all Cirque du Soleil tickets (the whole family) with front row seats for tomorrow at 1p, I'm so hyped, they give great shows. So I"m off to babysit my nephews tonight, then off to my sis's tomorrow for most of the day. As I'm on vacation, it's great that all this is included. Spent New Year's Eve with my nephews, too, watched movies, made noise at midnight, then bed. It was a whole lot of fun!
So here are pics of Lonzo:
He was keeping an eye on Gabriel, who was running around the living room:
and Gabriel discovered Lonzo's old log on the floor:
"This is mine, all mine!"
And I have a new family member, she's a 7 year old crested gecko and her name is Bunny. I bring her out every night and we have fun playing "catch the crestie" as she runs around on my bed. It gives her great exercise and I also feed her Repashy, as she was always fed crickets b4.
She likes to climb my computer screen. "So what's back there"
Holding her, she's so soft, just like velvet:
So I have the best of both worlds, the dragons during the day & Bunny at night. I have another gecko, Rocco, who's 5 yrs old, but he doesn't like to be handled at all, he'll bite me if I try. So I get to stroke his back, but that's it!
So I'm so glad to hear the good news about Lexi and her mouth, that is awesome. You have a wonderful vet. Do you have to take her back to be checked up?
Looking forward to some pics when you have a minute (if you ever have a minute!)
Love & Hugs
Deb and my crew of 7 now!