Tengu's great adventures

Hello all!

So, now my BD is 16 months old and she is at 42cm long and 355g. We believe she is fully grown and would like some advice on feeding.

Currently she gets fresh salad every day and 20 L size crickets once a day. Should we now start decreasing the amount of crickets? She LOVES them of course and salad is like a "Do I have to eat it?"

So any advice at the age she is at etc?

Thank you in advance

 

[sweetiepie9]

You're welcome, yes, they can sense there is another dragon in the house, even if they're in separate rooms and never see each other. I have all of mine in one room, so they can see each other, but only when they're on outside times. Only Leo can see Cierra & vise versa in their tanks. The 3 boys can't see each other at all and Cierra can't see the 3 youngest in their tanks either. I put it this way as Cierra was always ok with seeing Leo.

 

[tengu1]

wow!

It makes you wonder how they are in the wild!

Well this morning was Tengus new vitamin powder. She can see it on the veg and she licked it twice and walked away :shock: so I don't know if that means she doesn't like it and wont eat veg or not and if she doesn't like it will I have to revert back to the previous one?

She is in a sulk with me today because I tried to give her some love last night by stroking her while on her fleece at sleep time...... HELL NO! LOL she hates it at night time. She makes it perfectly clear that night time is her alone sleep time. I think it must be that she feels more vulnerable at night so is on guard. maybe she will relax as she gets older.

 

[sweetiepie9]

Oh my, she's so funny at night, must be frustrating to not know all her rules :lol: They all do have their rules. Cierra is very picky about being picked up, she's getting better, though because I'm so persistant. Would she snuggle if she was wrapped up in a blanket before sleep time, then you can put her bank in her tank for sleep time? Maybe that would work, that's what I do.

Keep giving her the vitamin powder, she only needs it once a week and really only a pinch, see if that works better for her. None of them like change. When I clean out their tanks & put their furniture back in, they all lick it all to make sure it's in the same place. If it's not, watch out!

I love their antics, such personality and Queen Tengu has loads of personality.

 

[tengu1]

Ohhhhh she is definitely the queen!!!!

Yes funny you mention about the cleaning out. It is funny to watch them lick everything to make sure! LOL

I have noticed Tengu is blacker than usual. Is that a season thing because it is colder in the morning?

I think I will leave her alone at night. She was pissed!! LOL big beard, hissing, angry face and stink eye for two days now. :shock:

 

[sweetiepie9]

Maybe give her a snuggle in the am. I noticed that Castiel was black, too, this afternoon, gave him a snuggle and his bright colours came out right away. They need to be touched, like it or not, makes them feel better. But I can understand why you can't get her out at night, she's definite on that point :mrgreen:

 

[tengu1]

I will try that

Today she had her crickets and I swear she is smiling when its cricket time! Anyway, after she has had her 20 she stands there for a long time afterwards looking. Does that mean she wants more ?

And right now it is dinner time and she is at the front of tank watching! Is that a hint?

She has so much personality its scary!!

 

[sweetiepie9]

Yes, both are defnintely hints, especially dinner time. I'd just give her a few more or some fruit on her salad. Hard to say what she wants to eat, but a few more crickets won't do her any harm.

Dragons are full of personality unless they're 1/2 asleep. Then they're just funny!

 

[tengu1]

Fruit I notice is quite a pain as you can only give a small amount once a week. Which fruit do you say you can give regularly?

Right now she is staring at me with the beadiest eye I have ever seen!!!

 

[sweetiepie9]

Mine won't eat any fruit at all. Here's a great list of food for beardies under Nutrition www.beautifuldragons.com. Sweetiepie & Lonzo loved raspberries and Sweetie loved blueberries. I gave them a few a week.

 

[tengu1]

Wow!

Tengu is a fruit monster!!! She LOVES fruit!!! Her eyes go crazy when she sees fruit! LOL I will have to get a mixed fruit type thing and give one of them so the different fruits are occasional.

My main thing is how much to give of an occasional fruit. There is no answer trust me I have looked and looked.

I think I will go to the shop now and get her some

 

[sweetiepie9]

Did you check out the list I sent to you, that link? All fruit is occasional, doesn't mean you can't give her one piece cut up every day, won't do her any harm. The only fruit she can't have is citrus of any sort.

 

[tengu1]

Hi there

Yes i checked the helpful link thank you I was wondering about amount as in grams but like you said I guess its small amount as and when.

Yes no citrus which is a shame because Matsuyama is a tangerine island and we get a box of them every autumn and Winter and they are delicious!!!

Last night Tengu was watching with patience when she saw the tangerine and there was no way she was getting any, so I gave her some apple and in true form her crazy eyes came out and CHOMP CHOMP CHOMP she went :lol: :lol:

 

[sweetiepie9]

Apple is the only mild citrus that beardies are ok with. Glad she enjoyed it! And it would be great to give them tangerine, instead it's all for you!

 

[tengu1]

Hello

So today was weigh day and she was very nice to me today she weighed in at 504g I have wanted her to get to that weight without her being fat and she is 44 1/2cm long.

This morning she also let me clip her nails (nightmare to do) got to be sooooooo careful!! Well nearly all clipped! LOL

I then took her out of her tank and placed her on her fleece under a light while I cleaned out her business and she stood there watching and taking everything in. Now she is basking quite happily

How are all your beardies, and how is that ankle doing?

 

[sweetiepie9]

Glad she hit her good weight! And it is good for her length, perfect in fact!

Ankle is healing, all the bruising is gone and only gets swollen if I'm on my "foot" for too long. I was at a birthday party at my sister & b-i-l's, we were 16 in all, only my son & his family couldn't make it. My mom was 80 mid Oct & my b-i-l was 65 on the 9th, so it was good food and a very delicious cake, too. I had lots of help and it was great to see everyone. My youngest brother & his family picked me up and brought me home, it was just great to get out!

I see the surgeon on Nov 3, so will find out when I can weight bear (can't do that right now, it really hurts if I do) and when I start seeing the physio therapist. Because I can't get to the hospital, I called my insurance company and can see my own therapist who's office is 5 min drive away. So I'm set with that, will call her when I get the schedule & get that sorted. Looks like it will still be early Jan before I can even consider starting to return to work. It's a very long healing process, my surgeon was right.

My dragons are mostly asleep, even though I got them all in the bath today. Nathaniel stayed out watching cartoons until I left (Castiel was not pleased, I had to keep snuggling him to get him to stop being so dark :lol: so spoiled) and Cierra was out a bit today, too. The minute I put Nathaniel back into his tank he went directly back into his hide, he can sleep tomorrow but then I'll get him back up, as he ate today so will need to poop. Cierra refused to eat anything today, I'll see if she'll eat tomorrow if she's still up. Gabriel stayed in his tank all day because he was out 1/2 the day yesterday. They have to share the living room, like it or not.

Leo went to the vet on Friday for his blood test, waiting for results, I'll let you know. He's the one that was full of fluid from low protein. I'm hoping I've got that right now & that his protein level is normal again. My vet also took some fluid out of his belly but it was a normal colour, so he's not leaking from his blood vessels anymore, which is great. Seems he's still carrying some fluid but not alot, so that's good news, too. I'll get him back in February for another check up when I've gotten off disability. My pay will start reducing beg Dec, so less income for me until I'm back to work.

I have to tell you a funny story. On Thursday I had Gabriel on my lap to hold for awhile, we were watching TV together. Suddenly he decided to run along my left leg (the one I have the boot on), as it was elevated onto my leg walker. So he gets to the bottom of the boot and gets onto the small cushion (there are two sets of cushions on the leg walker, one for my knee (small) & the other to support the rest of my leg (bigger), settles in, then he wiggles his butt, eyes down to where he wants to jump & takes a leap onto the ramp. It happened so fast, the jump I mean, I almost felt my heart stop for a second! Well he sure has a good eye and amazing leaping abilities because the leg walker is quite high, for a dragon that is, and he was spot on to the ramp (well he landed 1/2 on the small sofa, it's a padded jewelry box and the ramp). I was quite proud of him :mrgreen:

Here's a picture of the beardie sofa, Leo's showing how it's used :lol:

So I guess the jump was about 18" in total, still not a bad jump for a dragon