To and Fro - Dash's thread

I thought I'd go ahead and start up a thread for my new beardie, Dash. Dash was bred by Tom at TnD Dragons. He was hatched June 11, 2010 and is the son of Gemini and Dozer. He's a citrus pastel coloring.

Dash arrived today after the long overnight trip from Pennsylvania. He arrived and was left by the front door, unannounced, by UPS. Fortunately, Tom PM'd me here on the forum to say he had the delivery notification so I rushed out and brought him inside. He made the trip in good shape and has spent the afternoon exploring his viv.

He left me a nice poop already, which convinced me that having some natural driftwood in the viv was a bad idea as it's difficult to clean and sanitize. First lesson learned

Around 6:30 PM, he got his first bath here at home, which he seemed to tolerate but wasn't too excited about. I wasn't able to pick him up yet, as I'm too scared I'll hurt him, but he was happy to crawl onto my palm. After his bath, he chowed down on 10 crickets, which seemed to satisfy him, so I left it at that. I'm pretty sure he's eaten some greens, but I haven't caught him at it yet

Lights out will be at 9 PM and that will be his usual schedule - up at 7:00 AM and lights out at 9.

All in all, a great first day!

Here he is pretending to look at the back wall while preparing to nab the poor, unsuspecting cricket!

 

[Toyguy]

Dash hasn't quite figured out the hammock thing yet

 

[nair88]

eh, it's good enough

 

[Toyguy]

I imagine him saying "What? I got the belly on it!"

 

[Toyguy]

Big week for Dash this week. He had his greatest weight gain to date and is now 73 grams. He also got a clean bill of health from his initial vet exam, although I won't hear about the fecal analysis until later this coming week. The vet seems to be quite good, and gave him a thorough going over. He was decidedly unhappy by the time she got done We reviewed my setup and she was pleased with everything, so no changes there. She did say she'd like to see me doing a mouth exam weekly as she often sees problems there before anywhere else. She showed me how to do it as well.

He's been chowing through his salad like crazy, without slowing down on his crickets and worms. I expect another good growth week is coming. He got escarole for the first time - I think he likes it even more than collard greens.

 

[nair88]

sounds like a very positive week!

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Mouth exam....lol With the way He is eating??? No way...lol

 

[Toyguy]

New wallpaper time again!

A friend of mine got it right as soon as she saw this. "He's got some attitude, doesn't he?" LOL

 

[nair88]

great picture!

 

[Toyguy]

Dash is really growing like a weed now, especially having moved up to 3 week old crickets now instead of his usual 1-2 week. I do have to throw a few away that are too big, but the rest he handles just fine. He weighed in today at 98 grams, so I am sure he'll crack 100g next weekend. Haven't measured him yet, but a casual glance with a tape measure while he was running after crickets says something around 11.5 to 12 inches. You can see from the full body picture he is getting a nice fat tail section His color is really improving too, and in these pics he is very close to shed. You can get a sense of the orange he has in his front left leg, which just shed a couple days ago. I can't wait to see his back color after this next shed!

 

[nair88]

it's so cool seeing dash growing right along side falkor they seem to be maybe a week apart in their growth.

 

[Toyguy]

Time for the weekly update

Weighed in today at, wait for it..... 108 grams! YAY! Measured him at just over 13 inches. I think his back may be getting ready to go as he was jumpy today and liked being picked up even less than usual, although I did get him outside for some rays.

 

[nair88]

great update! but no new pictures? :-(

 

[Toyguy]

great update! but no new pictures? :-(

OK, OK, you guilted me into getting off my butt and taking a new one

"I didn't do it, I swear! If I had a sister, it would have been all her idea!"

 

[nair88]

haha, awww. so cute as always

 

[Toyguy]

Caught Dash last night reposing in one of his sexy leg poses