Vacation

[smokensapphires]

Hi all, I just have a quick question. I am going to be taking a long weekend vacation (a Thursday night to a Monday afternoon) I have a friend that can check on my beardie, Rohan, Friday afternoon and then again on Sunday afternoon, but Saturday I don't have anyone to change the light and check on food and water. How should I go about leaving my beardie? I feel like such a horrible person but I dont want to put Rohan through the stress of traveling (to my parents' place) and then back to my place. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.


-smoke n sapphires

 

[citrusdragon]

Well not sure about "changing" the light but most people use timers for the lighting, and as long as the dragon is a more than a few months old he should be fine, if only for a few days. The older they are the easier they can deal with a few days on their own.

Jeff

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

I agree with Jeff. Definitely see about getting a timer for your lights. As Jeff said if it's not a baby one day would be fine. I would suggest either you or your friend maybe giving your beardie a good soak in water to keep him hydrated over the weekend. Then make sure your friend feeds him lots of food on friday.

 

[munchkins9802]

following on OP post. I usually make sure there are no crickets left in the cage at night--do you guess on how many they might eat and hope for the best? We are going away Fri night-Sunday late afternoon in April (baby will be about 5 months old then I think). My mom will take care of coming over in AM and PM to feed .
J

 

[Maranda]

I was wondering if it was a good idea to leave mine alone for 2 days. As long as I have my timer set up and enough food and water in there she will be fine from what I am gathering. I too feel bad about leaving her as well. I just can have her running up my Grammas electric bill...LOL! She runs 2 lamps and a night one. Just one lamp at one time was bad enough over x-mas. (she needed a new light-had to wait for pay day) But I am glad to see I can leave her for that long and not worry.

Maranda