relentless
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My roomate and I have been taking care of a couple of old beardies that we adopted from someone who no longer had the time for them. I have a 2 year old beardie named Ace, who I raised from a tiny baby. He's awesome, and quite a fine lookin' dude, but the older 2 dragons are quite haggard after living/fighting together for what we figure must be 10 years(although we're not exactly sure). I've taken it upon myself to try to fatten them both up a bit and give them vitamins and stuff, at least their last few years could be more enjoyable, right? Anyway, Voltron, the male in the tank, has always been a huge character...always runnin' around, bein' bossy, bobbin' his head, etc, but after his last shed, 2-3 weeks/a month ago, we noticed his head had turned color to this wierd pasty white, with a slight light greenish undertone. At 1st we chalked it up to shedding, but then we really took a good look and the white has almost completly taken over the whole top of his head. It seems to go right from his mouth to almost the back of his head. It actually, originally, looked like his back was dark and wet and his head was dry, but that wasn't the case. He still chases after crickets and eats his veggies, but he's definatly not himself...he's slower, and he's kinda clumbsy, or wobbily. Most of his behavioral change has just recently occured, which made us realize it probably wasn't just left-over shed.
Unfortunatly I don't have access to a digital camera at the moment, so I guess I'm just forced to ask if this sounds like anything any of you have ever experienced with an aging dragon? Could it just be the sign that he's too old and he's about to leave this world?
Unfortunatly I don't have access to a digital camera at the moment, so I guess I'm just forced to ask if this sounds like anything any of you have ever experienced with an aging dragon? Could it just be the sign that he's too old and he's about to leave this world?