Beardies
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AmandaS
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Totally agree!
OMG the cuteness overload is unreal!!!!! Wings like wings! This makes me want one just for the harness with wings
AmandaS
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She was truly feeling like the dragon she was born to be!OMG the cuteness overload is unreal!!!!! Wings like wings! This makes me want one just for the harness with wings
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Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
I never saw my entire dragon until after his last shed when he'd stopped growing. He was in continual shed (one part or another) for 7 months, and ate like a pig the whole time. I have no idea where he put it all, except that he was very efficient at converting roaches to lizard.
At least he's gotten over his superworm addiction. Now he enjoys both with equal relish when he isn't giving me the stinkeye ("What, you expect me to eat THAT?")
Opal's looking fine & healthy. Does she "cuddle"?
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yeah, it's slow going. Stinkeye is 10+ months. I've been taking him out for "tummy-timey" (Hogfather joke) for a few months, now. In the past month or so, he does this cuddling/settling in thing and goes to sleep on me. Last night when I put him away for the night, he crawled back on my hand for the first time. ?
But I still get plenty of stinkeye and hissed at when I reach to pick him up. He hisses, but it's short, and you can tell he doesn't really mean it. Habit? Stubbornness? Male thing? ?
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
I never so much as held a beardie until I got Spike, so no idea on temperament. Spike is a sweetheart and I assumed all beardies are. Only once did I get hissed at and that was one of only 2 times that something had spooked him into full fired up defensive mode. He bit me once by accident when I was hand feeding him a raspberry and it hurt! Glad he’s not a biter! I’m limited on cuddle time because...well, jealous cats.Yeah, it's slow going. Stinkeye is 10+ months. I've been taking him out for "tummy-timey" (Hogfather joke) for a few months, now. In the past month or so, he does this cuddling/settling in thing and goes to sleep on me. Last night when I put him away for the night, he crawled back on my hand for the first time. ?
But I still get plenty of stinkeye and hissed at when I reach to pick him up. He hisses, but it's short, and you can tell he doesn't really mean it. Habit? Stubbornness? Male thing? ?
AmandaS
Retired Moderator
Perhaps I am just lucky, perhaps it is because Opal is female...but she has never hissed or tail whipped at me....but who knows, maybe that time will come with age. ?Yeah, it's slow going. Stinkeye is 10+ months. I've been taking him out for "tummy-timey" (Hogfather joke) for a few months, now. In the past month or so, he does this cuddling/settling in thing and goes to sleep on me. Last night when I put him away for the night, he crawled back on my hand for the first time. ?
But I still get plenty of stinkeye and hissed at when I reach to pick him up. He hisses, but it's short, and you can tell he doesn't really mean it. Habit? Stubbornness? Male thing? ?
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
They're all individuals, so they're all different. Ol' Stinkeye has had an "attitude" since the day we got him, and it doesn't bother me a bit. He's never tail-whipped, but I've been gaped at, hissed at, and bitten (when he was younger & smaller; he drew blood once). The vocalizations are no big deal—I figured out how to disarm him—but I wouldn't want to get bitten at this size—he could do some serious damage. Fortunately, if one pays attention, they're fairly easy to read (not easy with all reptile species).
He's mellowing with age, but I wouldn't call him a sweetheart—just cute. Even my reptile-loathing sister has conceded that.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
She's so very pretty! Love that little coral streak.
AmandaS
Retired Moderator
Me too!! Its probably my favorite patch on her. (Never thought Id say that)
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Ol' Stinkeye's got a very similar streak...
Now that he's older, most of the orange has muted—except for that streak just below his ear.
Now that he's older, most of the orange has muted—except for that streak just below his ear.
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Maybe the girl beardies aren’t as weird as the boys. Spike’s sleeping standing upright against the glass tonight. ?
Spike’s sleeping standing upright against the glass tonight. ?
Klyde O'Scope
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yup. This guy too. He's not pinned; he just likes to sleep like that some nights. I woke him up with the camera & lights.
