Julirs
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I rescued Gus last fall. He is the largest male Bearded Dragon I have ever seen. He is a year-ish old and had been raised in a 20 gallon tank with no UVB. Supplementation must have saved him and he is remarkably in good shape. Right after I got him home the temps here in FL dropped leaving me with 2 brumating Beardies. I had never been through this before and with a crew of persistently "starving" begging chams it worried me. Well-my female woke up 2 weeks ago, started eating and basking, and Gus woke up head-bobbing for my female (who he can't even see) but he never started eating. He may have munched on some greens but every insect I put in there remained in there. Last night I moved him to get the annoying crickets out of his palace, and I brushed his mouth accross the water dish. He licked his lips. I then got a straw and dripped water on his mouth, and he licked his lips some more. His tank is on the floor and the position I had to be in to give him water was awkward, so I got him, a towel, a cup of water, and the straw and continued to drip water over his mouth so the excess dripped into the cup. I then put the cup up to his mouth and he started drinking out of the cup. So here I am, sitting on the floor with this Giant Bearded Dragon on my lap who is sipping water out of a cup with my Great Dane laying next to me. My Husband walks in and just rolls his eyes and mumbles that I am spoiling the lizard and also something about me being crazy. I then decide to grab the crickets out of his cage and Gus decides hand feeding is the way to eat. I sat there and fed him about 8 large crickets! So-the Panthers that are closest to me are on a table that is over the beardie cages, and they come down to the bottom and stare since they see the crickets, and the Geckos who beg like nothing you have ever seen, seriously they look like little dogs perched on a log at the door of the Exoterra, are staring at me and begging.
THESE are the moments that make it all worthwhile. These moments make all of the work, heartbreak, and chaos worthwhile.
THESE are the moments that make it all worthwhile. These moments make all of the work, heartbreak, and chaos worthwhile.