New family member!!!

I got some advice from some other people and they ensured me that he did eat some substrate but not a lot. They said to feed baby foods like pumpkin, apple and mango to help. Hopefully he's better in a week or so. He's also getting plenty of beardie baths. I didn't realize he smells like a wet dog when.... well, wet 😆
 
Fingers crossed for Arnold. 🤞🤞 Natural soil and sand should pass eventually. If you don’t already (and if I haven’t already said it), you could give his salads a light spritz of water. Adding a bit of watermelon too for the hydration to help lubricate the way. The lactulose is pretty strong stuff and should get things moving right along.
 
Fingers crossed for Arnold. 🤞🤞 Natural soil and sand should pass eventually. If you don’t already (and if I haven’t already said it), you could give his salads a light spritz of water. Adding a bit of watermelon too for the hydration to help lubricate the way. The lactulose is pretty strong stuff and should get things moving right along.
Thank you! I’ll add watermelon when I get home. I mist his food because thats the only way I can get him to drink. He has been eating pumpkin puree and I think that helped.

He pooped twice this morning! The biggest, smelliest, most nasty 💩 I’ve ever witnessed.
 
Thank you! I’ll add watermelon when I get home. I mist his food because thats the only way I can get him to drink. He has been eating pumpkin puree and I think that helped.

He pooped twice this morning! The biggest, smelliest, most nasty 💩 I’ve ever witnessed.
Yay for big smelly nasty poos! Go Arnold!
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Does he wave at you? Head bob?
It looks like a healthy bearded dragon!
he only waves when in the bath, but head bobbing, oh boy! he is always head bobbing, before eating, after eating, when he needs to poop, when a friend is over, it's not stop :ROFLMAO: he also taps on the door with his head, you hear a little "tap tap tap" from the room and once you enter the head bobs continue! they're so different from chameleons! he wants attention and all of it. I bring him on little car rides over the weekend, and he enjoys a nice snack in the dashboard. (haven't got to do that recently due to cold weather) He really likes being around young kids and runs up to my little brother before anyone else, bobbing all the way!
 
While I love chameleons and would absolutely love to get another, this little guy stole my heart! My cousin had to rehome her bearded dragon and asked me to take him in. After adjusting the room Sherbert is in, and sadly taking away a few of his trees (from free range) I made room for this little guy, I'd like you all to meet Arnold!!!! He is the sweetest boy ever and I'm thrilled to give him an amazing life 💗View attachment 355625
He is in a 36"×18"×18" enclosure right now, hoping to get him a bigger one soon. I also ordered the correct lighting for him, it should be here tomorrow. He loves green beans and Dubia roaches, and will eat other bugs and vegetables as well. If anyone has some advice on how to care for him, I would be extremely thankful 🙂

Wow he looks awesome! And it looks like he has some green/yellow to him? Is that typical of them? They always look grey to me lol. Or is that the lighting!?
 
Wow he looks awesome! And it looks like he has some green/yellow to him? Is that typical of them? They always look grey to me lol. Or is that the lighting!?
Thank you!
He's usually a yellow/red color. When he basks he's a darker color with grey. I saw a few at the last expo I went to that were a beautiful red color!
 
I made Arnold a little playground thing, he seems to love it, it has a little bath he can play in, all his favorite toys, a little cat cave, a money tree and a umbrella plant, and he seems to love it! while he was playing on it this morning he had such a "genius" idea, he drug the little cat cave over to the side of the wall, jumped on the rock to the cat cave, and jumped over the wall. I just watched him stare at the playground and waddle his way to me, he looked so proud lol. a few head bobs to get my attention, and he walked me to the little playground, four feet away. I put him in it and sit in there with him, and he pushes a little cat toy to me. I roll it away and he runs after it and pushes it back HE PLAYS FETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we spent two hours rolling a cat toy back and forth lol, and then he got in his little bath, and I brushed his head with the toothbrush, his favorite.
Friday was my birthday, so my sister bought me a new plant and some plant propagation jars. Arnold got a little carrot cake, literally just a slice of carrot with some strawberries on top. it was adorable lol. he has so much personality and he's so stinking cute!!! any time someone comes over, they immediately say "where's the spikey puppy? I must see him immediately." he's got everyone wrapped around his kind of weird looking finger lol. any who, here's some pictures of his playground, and him of course.
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For my birthday, my super awesome very cool grandpa made Arnold a new enclosure! It’s HUGE and he loves it so much!!! It has enough room for all the feeders I want to breed (no more lost roaches) and all his toys ❤️ Arnold and I are really grateful for all my family does for us, it’s been such a blessing! Arnold has been the best companion through the loss of Sherbert, (this forum helped me so much more then I expected as well) he’s always there, bobbing his head along the door. I’m truly so lucky to have this little fella, and the chamily ❤️ Anywho, here’s a photo dump!
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I needed this smile. 💗 Arnold isn’t the least bit spoiled…oh no…not - at - all. ;) He’s not only now got a super duper XL house, but he’s got his own fenced in yard with a climbing tree, toys and everything! 😂🥰 I hope you had a super special and happy birthday. 🥳🎂
Thank you! He deserves the best ❤️
 
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