Saturday, July 28, 2012

Pizza Dragon

So a couple months ago I got Cher, an adult female bearded dragon, and she's been a great addition to our household. Rosemary loves petting her, although of course I have to help her to make sure she is gentle, and you could hardly imagine a gentler, calmer lizard. So when a male bearded dragon baby at my work got its tail crushed and thus needed to be adopted out, how could I refuse to give it a good home?

We've had Pizza Dragon, as we've named him, for about three weeks now, and he's settling in quite well overall. I had previously purchased a cheap plastic terrarium approximately equivalent to a twenty gallon tank. As it was on clearance for a great price, so I popped him in there. Its about three times bigger than his enclosure at the store, so he has great fun running around it like a tiny reptilian gazelle. I purchased him some Phoenix worms to save trips to the store for crickets; they are also a much better source of calcium. Of course, what I did not realize is they are also a horrifying swarm of wriggling maggots, but both bearded dragons seem to relish them, so I suppose I can't complain overly much.

My plan is to eventually house them together, assuming they get along. Cher is in a forty gallon, which would be a bit cramped with a second beardy. Ideally I'd like to get a 125 gallon or equivalent for the two of them; of course such will need to wait until I get a better paying job!

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