I'm putting my introduction and question together to save typing most all of it over again. My name is Michelle, I'm a new (2 days ago) Mom to a 4 yr old male Bearded Dragon. The name he came with is Godzilla, but I'm calling him Zilla. His last home started to not having time for him so he hasn't been handled in a while. They also said they kept him on sand and then switched to the green carpet and that made him even more aggressive. I read quite a few places that sand was bad for them so I have opted to use newspaper. I got him late in the evening on Monday night, when we got home we just put him in the tank and let him be. (with food and water of course) In the mean time I ran all his belongings through the dishwasher, not only did it all look dirty it smelled. Tuesday morning I set his tank up with all his stuff and gave him a small plate of cut up veggies. (tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, that is what we had it here) I then went to the pet store to get him the pelleted food he was used to and some crickets (he was only offered them as a rare treat) When I got home he hadn't ate any of the veggies, but had a big pile of pooh. When I came in the room he banged his head on the glass trying to get me. I gave him some of the pellets in his dish and let him be. I didn't want to offer him any crickets until they had time to eat. Every time all day when I went to check on him he would lunge and whap his head on the glass. When my 14 yr old came home he didn't listen to my "Don't bother Zilla" and used the tongs to hand feed Zilla a cricket. Later on in the evening I was hand feeding the Leopard Gecko (that problem is posted on a Gecko forum) some chicken and veggie baby food. Well I thought maybe Zilla might like a bit so I offered him some. He clamped right down on the spoon and seemed to really like it. All together he might have had a teaspoon full. Then I left him be for the rest of the night. Today he seemed to be more sleepy and less active then the first day here and he never lunged at me at all. All he ate today was the 2 crickets my 14 yr old once again fed him, I need to have his hearing checked 
As of 8 tonight when he went to bed there were no droppings in is cage. Since I'm a new Mom I would love some advice on how I should proceed with Zilla, I want him to have a long happy life. Thanks for taking the time to read his story.
BTW- The "Zoo" consists of Zilla, Trex the Leopard Gecko, 2 Saint Bernards, 1 Coon dog mix, 2 fish tanks and 32 birds.
As of 8 tonight when he went to bed there were no droppings in is cage. Since I'm a new Mom I would love some advice on how I should proceed with Zilla, I want him to have a long happy life. Thanks for taking the time to read his story.BTW- The "Zoo" consists of Zilla, Trex the Leopard Gecko, 2 Saint Bernards, 1 Coon dog mix, 2 fish tanks and 32 birds.
