It's Chaos!:)

[jessica domke]

most fruits shud not be fed 2 often, only as occasional treats. the fruits i feed my beardie are: blueberries, raspberries(he doesn't like em 2 much), mango, prickley pear cactus pad(dunno if it's considered a fruit er green er wut)& pineapple & apples(once in a blue moon)

 

[Aleena]

Agreed, cept I've seen sweet peppers are the exception to the not very often rule, just not too much at once or else you'll have a dragon with the runs.

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

sooo Chaos graduated from small crickets to LARGE ones now! He is also every once in a while eating his greens from my hand and even lets me hold him more I can't get over how big he has gotten in just two months...

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

wow- it's been a while since I updated on Chaos..he is doing great!! He's so big now too and is eating great!! Can I please get info on how to cut down his claws because they are super long and sharp...Here is a very recent photo of Chaos

 

[Germ]

Chaos is looking great. His nails don't appear to need trimming in the Pic.

If you really feel it is necessary, please do not use regular fingernail clippers to trim them, they are not built for this purpose & crush\splinter\crack more than cut cleanly when cutting something round. A good quality pair of clippers can be found at your local pet store, the kind used for cats & small dogs with the 'V' or round cutters, should be used. You have to be very careful not to cut to the 'Quip' or nerves & make it bleed. It is a good idea to have a small amount of Corn Starch or Flour in a bottle cap or something handy to dip the claw into, should this happen. It will help slow down the bleeding.

Here are a couple of pics or diagrams to give you an idea of where to cut.

Personally I keep a rock or 2 in the enclosure to work as an emery board on their nails as they walk & climb on it, to help keep them in check. Once\if they get to the point of being so long that their toes are twisting sideways, then I clip about an eighth of an inch or less off, wait a couple of weeks for the 'Quip' to recede, then do it again, if needed.

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

Thank you so much for the information! Very helpful

 

[Josh]

Very informative diagram there germ! Thanks for sharing that!

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

Good morning from Chaos He is now 15 inches long at 6.5 months...

 

[Germ]

Hard to believe it has been that long

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

Hard to believe it has been that long

I actually looked back from when I first got him and he was so tiny then and now he is so big! I couldn't have done it without the help of you, Germ and a few others..I definitely learned from you guys and with losing Izzy

 

[Aleena]

Glad to see Chaos is doing so well Lookin good!

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

Chaos now eats ALL of his greens (which is a pretty large amount) and crickets, mealworms, and superworms. He also has a new friend in the house, an aquatic turtle, named Tucker He is settled nicely into his tank with all proper lighting and equipment and loves his shrimp food its actually VERY peaceful to watch him swim around!

 

[Aleena]

Good luck with the turtle!

 

[Pat B]

When you measure a dragon....do you measure from nose to tip of tail?? It seems on dragons....the tail is longer than the body??

 

[Aleena]

When you measure a dragon....do you measure from nose to tip of tail?? It seems on dragons....the tail is longer than the body??

Yes, but make sure that you specify that this is the measurement from tip of nose to tip of tail.

 

[Pat B]

ok....thanks....my dragon has a stubby tail and i think he was the runt of the litter....he is a little boy for 5 months

 

[Aleena]

ok....thanks....my dragon has a stubby tail and i think he was the runt of the litter....he is a little boy for 5 months

Makes it more difficult then to figure out the exact size because that's how I've noticed people measuring them. Maybe you could take the measurements to the beginning of the tail and just specify that? But most measurements you see in posts that tell you how big they're supposed to be at what age and what not are going to have measured it from nose to tip of tail more than likely.

 

[Pat B]

OK....i will measure the little boy with an attitude and mention the stubby tail!! thanks aleena from utah?? where in the world is utah?? just kidding....about 3000 miles from south carolina!!

 

[Aleena]

OK....i will measure the little boy with an attitude and mention the stubby tail!! thanks aleena from utah?? where in the world is utah?? just kidding....about 3000 miles from south carolina!!

LOL when I lived in FL and told my neighbors I came from Utah they thought I had come from another country... She was all excited when she found out that Utah was in the United states about a year later . Couldn't take my word for it lol!

 

[I.heart.my.bd]

sooooo Chaos is doing great and is healthy and Tucker our aquatic turtle we've had now for a week and is doing great and is quite the eater