COLD DARK ROOM

[CarolM]

He really cheers me up just watching him. It's funny how much personality even a little fish can have. After around a year of fighting fin rot? I finally managed to stop it with betta fix. Even that just about killed him. I was blowing fish flakes across the water to his mouth. And it worked FINALLY. He started swimming and hasn't stopped.

Really well done for persevering.

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

Phoenix is just not interested in the Vegies I give him. But I figure that as long as he is eating the roaches, it should be fine.

Some like veggies others don’t some days But not often Affina won’t touch the veggies and just wants the bugs.
I do always offer her beetroot tops Watercress and other leafy greens. And the odd carrot Aswell as fruit. She loves sweet potato. I chop it in cubes and pop in microwave for a few seconds to release the aroma.That’s one thing she does love and never turns down.

 

[CarolM]

Thing is I don’t like cool or cold haha I like the heat. I swear I was born in the wrong country. Can I just pack my bags. Pick my tort up and move to states ?

You should come on over to South Africa. You will get plenty of heat.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Phoenix is just not interested in the Vegies I give him. But I figure that as long as he is eating the roaches, it should be fine.

Some beardies prefer their veggies crispy, after the nice fresh leafy greens get baked under the basking light. Indy seems to prefer them that way sometimes. I leave them in there with him most of the day (sometimes) in case he decides he wants "leftovers."

 

[CarolM]

Some like veggies others don’t some days But not often Affina won’t touch the veggies and just wants the bugs.
I do always offer her beetroot tops Watercress and other leafy greens. And the odd carrot Aswell as fruit. She loves sweet potato. I chop it in cubes and pop in microwave for a few seconds to release the aroma.That’s one thing she does love and never turns down.

Thank you. I will keep those options in mind as well.

 

[CarolM]

Some beardies prefer their veggies crispy, after the nice fresh leafy greens get baked under the basking light. Indy seems to prefer them that way sometimes. I leave them in there with him most of the day (sometimes) in case he decides he wants "leftovers."

Can you feed them cooked veggies?

 

[CarolM]

Can you feed them cooked veggies?

Like baked sweet potato

 

[CarolM]

Yes she is in a bio active. All plants are real. She destroys them pretty fast ?. So I always have extra plants on hand.

Oh awesome. How does she handle the humidity?

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Can you feed them cooked veggies?

Yes, as long as there's no weird additives. When I feed my beardies squash, I blanch slices in the microwave in a bowl of shallow water for 30 seconds or so. It makes the squash slightly softer and easier to eat. I'm guessing it increases the water content, too.

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

Oh awesome. How does she handle the humidity?

I keep a close eye on the humidity. She is never in her enclosure all day. She walks around my house she is in her enclosure for feeding and bedtime. She’s a very spoilt little girl. The enclosure is very well vented. She has her spray of water when I spray her plants. If she don’t get her spray of water she goes on a dragon sulk ?. People on my streets think I’m crazy as I have a bearded dragon following me all day.
my reply to them now is “wait till the tortoise starts walking round house too”.
they all think I’m barny ??

 

[Pastel Tortie]

Like baked sweet potato

As long as you don't put any kind of additives on it or in it before/while you bake it.

 

[CarolM]

Yes, as long as there's no weird additives. When I feed my beardies squash, I blanch slices in the microwave in a bowl of shallow water for 30 seconds or so. It makes the squash slightly softer and easier to eat. I'm guessing it increases the water content, too.

The sweet potato was grown in my garden and baked until cooked. But that is great. I will get Jarrod to see if Phoenix will eat it.

Am I correct in that the ones that are white like this have just shed their skin?

 

[CarolM]

As long as you don't put any kind of additives on it or in it before/while you bake it.

Got it. No I did not.

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

Can you feed them cooked veggies?

Yes they can. But only to soften them up. I just slice the sweet potatoes up in cubes. Pop in a tub with a little water and put in microwave for a few seconds. (No longer than 25/30 seconds.
it helps release the aroma. And also softens them up making it easier for the dragon to eat.
carrots I feed raw. It’s only the sweet potato and squash I pop in microwave

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

The sweet potato was grown in my garden and baked until cooked. But that is great. I will get Jarrod to see if Phoenix will eat it.

Am I correct in that the ones that are white like this have just shed their skin?

Yes that’s correct. Bugs don’t last long enough in my place for them to shred affina is a dragon pig ?

 

[Mystic_Queen (Llaria)]

Got it. No I did not.

You can feed the squash and sweet potato raw without the need of popping in microwave.
some dragons eat it raw others don’t.
Affina is one of them that won’t eat it raw. She likes the softness of it. But she is spoilt. So that don’t help haha as I do hand feed her aswell. Dragons don’t drink. Or it’s vary rarely they do. So by popping the squash or sweet potato in microwave with a little water your providing that for them.
when I give her the greens and other veggies and fruit I spray with a little water.
The bugs get coated in calcium powder. And as I said before she has live plants in her enclosure so they get sprayed. She has her water spray too at same times. It’s funny and pretty entertaining watching her catch the water droplets off her head.

 

[CarolM]

Yes that’s correct. Bugs don’t last long enough in my place for them to shred affina is a dragon pig ?

Phoenix is only 11 months and it is winter here so I think he is not eating as much as he normally would. He does sleep quite a bit. We have now had him for just over a week and we are handling him everyday. So he is slowly getting used to us. I also think we are handling him much more than the previous owner.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

I keep a close eye on the humidity. She is never in her enclosure all day. She walks around my house she is in her enclosure for feeding and bedtime. She’s a very spoilt little girl. The enclosure is very well vented. She has her spray of water when I spray her plants. If she don’t get her spray of water she goes on a dragon sulk ?. People on my streets think I’m crazy as I have a bearded dragon following me all day.
my reply to them now is “wait till the tortoise starts walking round house too”.
they all think I’m barny ??

I'm sure you have taken plenty of measures to make it easier and safer for your beardie to get around your home. You probably don't leave coins laying around, either.
@CarolM Make sure Jarrod is super careful about leaving anything around (at all) that could fit in a beardie mouth. My reptile veterinarian cautioned us about things like coins, which might resemble roaches, and could be quickly swallowed. Loose buttons from shirts and jackets have also been known to end up in beardie tummies.

 

[CarolM]

I'm sure you have taken plenty of measures to make it easier and safer for your beardie to get around your home. You probably don't leave coins laying around, either.
@CarolM Make sure Jarrod is super careful about leaving anything around (at all) that could fit in a beardie mouth. My reptile veterinarian cautioned us about things like coins, which might resemble roaches, and could be quickly swallowed. Loose buttons from shirts and jackets have also been known to end up in beardie tummies.

Phoenix has not been on the floor at all. He is either in our hands, on a chest or shoulder or in his enclosure.

 

[Pastel Tortie]

The sweet potato was grown in my garden and baked until cooked. But that is great. I will get Jarrod to see if Phoenix will eat it.

Am I correct in that the ones that are white like this have just shed their skin?

That's the color of a freshly molted superworm, so most likely yes.