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kittie our bearded dra
we got two bearded dragons from a friend at work. he couldn't take them with him while moving. they are male and female about 15.5 inches long. the guy said that they fed them only lettuce and crickets and no water. they obviously didn't know what they were doing because we gave them a container of water and they love to drink out of it and bathe in it. anyway, we got rid of the male because he was too mean to the female and my kids. i could chance him biting my kids. somebody said that they were just mating and i shouldn't had gotten rid of him. So my first question is;
should i get a another friend for her? I don't want her to be lonely because shes never been alone before. will this make her depressed?
Now we've tried feeding her lots of things; green beans, raspberries, super worms, crickets, cilantro lettuce, apples, bananas, pears, carrots, peaches, broccoli. She will only eat super worms and outdoor plants suck as grass (leafy grass), dandelions, and other white and purple flowers (which she loves). She tries to eat crickets but is too slow to catch them. i don't know how to get her to eat anything else. We feed her about 15-20 super worms every three or four days and in between we try to feed her fruits and veggies but she wont eat them, she wont even eat beardie foods; we've tried bearded dragon bites (nature zone). So my next question is;
How do we get her to eat fruit and veggies? Can I grow plants at home and have her eat them as live plants?
she seems to like eating them from the ground only. ive tried to give her dandelions in her dish but she will only eat them outside unpicked.
Ok last thing can we put live cactus in her tarium? I have fake cactuses in her tarium and she love to rest on them especially the prickley ones.
We only like the best for our zoo of animals and want them to be as healthy as possible. Thank you for your time and i look forward to hearing from you!
Jessica and family!
AnswerYou only like the best for them...but you "got rid" of the male who needed a caring home? Was that best for him? Separating him from the other he has been raised with for who knows how long? He has to go through yet another move? I am an animal rescuer by profession, so frankly, spare me the insincere compassion.
The first thing you need to realize is that if you are going to say you "rescued" an animal, then you need to play the part and not "get rid" of them at the first sign of trouble. That is number one. I think your verbiage to "get rid of" is kind of telling, and I don't like it. It reveals a mindset that says maybe you aren't cut out for keeping a reptile. You treated him as if he were a useless old sock, and took him away from his girl, and him away from her. The most basic reptile keeping 101 should have told you that these problems are often transient, and often caused by moving a reptile to a completely new environment. It stresses them. His problems could have been corrected.
Don't get a second one for her until you know what you are doing. This is not like just replacing a tire because you feel badly now. The deed is done, and you shouldn't make the mistake of taking on another one until you do more research. I get bit by unsocialized 4ft. Iguanas, trying to save them and socially rehab them for adoption...so I have little sympathy for getting rid of a little Beardie because he "may" bite. Easy solution to that would have been just don't let kids jack with them until he was settled in his habitat. They are not toys.
I recommend you see htpp://www.beardeddragon.org and http://www.anapsid.org for more information. The questions are too broad for me to address in one answer, and can more easily be obtained if you would do your own research.
Make sure you do have quality UVB lighting. I recommend Mega-Ray. http://www.reptileuv.com
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