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My 6yo Dd's little water dragon passed away last week.
We have been expecting this for some time. She had only had him for a couple of months, and it was evident shortly after we got him that he was not healthy. We took him to the vet, but she said that he was just so tiny that there wasn't much she could do (couldn't draw blood for tests, etc) and that some babies just do not thrive. The local reptile shop we got him from (which has always been excellent) offered to trade him for a healthy water dragon, but DD loved her little lizard and decided to keep him on the chance that he might pull through. I was very proud of how attentive she was to good husbandry, misting him several times a day, changing his water, and feeding him. But he stopped eating last week, and passed away a few days later.
RIP little Buttercup.
In other lizard news.... You may have seen the photos I posted in Pet Pics of my DH's Argentine Tegus. I was honestly not thrilled when he wanted to bring them into the family, because they have a bit of a reputation for being ornery animals. However, we were told that these lizards were quite tame and friendly, and they seemed to be exactly that for the first few weeks. However.... I'm not sure if their previous owner did not give them proper heat or what, but their personalities changed. They were steadily becoming more and more aggressive and less tolerant of handling. Then one day a couple of weeks ago, DH took one of them out of the cage and it freaked out. DH was trying to restrain the lizard to avoid it launching itself through the air, and it's powerful thrashing broke DH's wrist. He's in a cast now, and he has now traded his tegus for another boa that is living happily in the 8 foot cage we bought for the lizards. The tegus are now living with a football player who is an experienced reptile keeper and who, I am hoping, has very strong bones.
So we are no longer lizard owners. I think we are much better off sticking to cats and snakes!
In other lizard news.... You may have seen the photos I posted in Pet Pics of my DH's Argentine Tegus. I was honestly not thrilled when he wanted to bring them into the family, because they have a bit of a reputation for being ornery animals. However, we were told that these lizards were quite tame and friendly, and they seemed to be exactly that for the first few weeks. However.... I'm not sure if their previous owner did not give them proper heat or what, but their personalities changed. They were steadily becoming more and more aggressive and less tolerant of handling. Then one day a couple of weeks ago, DH took one of them out of the cage and it freaked out. DH was trying to restrain the lizard to avoid it launching itself through the air, and it's powerful thrashing broke DH's wrist. He's in a cast now, and he has now traded his tegus for another boa that is living happily in the 8 foot cage we bought for the lizards. The tegus are now living with a football player who is an experienced reptile keeper and who, I am hoping, has very strong bones.
So we are no longer lizard owners. I think we are much better off sticking to cats and snakes!