Video feed's up. Looks worse than chunky peanut butter, but it's there. Gonna refine it over the next 10 days.
In other news, Charizard's first bath was today.Had fun with that. Lapras and I both thought it was amusing. He sat in the water, itching his face, until he got sick of it and got out. He's shedding right now, so baths are important.
Videos for Charizard's bath, the construction of the cricket box, and a couple other videos are in the process if being edited.
We decided on naming our water dragon Tai, cuz it's cool. Just throwing that out there.
I was looking at different lizards on the internet, and there are some pretty ones out there. There are some interesting agamids, a family of lizards commonly known as Dragons. Same family as the bearded dragon and water dragon, which interestingly enough, share not only a family, but a subfamily. (Coincidentally, their genus names are consecutive when shown in alphabetical order.) Checked out Green Basilisks, Frilled Dragons, Argentine Tegus, and Angle-headed Lizards.
Did some unfortunate math today. The amount of fading on Ivan's body patterns, his scarring, and the rate his lip is healing means he's probably about 6 years old. He doesn't appear to be in good health, either. His feces are irregular and appear to be diarrheal, and his digestion seems to be slow. I think he might have internal parasites. I'll keep him under close watch.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Lighting
Been looking at lighting for Charizard, Beardies are from the desert so they need heat, massive amounts of it. The lamp he has now is not nearly hot enough for proper basking, so we looked at lighting and were thinking of getting Solar Glo bulbs because they provide the heat and the UVB. But after looking at Bearded dragon Forums i found out that the Solar Glo's don't produce enough UVB over time. Thankfully they don't produce negative rays, but not producing enough defeats the purpose of buying a 2 for 1 type bulb.
So after finding that out i guess were gonna have to get 2 separate bulbs, not a bad thing but its a little annoying and will generate a cluttered look. Oh well, the stuff we need isn't nearly as expensive at the Solar bulb is when paired with the only dome light that will fit XD. This mini ordeal makes me want to see if Ivan and the still-not-settled-on-a-name Chinese dragon are getting enough light.
So after finding that out i guess were gonna have to get 2 separate bulbs, not a bad thing but its a little annoying and will generate a cluttered look. Oh well, the stuff we need isn't nearly as expensive at the Solar bulb is when paired with the only dome light that will fit XD. This mini ordeal makes me want to see if Ivan and the still-not-settled-on-a-name Chinese dragon are getting enough light.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Today we bring you.......
So i was chillin with Ace today (this is Lapras btw) and some stuff happened. Not that kind of stuff mind you, this is a blog about lizards remember :p. But i'll explain which lizard did what today, Charizard first.
So we picked up a few crickets to tide everyone over until the 1,000 Ace ordered arrives, that's right 1,000 fucking crickets. But we picked up some from Petsmart and fed some to Charizard first, since he eats those the most. The first one we put in was (in my opinion) a little too big for him, it had wings so it was an adult. But Charizard chased the cricket around for like 5 minutes, he caught it eventually and munched on it greedily.
While just hanging around Charizard and the water dragon both escaped my field of vision at the same time. Charizard skittered around on the floor before i scooped him up, Ace scooped up the water dragon who'd hid behind the couch a bit. It was a little scary since both of these guys are sharing an apartment with a cat.
Later after dinner for us and the lizards we had Charizard out. He likes to chill usually, but if he sees or thinks he sees something move he'll run after it. But Charizard and i were watching Ace fail at Shadow of the Collosus (he wasn't failing so much as learning the game by playing and doing about as well as i usually do). But Charizard crawled onto Ace;s chest who was leaning on the couch on the floor, Charizard proceeded to nestle against Ace's chest and fall asleep. It was adorable. I picked Charizard up after a little bit and laid him on me, he nestled next to my neck and fell asleep there too. His cute napping habit was cut short by me having to go home and putting him back in his tank.
Well that's Charizard's day, now onto Ivan's. He was taken to Petsmart on a leash, which doesn't really prevent him from making dramatic leaps but it makes it easier to put him back on Ace's shoulder. He wasn't in a good mood today, he snapped and fidgeted inside my truck while i drove and then attempted to escape in Petsmart while we picked up the crickets mentioned earlier. His lip looks better, when we picked him up from the Mount Holly pet store the box he was put in had wire mesh on one side. Ivan is a flighty lizard and tore his lip up really bad against the mesh, it may still have blood spots on it. We gave him a 3 day treatment medicine so he should be ok, but were monitoring it closely.
The un-named water dragon didn't do much besides escape today. He did fall off his perch into the water section of his tank. He'd been asleep and must has slipped, it was funny as hell. He was ok, though he seemed confused. Jee wonder why?
EDIT: We still have our water dragon. He only ran around the couch for a bit, making a point to NOT get caught until he got tired. -Ace
So we picked up a few crickets to tide everyone over until the 1,000 Ace ordered arrives, that's right 1,000 fucking crickets. But we picked up some from Petsmart and fed some to Charizard first, since he eats those the most. The first one we put in was (in my opinion) a little too big for him, it had wings so it was an adult. But Charizard chased the cricket around for like 5 minutes, he caught it eventually and munched on it greedily.
While just hanging around Charizard and the water dragon both escaped my field of vision at the same time. Charizard skittered around on the floor before i scooped him up, Ace scooped up the water dragon who'd hid behind the couch a bit. It was a little scary since both of these guys are sharing an apartment with a cat.
Later after dinner for us and the lizards we had Charizard out. He likes to chill usually, but if he sees or thinks he sees something move he'll run after it. But Charizard and i were watching Ace fail at Shadow of the Collosus (he wasn't failing so much as learning the game by playing and doing about as well as i usually do). But Charizard crawled onto Ace;s chest who was leaning on the couch on the floor, Charizard proceeded to nestle against Ace's chest and fall asleep. It was adorable. I picked Charizard up after a little bit and laid him on me, he nestled next to my neck and fell asleep there too. His cute napping habit was cut short by me having to go home and putting him back in his tank.
Well that's Charizard's day, now onto Ivan's. He was taken to Petsmart on a leash, which doesn't really prevent him from making dramatic leaps but it makes it easier to put him back on Ace's shoulder. He wasn't in a good mood today, he snapped and fidgeted inside my truck while i drove and then attempted to escape in Petsmart while we picked up the crickets mentioned earlier. His lip looks better, when we picked him up from the Mount Holly pet store the box he was put in had wire mesh on one side. Ivan is a flighty lizard and tore his lip up really bad against the mesh, it may still have blood spots on it. We gave him a 3 day treatment medicine so he should be ok, but were monitoring it closely.
The un-named water dragon didn't do much besides escape today. He did fall off his perch into the water section of his tank. He'd been asleep and must has slipped, it was funny as hell. He was ok, though he seemed confused. Jee wonder why?
EDIT: We still have our water dragon. He only ran around the couch for a bit, making a point to NOT get caught until he got tired. -Ace
Hi
Hay guys, this is Lapras, I'm sharing the blog with ace so i can update as well if he misses something. Just announcing this now :p
A bit about me i guess
A bit about me i guess
- I'm known to the net as Lapras, spelled La-Price
- Charizard was a present from Ace to me, cuz Ace is awesome like that. But i dont mind sharing, and i cant afford to feed him :(
- I too live in Charlotte, with my parents unfortunately
- I've got a blog somewhere :p My blog (check it out if you like, it probably wont be as interesting as Ace's)
Picture?
Here's a test with a treat. Hopefully you all see the picture. It's Charizard chillin out after a long day of licking the majority of things sitting on my couch, watching House, and scowling at me from his rock.
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Orders and Bad Math
So, Petsmart sells crickets at 11 cents a piece. I just bought 1,000 crickets for $23. That's approximately 2 cents per cricket. 11/2 = 5.5, that's a savings of 550%... right?
Point is, I just ordered a thousand crickets. A THOUSAND CRICKETS... That is a BUTT TON of crickets. Still, it should be the right amount.
Charizard ate some mixed salad this morning, consisting of escarole, mustard greens, and turnip greens. He didn't eat much, but he did eat some. I did put a mealworm in it for him, so the first bite was not exactly what he was going for, but it got him to take a few more bites.
Got the automatic timer set up today. It was being finicky. I have experience with them, I have one installed in my aquarium, but this one's a bit different and is VERY finicky.
Still haven't come up with a good name for the Chinese Water Dragon yet. Also, site layout may change drastically over the next few days as I push buttons randomly and see what I like mess with the site's setup. More to come!
Point is, I just ordered a thousand crickets. A THOUSAND CRICKETS... That is a BUTT TON of crickets. Still, it should be the right amount.
Charizard ate some mixed salad this morning, consisting of escarole, mustard greens, and turnip greens. He didn't eat much, but he did eat some. I did put a mealworm in it for him, so the first bite was not exactly what he was going for, but it got him to take a few more bites.
Got the automatic timer set up today. It was being finicky. I have experience with them, I have one installed in my aquarium, but this one's a bit different and is VERY finicky.
Still haven't come up with a good name for the Chinese Water Dragon yet. Also, site layout may change drastically over the next few days as I
Monday, October 25, 2010
Introductions
My name is Alexander Pearce, I'm 21 years old, I live in Charlotte, North Carolina, in an apartment on South Tryon Street. But this blog isn't about me. It's about my pet lizards:
Charizard: Male Sunkist Bearded Dragon, 4 months old, very stubborn. Named after Ash's Charizard from Pokèmon.
Ivan: Male Brown Basilisk, very mean, unknown age. Named after Ivan the Terrible.
Male Chinese Water Dragon, unnamed as of yet. Sleeps alot, a bit flighty.
Charizard: Male Sunkist Bearded Dragon, 4 months old, very stubborn. Named after Ash's Charizard from Pokèmon.
Ivan: Male Brown Basilisk, very mean, unknown age. Named after Ivan the Terrible.
Male Chinese Water Dragon, unnamed as of yet. Sleeps alot, a bit flighty.
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