fl_orchidslave
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Today my daughter brought her 11year old niece over to our house to see our animals, for the first time. We were back in my lizard room and she was asking all kinds of questions and looking at everything I would open up for her (she didn't once open any cage herself, bless her). She wanted to see some lizards eat, so the gecko that hardly refuses a worm happily ate for her. Then Buddy was giving us the stink eye for giving his worms to a gecko, so I took him one and dropped it in his tank. He snapped it up immediately. So I took another in the tongs, and outside the tank on his eye level, I asked him if he would like another worm, an moved the tong up and down, causing him to nod his head YES. He got that one. I took another over, asked him if he had enough to eat yet, moved the tong back and forth, causing him to move his head in a NO fashion. Apparently beardies can be motivated to respond to yes and no questions. She and I did this several times, and were rolling with laughter. I guess you can teach an old dragon new tricks 
She was so curious about everything and we had a great time.
One big reason I've been wanting a bearded dragon is to have something that can almost always be taken to our herp society meetings. The museum we hold our meetings at appreciates us bringing in animals and allowing their patrons to see them and interact if desired. The kids flock to the animals the minute something is there to see. They also promote some of our events and invite us to participate in some of theirs.
She was so curious about everything and we had a great time. One big reason I've been wanting a bearded dragon is to have something that can almost always be taken to our herp society meetings. The museum we hold our meetings at appreciates us bringing in animals and allowing their patrons to see them and interact if desired. The kids flock to the animals the minute something is there to see. They also promote some of our events and invite us to participate in some of theirs.
