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nicolenadia
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Hi Everyone-
About a month ago, I picked up this little guy at a local reptile show in Northern VA. I named him Slash, but my BF calls him "Capin Dan".(Forrest Gump). I was not planning on picking up any more animals; just there to stock up on feeders.
I walked by a table and saw him in a large tub with some adults and another beardie who was missing one back leg. I proceeded to ask what had happened to them. The owners explained that they were housed as babies in a tank with many other babies and juvi's, and when they would toss in the food; there was a riot which caused limbs to be chewed off if they got in the way of a larger beardies mouth. And though I wanted so badly to show my distain for their irresponsible husbandry, I smiled, gave him $20(the asking price) and walked away with him.
Initially, I was also worried about his sister who is missing her back leg, but luckily, an experienced couple was waiting behind me to buy her. If not, I would have taken her home too, just to get her out of that situation. Now Slash is living alone in a custom cage, without fear of being bullied by larger dragons.
Does anyone think this might cause an abnormal quality of life for him? Currently, he is doing great. His personality is very sweet. He crushes his super worm/carrot/shredded squash and collard salad every morning. He seems not to be affected by his disability. I made some changes to his cage to accommodate him. His basking platform is lower than average to allow him to "hobble" up on to it. When handling him, though he is calm and sweet, if I do not fully support his back "stumps" he moves them uncontrollably like he is trying to run a 5K. Other than that, he’s a champ.
I'm making him an appointment with my local herp vet for a check up.
Sorry about the image quality, my good camera is in the shop.
About a month ago, I picked up this little guy at a local reptile show in Northern VA. I named him Slash, but my BF calls him "Capin Dan".(Forrest Gump). I was not planning on picking up any more animals; just there to stock up on feeders.
I walked by a table and saw him in a large tub with some adults and another beardie who was missing one back leg. I proceeded to ask what had happened to them. The owners explained that they were housed as babies in a tank with many other babies and juvi's, and when they would toss in the food; there was a riot which caused limbs to be chewed off if they got in the way of a larger beardies mouth. And though I wanted so badly to show my distain for their irresponsible husbandry, I smiled, gave him $20(the asking price) and walked away with him.
Initially, I was also worried about his sister who is missing her back leg, but luckily, an experienced couple was waiting behind me to buy her. If not, I would have taken her home too, just to get her out of that situation. Now Slash is living alone in a custom cage, without fear of being bullied by larger dragons.
Does anyone think this might cause an abnormal quality of life for him? Currently, he is doing great. His personality is very sweet. He crushes his super worm/carrot/shredded squash and collard salad every morning. He seems not to be affected by his disability. I made some changes to his cage to accommodate him. His basking platform is lower than average to allow him to "hobble" up on to it. When handling him, though he is calm and sweet, if I do not fully support his back "stumps" he moves them uncontrollably like he is trying to run a 5K. Other than that, he’s a champ.
I'm making him an appointment with my local herp vet for a check up.
Sorry about the image quality, my good camera is in the shop.
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