I guess Puff will wake up some time next year!

Puff's hibernation continues.He is still sleeping in his hide.I keep checking on him and I have not caught him with his eyes open, but he has moved about 1 inch and his head is facing a different direction.It is New Year's Eve and neither Puff or I will be celebrating. Just a quiet night at home.I guess Puff will wake up some time next year.I hope the new year is a better year than the last one!Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..................

Puff woke up very late

Puff woke up at about 5:00pm and meandered out of his hide. He climbed up on his basking log.I decided to try feeding him.I was afraid he might go back to sleep and miss his dinner.He ate 2 worms, 1 cricket and 10 peas.I am having some friends over to my house for dinner tonight. I am so glad he was awake so my friend Leah, from California and my friend Carla could see him.Leah was amazed at how big Puff was. She thought he was so cute.We watched a movie called "Nim's Island" while we ate dinner. There was a bearded dragon named Fred in the movie. It was a really cute movie and we all enjoyed it.As soon as Leah and Carla left, Puff climbed down from his perch, went into his hide,and went to sleep.It was like Puff read my mind. He knew I wanted him to be awake when my friends arrived, so that Leah could meet him. He knew that when they left he could go back to sleep again. Puff and I have a very special connection with each other. I seem to know what he wants and he seems to know what I want.Puff is indeed,a very special Dragon. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.................

I am still wondering if Dragons dream?

Puff is still sleeping. He does move from time to time, but only about 2 to 3 inches. When I check on him,sometimes I catch him with his eyes open,but they don't stay open long.Back to sleep again. At least he doesn't snore!I wonder if he is dreaming and if so, what he is dreaming about?I miss my beautiful Dragon.Please Spring,come early this year.Puff The Golden Dragon,to be continued.....................

Puff is hibernating again

Puff has slept the entire day today. I checked on him through out the day and at one point,he did have his eyes open but soon closed them again.He is still in his hide and will probably stay there for the next several days.I hope spring comes early this year. I miss Puff when he is hibernating.At least he did eat yesterday. Puff The golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.........................

Puff woke up and was hungry

Puff slept all day.I checked on him after I fed the dogs and he was awake. I decided to see if he was hungry enough to eat. I offered him the wax worm I got him for a special Christmas meal.He ate the 3 wax worms,2 super worms and 2 crickets. The last cricket, he ate half of and I did not think he was going to eat the other half, but at the last minute he opened his mouth and scarfed it down.I have a new basking log for Puff, but I have to prepare it first before I can put it in his tank. I want to make sure it is safe for him.After he ate his meal, he climbed down from his log and dug down into the hide and went to sleep for the night.I turned out the lights. I am so happy that Puff enjoyed his Christmas diner,even if it was a little late.Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued............................

Pictures on the blog

I have finally gotten some pictures of bearded dragons on my blog. Thanks to Nick of Jansen Technologies for the help, and Leah for her encouragement and knowledge.The pictures are not of my beautiful Puff , but the dragons in these pictures are also very beautiful, and are very similar to Puff. I will eventually be putting some pictures of Puff on this blog as soon as I can borrow a camera.Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.................

Puff slept through Christmas

Puff is hibernating again. The weather is pretty cold now so Puff has dug down in his hide.He slept through Christmas day. I will have to wait until he wakes up to give him his Christmas present.I miss him.But it is important that he goes through his winter shut down period. He will be healthier because of it. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued................

Puff was on hunger strike yesterday

Puff woke up about 10:00AM yesterday morning. I offered him some crickets before I left to go help Carla get her house ready for Christmas. He was not hungry.I left him on his perch. When I returned home at 2:30, he was still on his perch.I tried feeding him again.He refused every thing. I held him for several hours and stroked him. He seemed quite contented.I finally put him back as I had to cook dinner and start my Christmas baking.Puff climbed down from his log and left me a poop mess on top of his hide again.I cleaned it up and disinfected it. I don't know why he does it there. It is much harder to clean there. It would be so much easier to clean if he did it in the dirt. I could just scoop it out.Puff went into his hide and dug in for the night. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued................

Puff only ate 3 crickets on Tuesday

Puff has been eating a lot less these days. He only ate 3 crickets to day. I think he has gotten tired of eating peas.I have to find another type of green that he will eat.He stayed on his perch all day and basked. It is going to get very cold tonight.Puff will probably hibernate again.I went to PetsMart today to get more super worms and crickets for Puff. The price has gone up.When I got home, I cleaned the cricket container and the worm container before I put the insects in. I fed them also. There are 2 crickets running loose in Puff's tank as I dropped them and could not catch them.I put a dish with some cricket food and water in the tank so when they come out to eat,I can catch them. I want to get them before Puff does as he usually gets a mouth full of substrate with the crickets when he grabs them. The substrate is digestable but I would rather he did not eat it.I sang to Puff and said "good night" to him and turned out the lights for the night. Puff closed his eyes and went to sleep.When I sing to him, He looks at me and cocks his head. He is so cute! I just love him! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued...................

Sunday and Monday update

Sunday morning, Puff slept in. He woke up at noon. I held him for a while and he also had a bath which he enjoyed as usual.He did not eat any thing. He went to sleep early on his log at 4:00PM. On Monday, Puff woke up about 10:00AM.He stayed on his log,basking most of the morning, I left the house at Noon to run some errands and returned at 2:00PM.Puff was still on his perch. I took him out of his tank and held him for awhile. He did not want to go back into the tank, but I needed to go grocery shopping, so I left him on his log, basking.When I returned, I fed him. He only ate 3 worms, but at least he ate. I was starting to get worried. He went to sleep after I turned out the lights at 8:00PM.I sang to him and he closed his eyes and went to sleep. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..................

Puff was awake very early this morning

Puff was awake 7:30 AM this morning.He was pretty active. I did not handle him as I was busy making a grave marker for Carla's dog, Spirit.I wanted to get it done in time to put it on his grave, before the former owner of the pet cemetery takes it over again. It is really to bad that the new owners lost the court case and had to give the cemetery back to Darla.A lot of people are going to be very upset by this situation. Any way I tried to feed Puff at 2:00PM, but he was not hungry.He pooped again on top of the hide. I don't know why he has to do it there. It makes it harder to clean up. If he would go in the dirt,I would be able to just scoop it out. But such is life. I was going to give him a warm bath but he went into his hide and went to sleep at 4:00PM. He missed out on dinner. I guess he just wasn't hungry. I will try again tomorrow. I did sing to him before he went to sleep. Or may be that is why he went to sleep.I just love my Puff! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..................

Puff update for Thursday and Friday

Puff was awake before I turned the lights on Thursday morning. I left the house early as I had to take Nala, my retired guide dog to the vet for emergency surgery. When I returned around 4:00PM in the afternoon, Puff was just digging in for the night.He was already in his hide.He went to sleep right away.I felt bad as I had not been home to feed him. But I know he will be ok as they don't eat every day in the wild and they survive.Nala will be alright, but now I have a $500.00 vet bill.That pretty much wipes out Christmas for me. I will have to make gifts this year.At least I will be eating Christmas dinner at Carla's this year.Puff slept in on Friday.he did not come out of his hide until 6:00 PM.I offered him some dinner and he ate 4 crickets,1 worm and 11 peas. he basked for awhile and then went to sleep about 7:50PM. I turned out the lights for the night. To be continued..............

Puff is wearing Raspberry Red lipstick

Puff awoke before I turned on the lights.When I did turn on the lights, He was being very active,and was all over the tank. I had raspberries on my breakfast cereal this morning so I decided to see if Puff might like some, Raspberries that is. I offered him a raspberry and he ate it. I offered him more and he ate 3 of them. He refused any more. It left red marks on his mouth and looked like he was wearing lipstick.LOL I had to laugh when I saw that. I took him out of his tank and he sat on my shoulder while I watched TV for a while.He did not want to go back but today is garbage day and I had to get the garbage container out on time.When I checked on him later he was on his log basking.He is still wearing his "lipstick". I fed him diner and he ate 4 crickets, 1 worm,and 11 peas. He would have had another worm, but he dropped one and I could not get it before it burrowed into the substrate.He basked on his log for awhile and then climbed down on to the top of the hide and went to sleep. I turned out the lights and he is still sleeping there. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.............

Puff woke up for dinner !

I was busy with Christmas stuff and for got to turn out Puff's lights on time.I still can't figure out how to get the timer to work.I went to turn them out and discovered that Puff was wide awake! I offered him a cricket and he scarfed it down and was looking for more,so I went into the fish room and got him some more.He ate 5 crickets,1 worm,and 29 peas. I guess after sleeping for all those days,he was a little hungry.He did not appear to be ready to go back to sleep so I left his lights on for awhile. When he finally went back in to the hide it was 9:00PM.I then turned out the lights for the night.I wonder if Puff will be awake tomorrow?It is supposed to be warmer this week.I am so glad that Puff was awake to night. I miss him when he is hibernating. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.......................

Still in hibernation............

Puff is still sleeping. He does move though. During the day his head is just slightly out of the hide . Then upon sundown he turns around and goes back in to the hide. His tail is sticking out of the hide now. At least I know he is alright, because is is moving some what each day. I really do miss Puff... Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.............

Puff is still hibernating

Puff is still sleeping. He did wake long enough to move slightly. When I returned from taking one of the rescue dogs to her new home, I checked on Puff. His head was just slightly out of the hide.The dogs did not wake him tonight as they were quieter when I fed them. When I turned out the lights, he moved back into the hide.I really miss Puff.I hope Spring comes early. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued...................

Puff awoke long enough to eat his dinner

Puff hibernated again today.Shaman, my guide dog and I went to the 4th Avenue Street fair, and I found a dragon pendant, for $20. The weather was warm,about 70 degrees. When I got home it was dark, just after 6:00Pm. Puff was still sleeping but he had poked his head out of the hide at some point and had gone to sleep again.I did not think he would wake up for his dinner but the dogs were barking as I was feeding them and Puff woke up. I decided to offer him some crickets to see if he was hungry.He ate 2 crickets and then I offered him some peas. He ate 9 peas. He stayed awake for a while but about 8:00, he went back into his hide and went back to sleep. I had already turned out the lights.It is supposed to rain tomorrow so I think Puff will continue to hibernate. I miss Puff. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.................

Puff is hibernating again

Puff was still dug down in his hide this morning. He stayed that way all day. He never even came out to eat. I think this behavior has more to do with barometric pressure rather than cold or hot weather. Puff will probably stay hunkered down for several more days. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued............

Puff left his perch and dug into his hide

I turned the lights on late this morning, and Puff was already awake. He was still on his log.I was busy most of the morning so I did not handle Puff. I did sing to him. I think I have sung this song (Puff the magic dragon) so much that I have finally got the right key.Any way I am getting better. Puff doesn't seem to mind if I'm a little off key sometimes. Maybe when I can afford to buy my new guitar, I will be pretty good at it.I left the house to go do some Christmas shopping and to get some crickets for Puff. It was dark when I got home.I fed Puff and he ate 3 crickets,1 worm,and 10 peas.He has decided he does not like cilantro and won't touch it at all. Puff left his perch and went into his hide. He really dug in.I turned off the lights and said good night to Puff. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon. to be continued...................

Puff got scared of something and "puffed "up himself and his beard

This morning after I had turned on the lights, I checked on Puff after I had taken care of the dogs. He was all "puffed"up. His beard was fully enlarged and black. His body was twice his normal size.The only thing I can think of that may have scared him was that the dogs were all barking loudly this morning.I have never seen him like this before.I once saw him "puff"up his beard slightly, the first day I went to see him,before I adopted him.I am not really sure what scared him.It may have been the barking dogs or not.He has heard them bark before.I stroked him and his beard deflated but it took a while before his body deflated. He finally relaxed. I discovered that he likes to have his chin rubbed.I decided to leave him alone today, and not handle him.I did not want to stress him any more after his scare this morning.I checked on him through out the day and he seemed fine. I sang to him and played my flute for him. That seemed to relax him.I fed him late afternoon and he ate 2 crickets, 2 worms and 20 peas.Later in the evening,I spotted the dogs going after something. It was a cricket. It was probably the one that escaped several days ago.This batch of crickets are high jumpers.Any way, I grabbed it and gave it to Puff and he scarfed it down in a flash. I turned off the lights and said "good night" to Puff. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued............

A few words from Puff

Well, finally I get to say something! I am Puff, The Golden Dragon. My mom,Mardi takes real good care of me. She tells me she loves me all the time. She also sings to me. Some times it's a little off key, but I don't mind. No one else has ever sang to me before. She also plays her Native American flute for me. The music is so soft and peaceful, I just close my eyes and enjoy it.My mom adopted me from D and D Reptile Rescue.My former owners did not really know how to care for me. They did not feed me properly and their cat attacked me. I was injured and scared! They left me at the rescue. The guys at D and D, took excellent care of me. They healed my wounds and got me over being scared.They had a lot of other needy reptiles, so they could not keep me. They put me up for adoption and my mom saw my picture on their website and fell in love with me. She came to see me one day and I also fell in love with her. She held me and stroked my head and back and it felt so good, I closed my eyes and almost fell asleep. I stayed with D and D until she was able to get everything needed to care for me. The day finally arrived and she came and took me home with her. My forever home!My mom can't see too well but well enough to be able to care for me and all the other animals she has rescued.She took me to the vet to get a check up. She wanted to make sure I was in good health."new mother syndrome" you know.She thought I was healthy, but wanted to make sure because she loves me.The vet said I was in excellent health. My mom is very in tune with me and seems to know just what I want and need. She feeds me lots of crickets and worms and she has tried to find other foods that I like.I don't really like cilantro, but some times I will eat a little bit just for her.She feeds me Peas! I love Peas! She is still experimenting with other foods but next to crickets and worms, peas are a favorite. Once I refused to eat for 3 days in a row. I wanted crickets! I was tired of eating worms. She got the message and went to the store and got me some crickets! I think I have her pretty well trained. She tells me that I am a Magnificent Dragon! she tells me, I am the most Beautiful Dragon in the whole world. I guess I am pretty "snazzy" with my orange flame color. She calls me her Golden Dragon. I love my mom. She knows when I want to be handled and when I don't feel like being handled, she leaves me alone.She strokes me and it puts me to sleep, it feels so good.I like to sit on her shoulder.I also like to watch TV.Sometimes I watch from my perch on her shoulder, or I can climb up on the top of the hide in my glass house and watch through the glass. When I get bored with that I climb up on my log and bask. I love to bask! There are 2 hides in my glass house. One on either side so ,I can pick which one I want to sleep in. Some times I prefer to sleep on my log.My mom keeps my house very clean for me. I think I am the luckiest Dragon in the whole world. Hmmm, I wonder what my mom will get me for Christmas? I know she has gotten some dog and cat toys and she even got toys for the rats. I know she will get me something special. I am a very happy Dragon. Well, I think I will go to sleep now as I am very tired.Yawn, so long for now.Puff signing out.......................

Puff was very active today

Puff was awake before I turned on the lights this morning. He was on his perch as usual. I had a lot of things to do this morning as this is housekeeper day. I finally had time to sit down and take a break before the housekeeper came. I decided to take Puff out of his tank for a while. He climbed right up on to my hand. He was eager for me to take him out. I was holding him when the Housekeeper came. I covered him with a warm towel so he wouldn't get cold when I went out to open the gate to let her in. She thinks Puff is just wonderful. I asked her if she wanted to pet him and she did. I held him while she did her work.He went to sleep while I was stroking him. I put him back in the tank to feed him, but he tried to climb up my arm. He did not want to go back. I fed him and the house keeper watched. She thought it was "way cool". He refused the cilantro.Not even one bite. He loves his peas! He ate 2 crickets and 2 worms and 22 peas. That's right!22 peas! His belly is so fat now.I had dropped one of the crickets and Puff came down off his perch to hunt for it.He went from one end of the tank to the other and finally got it.He then climbed up on top of the cool end hide and and positioned himself up against the glass and watched TV for a while. Then he climbed down and went into the hide and came out and went to to the other side of the tank, and into that hide. I guess he was not ready to go to sleep yet as he then climbed up on that hide and left a very LARGE poop mess. I cleaned up the mess as he climbed up on his log to bask.I think all that "traveling" was done, looking for the right place to poop. He stayed on his perch,basking until he fell asleep for the night. I turned out the lights and said "good night" to Puff. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..............

Today was Bath day

Puff was awake before I turned on the lights this morning. I started singing to Puff and I was stroking him and he started climbing up on my hand. I let him climb up and I held him and stroked him for 3 hours as I watched TV and Puff went to sleep on my shoulder.I decided to give Puff a bath. I got the warm water ready and put him in his bath tub. He relaxed and went to sleep in the water. I washed his water dish and filled it with fresh water. I also cleaned his basking log as he had pooped on it several days ago. I tried to clean it as best as I could with him still on the log, but did not get it clean enough.It was now much easier to clean with him not on it.The water was cooling off so I took Puff out and dried him with a towel. I tried to put him back into the tank but he did not want to go back. He clung to me and tried to climb back up my arm. I held him for a little while longer and stroked him.I finally put him back in the tank even though he did not want to go back. I got his food together and fed him. He ate only 1 bite of cilantro and refused any more of it. He ate 16 peas and 2 crickets and 2 worms. He settled back on is log to bask. He is still there basking now. He will probably sleep on his perch again tonight. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.....................

Puff prefers peas to cilantro

Puff awoke still on his perch and never left it through out the day.I wonder if he will stay on his log until Spring? That is a long time to stay in one place on a log.I did not interact with him to much other than singing to him and playing my flute for him, and stroking him. He made no attempt to climb up on my hand so I did not bother him further. He basked most of the day with his eyes closed. He was awake at 4:30 PM so I decided to feed him. I offered the cilantro first,and he ate one bite of it. He refused any more so I gave him 2 crickets and a worm. I then offered him the peas. He ate 9 peas. I dropped one and could not find it, so I gave him 2 more crickets.I would have to say, at this time his favorite foods are crickets and peas.He is asleep on his log again. I turned out the lights for the night and left him alone. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.................

Puff has not left his perch in 4 days

Puff was awake when I turned on the lights on.This is the forth day that he has not left the basking log.I only had time to sing to him and feed him his breakfast of the last 3 worms before I left the house. I returned home at 6:00PM, with dog food,cat food,rat food,fish food and dragon food as well as My food.I took care of the dogs and then fed Puff. I gave him some cilantro and he ate it!He also ate 3 crickets. I then fed my self.When I checked on Puff, he was already asleep,still on the basking log. He looks like he is in another uncomfortable position.I don't see how he can sleep like that.I turned off the lights for the night. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued...................

Puff is still inactive

Puff awoke late this morning. He was still on his perch. He was still their when I left the house to go to the bank at noon.When I returned home ,it was after 6:00PM. Puff was still on his basking log. I fed him and he ate 2 crickets and 6 peas. He went to sleep on his perch again.I turned of the lights for the night. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued......

Another inactive day for Puff

Puff awoke at 10:30AM and he was still on his perch. He dozed on and off through out the day. I sang to him and Played my flute. Who would have thought that a lizard could have an expressive face? He really does and he is so cute.I did not disturb him as he was not active and only moved to get closer to the light or move a way from it.He never left his log.I fed him at 6:00PM and he ate 10 peas and 1 cricket.He really likes those peas! My friend Carla was here and she watched me feeding him.She thinks he is cute,but I have not convinced her to pet him yet. We were waiting for some one to bring us a rescue dog from Sierra Vista. The dog arrived and we put up the crate and Carla Left. I checked on Puff and he was asleep for the night. He looked a little more comfortable on his perch this time. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued..................

Puff was perched on his log and inactive today

Puff awoke late this morning. I did not turn on the lights until his eyes opened. He was still on his basking log.He was not active at all. He stayed on his perch the entire day. At one point, he moved up closer to the basking light. Then he moved slightly away from the light. He moved all of 3 or 4 inches all day.I talked to him softly and sang to him and he seemed to enjoy it. I also played my flute for him and he seemed to enjoy that also. I did not want to disturb him by taking him out of his tank as he made no attempt to climb on up my hand this time. I just stroked him and we went through the usual ritual of eyes closing and then opening every time I stopped stroking him. I decided to see if he was hungry. I offered him the insects first. He ate 1 cricket and 2 worms. Then I offered him some peas.I thought he would probably would not eat them,but he ate 7 peas. He really seems to like peas a lot! I left him alone for a while as he took a nap.I checked on him through out the day. He went to sleep about 6:30PM on his perch in the same uncomfortable position, with his front legs sort of hanging down and his hind legs supporting his body with his tail touching the ground. I turned out the lights at 7:00PM and left him for the night. I just don't know how he can sleep like that. It looks so uncomfortable. Puff the Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued...................