I got Carla to pet Puff tonight !

Puff was awake at 7:50am this morning. When I was done taking care of the other animals,I took Puff out and held him for awhile. He sat on my shoulder while I watched a movie.He watched for a short time and then took a nap.After the movie was over,I sang to Puff and played my flute for him.Carla called and told me she was on her way over to bring a donated crate for Foxy. This dog had destroyed the door on the old crate even after I repaired it and painted it with "HOT" sauce.I guess she likes "HOT"sauce. I fed Puff before Carla arrived. He ate 5 crickets and 6 peas.Yes he is eating peas again.Carla and I set up the crate and Carla went to Home Depot to get some clips and a piece of ply wood for the crate.When she returned I invited her for dinner.She went home to feed and take care of her dogs and then came back at 6:30pm. We ate our dinner and we were talking about how Puff likes the tone of our voices when we talk to him.I finally got her to pet him!I got a cricket out for Puff so she could see him eat it. I hand fed it to him and he dropped it. I finally managed to catch it and put it in the slippery dish this time. Puff went for it and ate it this time. He then climbed up on his log to bask. He looked so tired. He was listening to us talk to him but he would close his eyes and then open them again. I turned out the lights for the night and Puff went to sleep right away on his perch.Good night and sweet dreams Puff.We love you....Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.............................PS there is a fly that keeps buzzing me. I am trying to catch it for Puff.

Puff went to bed early tonight

After Puff had his morning "snack",I decided to feed him early. Carla came by with the crickets and I got the dining room ready for Puff's dinner.I didn't offer any peas this time.He ate 4 crickets. I put him back in the tank and he climbed up on his log and basked.I put my dinner in the oven and fed the dogs and then fed myself.I checked on Puff and he had already dug down in his hide.This was about 5:00pm. I checked back a little later and he was still in the hide.Gone to bed for the night. I turned out the lights and said good night to Puff.I am so proud of him for catching that fly! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued...................

Puff caught a fly !

Puff was awake at 8:00am this morning. I talked to him and sang to him and stroked him.While he was basking,I took the water dish out and washed it and gave him fresh water.I sat down to watch Wild America on TV and when I checked on Puff again,he was still on his basking log.I sat watching him as a fly that had been in his tank for about a week,kept buzzing him.I had hoped that he would catch it but a week later it was still there.As it buzzed around his head,he opened his mouth to catch it and missed.It buzzed him again and he opened his mouth and lunged.He caught it!Puff caught wild food all on his own!Pretty good for a visually impaired Dragon.He continued to look up and around for another one.Then he looked over at me with this proud look on his face. He was very pleased with him self.I was proud of Puff. He really did catch that fly.I called Carla to tell her of Puff's accomplishment. She laughed and said "At least he had something to eat today". She offered to get Puff"s crickets as she had to go out that way to pick up something any way. If I find any more flies,I will give them to Puff as a snack!Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.................

I spent more time with Puff today

Puff was awake at 8:00am. After I took care of the dogs,cats and my self,I took Puff out of his tank. I sang to him and stroked his head and back.I try to remember not to stroke his tail as he twitches it.I think it must tickle.I watched TV for a while as I had nothing else to do.Puff watched TV perched on my shoulder.After I set the VCR to tape my Soap,I shut of the TV.I spent more time just stroking Puff and talking to him. He really seems to enjoy this.I think it is the tone of my voice.He looks at me and cocks his head and listens to my every word. He loves it when I sing to him. He will close his eyes and when I stop singing,he opens his eyes as if to say,"don't stop".So I continue to sing to him.I wonder if other people sing to their Dragons? Probably not. They would probably think I was some cray old lady,just babbling on to a lizard.Well,I can honestly say,if they spent as much time with their Dragons as I do with mine,they would find that the Dragons really do enjoy it.I really do think it is the tone of voice and not the words, that they enjoy hearing.I put Puff back in his tank and played my flute for him.He climbed up on his log and basked while listening to the music.I had to go into the kitchen to take something out of the freezer for dinner.when I checked on Puff again, he was sitting on top of the hide with his front feet on the water dish.He was looking out the window.Probably watching the dogs.I had several phone calls and then got Puff's dining room set up and fed him. He ate 2 crickets,3 worms and no peas.I have to go get more crickets tomorrow.Only 2 left. I turned the lights out at 8:00pm and sang Puff to sleep. Good night Puff,sweet dreams...I love you Puff...Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued....................

No time for interaction with Puff today

Puff was awake at 7:15am this morning,before I turned on the lights.After taking care of the dogs and cats and my self,I had to get ready to go to the bank and do some shopping. It was rainy and cold outside so Carla said she would take me.I brought in the dogs and got them all crated and then left the house to go do my errands. When I returned,it was rather late in the day. I put the groceries away and sat down to take a rest.I then fed the dogs their dinner and then cooked my own dinner. Then I fed Puff. He ate 2 crickets, 3 worms and 0 peas today. I still needed to clean the rat cages and the cricket and worm containers. I also took care of the fish and did water changes.I still need to do a good cleaning of the big fish tank in the living room,but tomorrow is another day.Puff has already gone to bed, so I have turned out the lights.Poor Puff was kind of neglected today.I will make time tomorrow, and give him some special attention.Well, good night Puff and sweet dreams for now. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..........................

It was a late kind of day

Puff slept in this morning. I turned the lights on at 10:30am,but he did not stir until 11;15am.He climbed down from his perch and promptly went into the hide and dug in.I left him alone for a while as to day is garbage day. I was outside cleaning up all the dog poop,so I could get the garbage out on time. Well apparently, I got it out too late as they did not take it away. The next time I checked on Puff, He was standing upright in his water dish. His tail and hind legs were in the dish and his belly was up against the glass and his front legs were also on the glass.I wish I had a camera!He was looking out the window at some birds that were having a rather loud disagreement over something. I was going to go to the bank to get some money to get all the stuff I needed to build Puff's water fall. By the time I took a shower and changed my cloths,It was 1:30pm.I started to bring the dogs in and get them crated. The phone rang and it was Carla. We discussed what to do with Foxy, the new rescue dog. This dog has a real problem. She has bitten me twice now and she tries to attack the other dogs. This is not good for any of them, but it really is bad for Shaman,my guide dog as he was attacked by a Pit bull several weeks ago.When I finally got off the phone,It was already 2:40pm. I tried to hurry to bring in the last dog but Wanagi refused to come in.In the mean time,Puff had pooped on his basking log.What a mess!I had to clean this up as if I had left it until I returned, Puff would have had poop all over him.He was climbing up on his log and I stopped him.This took time to clean and by the time I was done, it was 3:18pm. Since I still could not get Wanagi to come in,I gave up on going to the bank.I would never get there before they closed.like I said, it was a late kind of day. I fed Puff at 5:00pm after feeding the dogs and my self. He ate 3 crickets,2 worms and 3 peas. He basked after his dinner.I was going to post this earlier but,Cox had an outage in my area so I could not access the internet.When I brought the dogs in,it was raining. The smell of wet dog....YUK! Now I have a wet dog sitting on my bed!Puff has already gone to bed for the night. He is well dug in to his hide. I turned out the lights and said good night. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..................

I caught Puff sitting in his water dish

On Tuesday,Puff was awake early again.8:00am and he was checking out the whole tank,from one end to the other.He was on both the Christmas log and his regular log basking.Then he was checking out the hides. I was busy taking care of the dogs and cats for a while and the next time I looked over at Puff,he was sitting in his water dish. I had to laugh as his tail was hanging over the side and his rear end and hind legs were in the dish,while his head and front legs were out side the dish. He looked so funny. As I was laughing, he turned his head around and looked at me and rolled his eyes.He is such a clown. I guess I am going to have to get that larger water dish as soon as possible.I also need to get the rocks to build the water fall for him.When he finished his "half bath",he climbed down from the hide and climbed up on the Christmas log to bask. I asked him if he was getting hungry and he got all wide eyed and climbed down and came up to the glass and started to scratch at the glass. I do believe he knows what the word "hungry" means as he was quite excited! I went and set up the dining room and got his food ready. He climbed right up onto my hand.He knew he was going to eat. He ate 3 crickets,2 worms and 1 pea.I offered him another pea and he went for it but missed.He then got frustrated and refused to eat any more peas.I am going to have to get one of those vibrating feeding dishes so the peas will move and he will be more likely to go after them.I am going to try and find some other greens for him at the grocery tomorrow.I put him back in the tank and he climbed up on his basking log. I sang to him and he seemed to enjoy that. I left him alone to bask the rest of the afternoon.He was still on his perch when I turned out the lights for the night.I sang to him and he fell asleep on is log. Good night my beautiful Puff.I love you! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued................

Puff was very active today

Puff was awake at 8:15am this morning. He was very active, He strolled from one end of his tank to the other many times and ended up on top of the hide with the water dish . He spent time with his front legs in the water dish,staring out the window watching some thing. Possibly the dogs or some birds. He then watched TV for awhile.He got board with that and climbed up on the Christmas log to bask.I did not have time to handle him as this was Housekeeper day and I was very busy doing wash while the housekeeper did other house work.I also had to clean the yard up after the dogs.When I passed Puff's tank he would come to the front glass and follow me back and forth.He wanted me to take him out.After the housekeeper left,I did take him out for a short time. I fed him around 4:00pm and he ate 3 crickets,2 worms and 1 pea.When I put him back in the tank,he climbed up on his log to bask.He was still on his perch when I turned the lights out about 8:00pm and sang him to sleep.I love you Puff,sweet dreams. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.................

Puff was awake very early on Sunday

On Saturday, Puff awoke about 10:30am.He explored his house and ended up climbing on the new log and basking for awhile. After taking care of the other animals and my self, Carla called and said she was picking me up to go shopping. I picked up my scripts and then we went to PetsMart. I picked up some rat food and some crickets for Puff. I also looked at reptile waterfalls and decided It was cheaper to build my own and I could build one as big as I wanted. The ones they had were really too small for Puff.If the water is moving,maybe he will drink more.I bought a Pump for $17.00 that will work very well.I have some aquarium sealer, I just need to find some rocks to glue together.When I got home,I fed Puff and he ate 4 crickets and 2 worms.He refused the peas.On Sunday Puff was awake very early at 8:00am. I sang to him and played my flute and held him for awhile. I put on a movie,Eragon. It was about a female Dragon and her rider. I have seen it before but I wanted to see it again. Not being able to see very well,there is always something I have missed the first time.Puff watched for awhile and then fell asleep as I was stroking him.When the movie was over, I put Puff back into his tank and got ready to feed him. I got his food ready and put him in the dining room. He ate 3 crickets,2 worms and still no peas.I talked to this young man on the phone about getting feeder crickets for Puff. I explained that so many of the crickets I buy from the pet store die before I can even feed them to Puff.His name is Bruce and he has 20 Bearded Dragons! I will be buying my next batch of crickets from him as his prices are much better than the pet store prices.Puff basked on the new log and then moved to the other log to bask. He was still awake when I turned out the lights for the night. I sang Puff to sleep.He went to sleep,still on his perch.Sweet dreams Puff,now that I know that dragons do dream....Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..................

Puff slept on and off through out the day

I was surprised to find Puff awake at 9:30am this morning. I decided to feed him early in case he went back to sleep. He ate 2 peas and 4 worms.Then he pooped, and this time it was in the dirt. It was very easy for me to just scoop it out and dispose of it.He climbed up on his log and basked. I sang to him and played my flute. He is so expressive.He seemed to really enjoy the flute.I was talking to him for quite a while and he seemed to be taking in every thing I was saying. He is so cute! He was cocking his head and following my every move with his eyes. He yawned and cocked his head again.I did not handle him as I don't want to make him uncomfortable after he has eaten.He then climbed down and went into his hide and took a nap. Later, I noticed he was up on the new log. He was basking on the cooler side of the tank.He went to sleep on that perch for a while.When I checked on him about 3:00pm, he had dug in on the cool side hide and was taking another hap.Puff likes to dig,and when he does dig, the dirt flies every where!I checked on him again about 6:00pm and he had dug in on the warm side hide and was asleep for the night. I said good night to him and turned out the lights. I am so glad I had the opportunity to adopt Puff. I just love him! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued................

Bad weather = Sleeping Dragon

Puff woke up at 10:00am this morning. He had moved from his perch on the log, sometime between 3:00am and 7:00am. When I saw him ,he was sleeping on the flat river rock instead of the log where he went to sleep last night.Any way,when he awoke he was very active. Going from one end of the tank to the other,checking out the hides.It was cloudy with intermittent rain and cold wind outside.Even my dogs did not want to stay out too long.I had a feeling that Puff might go into hibernation, so I held him for a while and stroked him as I watched TV this morning.I put him back into his tank and proceeded to get his dining room ready so I could feed him early. Puff had other ideas. He went into his hide,dug in and went to sleep before I got his food ready.I kept the dining room ready and his food ready in case he should wake up and want to eat.He did wake up at about 4:30,but went into the other hide and went to sleep before I could put him in the dining room.The crickets and worms got a reprieve and I put the dining room back in the Fish Room. Puff was asleep for the night and possibly the next couple of days as the weather forecast is pretty gloomy.I turned out the lights and said good night to Puff. I do hope spring comes early this year."I love you Puff". Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued...............

A few words from Puff

Hi, Puff here. From time to time ,I get to say a few words on my life and life with my mom.It is a good life!Today I decided to get up early. 9:00am and I was already out and exploring my glass house. Mom discovered that I was awake and turned on the lights for me.My mom has changed some of the furniture and I want to keep up with all of the new stuff.I have a larger water dish now. It is on top of the hide and keeps me from getting so much dirt in the water. I was checking this out this morning and decided to see if I could fit my body in the new water dish.Well, not quite,but a lot better than the last one.Besides I had a bath yesterday and I was still pretty clean. I just put the half of me in it that would fit.I grew board with this and climbed up on my basking perch. I love to bask! My mom came by to check on me and she told me how beautiful I was,that my color is so bright after my bath. She tells me that I am Magnificent! She sings to me and I love to here her play her flute for me. She has even learned a few new songs that she sings to me. She is always telling me that she loves me. I love her too! She takes me out of the glass house and lets me sit on her shoulder. I just love it when she strokes my head and back.It puts me to sleep and relaxes me.Some times she strokes my tail and that tickles.Some times I watch TV from my perch on her shoulder.My mom is so nice and warm and that keeps me comfortable.She knows just how warm I like my bath water to be.She has gotten me a new dining room to eat in. This makes it easier for me to catch my food.My mom can't see very well so she has a hard time hand feeding me. She was dropping so many crickets that she could not catch. The dining room makes things easier for both of us as I have a bad eye and some times miss when I try and grab my food.When she fed me today though, we did not use the dining room. She put the worms in a dish for me and I ate them from the dish. I am getting pretty good at this.I can even grab 2 worms at the same time.What a mouth full! Today, mom tied to feed me green beans.YUK!I closed my eyes and turned my head away and refused to eat them. My mom got the message and did not try again. She is pretty good at understanding me.She also tried the peas again.I am so tired of peas for now.She fooled me though.Mom put a pea on the dish along with a worm.The worm was moving and so was the pea. I grabbed the worm and got the pea also.I had it in my mouth so I just ate it and the worm together. My mom Laughed. Yes she fooled me this time. I won't be fooled again. I just let her laugh as it was kind of funny.She finally caught me dreaming when I was asleep the other night.I know she has always wondered if we Dragons dream.Yes, we do dream! But I will keep what I dream about a secret for now. Well, time to bask again. So long for now. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..............

Monday and Tuesday : Dragon update

Monday morning,Puff was up early at 9:00am. He was pretty active and was all over his tank exploring every nook and cranny. I held him in the after noon,and we watched TV together. I,relaxing on the bed,and Puff relaxing from his perch on my shoulder.I fed him early as I wanted to make sure he did not go to bed early and miss his diner.He then retired to his perch to bask where he went to sleep at 5:00pm. Tuesday morning,Puff was awake at 10:00am,still on his log where he had slept all night.He climbed down from his perch and was exploring his tank. He went into both hides and dug down inside one. I thought he was going to hibernate as the dirt was piled up in front of the hide and I could not even see him.I guess he just took a nap as he was back to exploring within the hour.I sang to him and his facial expressions told me he was enjoying this as he kept looking at me and cocking his head and his eyes followed my every move. I then left him alone for awhile as I had dog dishes to wash as well as my own.He moved about the tank and when I checked on him,he seemed happy to see me as he came up to the glass and tried to climb out,unsuccessfully. I put my hand in and he climbed right up and I held him for a while,stroking him and talking to him.I relaxed on the bed to watch TV and Puff took a nap on my shoulder. After my program was over,I gave Puff a bath. At first he relaxed and enjoyed it but then he got restless and tried to climb out of his tub. I dried him with a towel and put him into the dining room to feed him.He ate 3 crickets, 3 worms and 0 peas. I guess he is really tired of eating peas and I have not been successful in finding any other greens that he will eat.I put him back into his tank and he basked for awhile. Then he climbed down from his log and dug into his hide and went to sleep for the night early,about 4:30pm.I turned out the lights at 7:00pm. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued......................

Friday,Saturday and Sunday update : Dragons do dream !

Friday, Puff was awake later,about 10:45am. I held him and sang to him and fed him early as Carla and I had to go check out a husky at the Humane Society.It had been deemed unadoptable and due for euthanasia.We rescued it,and were scheduled to pick it up on Saturday after the spay. By the time I returned home, Puff had already gone to bed early.On Saturday, Puff was awake at 10:00am.I held him and sang to him. I also played my flute for him.He really loves the flute music.Again I fed him early as I knew Carla and I were Picking up "Foxy Lady" and I knew Puff might retire early again.I tried to feed him parsley. I put the worms on his dish with the parsley so that when the worms moved, so would the parsley. It worked. He grabbed a piece of parsley but when he realized that it was not a worm, he spit it out,and refused to eat any more of it.I guess he doesn't like parsley. I will have to keep trying to find other greens that he will eat. When I returned home, Puff had gone to bed early again and I was glad I had fed him early. On Sunday, Puff did not wake up until after 11:00am.He meandered out of his hide and climbed up on is log to bask.When I came in from cleaning the yard,I decided to feed Puff early as I had some one coming to look at Raven,one of the rescue dogs. I held Puff for a while and sang to him.He then ate 3 worms.That afternoon,Raven was adopted! Carla and I brought her to her new home and when I returned home, Puff was still awake. I put him in his dining room and he ate 4 crickets.I put him back in to his tank and fed the dogs and my self.I was on the computer and noticed that Puff had fallen asleep on his basking log. I turned out the lights and continued taking care of all my emails. I looked over at Puff while talking to Carla on the phone and Puff suddenly twitched and then was still again. This is the first time I have seen Puff twitch in his sleep. He must be dreaming! Dragons do dream!Dogs and cats twitch and some times move their legs when dreaming, but I had never seen any movement from Puff when he was sleeping.This was the first time I had seen this. Now I no longer wonder if Dragons dream, but wonder what they dream about. Crickets? Lady lizards? Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued...............................

Wednesday and Thursday update

On Wednesday, Puff was up early and when I left to go to my Doctor's appointment, Puff was watching Martha Stewart on TV. When I returned, he had already gone to bed for the night.On Thursday,Puff woke up later than he has been waking up lately. It was almost 11:00 am when he finally meandered out and climbed up on his basking log. After taking care of the dogs and cats and then me, I took Puff out of the tank and held him for awhile. I sang to him and I also played my flute for him.He enjoyed it as usual. I stroked him and he enjoyed that also.I had to put him back in his tank as I had to go pay the Cox internet bill. They did not honer the extension they told me they gave me and turned off my internet anyway.When I returned home,Puff was napping in his hide. I hoped that he was not asleep for the night as I had not fed him yet. He came out of his hide at 5:45pm and was exploring his house. I went over to him and asked him if he was hungry. He put his head up and he got all wide eyed.I put my fingers in front of his face and moved them from side to side and up and down.He moved his eyes and head from side to side and up and down. I had to giggle as he looked so funny doing this. I put him in to his dining room and fed him. He refused to eat the peas but he did eat 3 crickets and 3 worms. I rubbed his chin and beard and he really seemed to enjoy this. I put him back in to his tank and he promptly climbed back up on his perch to bask.He was still awake when I turned out the lights at 8:00pm. I sang him to sleep.I love my beautiful Puff. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued........................

I fed Puff in his new dining room today

Puff was not interested in eating yesterday. He spent most of the day either basking on his log or napping in his hide. When he was done with his nap, he would again climb up on his log and bask again.He finally went to sleep with half his body inside the hide, head sticking out, at 7:00pm. Today he was up early,before I turned on the lights. He was very active. I held him for a while,but he would not hold still. I could not put him down as the cats and dogs were in the room . I will have to put them all in another room before I can let Puff roam free.I put him in his new dining room and he ate 3 crickets, 2 worms and 2 peas.He is getting better at catching crickets, I still had to keep herding them in front of him,but he did not miss any of them. He went to sleep at 7:30 pm when I turned out the lights and sang to him. I love my Dragon Puff! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued.................

Puff has a unique language

I am enjoying figuring out Puff's language. It is very unique. He doesn't need a verbal language to be able to communicate. When he doesn't want to eat something he closes his eyes and moves his head away, until I take the offending food away.Once it is removed, he opens his eyes again and looks right at me.He will turn is head and eyes and look at me as if to say, "thank you, I was no longer hungry." When I talk to him he will also look at me. Some times he will roll his eyes or cock his head when I am talking to him.When I sing to him he will look at me and then close his eyes. When I stop singing,he will open his eyes.If I start to sing again, he closes his eyes again.When I play my flute for him, he also closes his eyes and you can see his body relax. He almost looks like he has a smile on his face.If I stop playing,he will turn his head towards me and look at me.Like he is saying"why did you stop?"If I ask him if he is hungry,he gets all wide eyed and starts moving his head from side to side.When I put him into a warm bath, he relaxes his whole body and closes is eyes.When I take him outside to bask in the sun from his perch on my shoulder,he looks all around and follows the birds with his eyes. He will move his head in all directions and seems fascinated with the world around him.When he is tired of eating worms, he will give me a look like he is disgusted and rolls his eyes. He will refused to eat until I feed him crickets.When I am holding Puff and stroking him,he closes his eyes. When I stop, he opens his eyes as if to say"don't stop". When he is watching TV, he cocks his head and moves his eyes as he watches.Yes Puff has quite a interesting language. The more I am with him, the more I see and understand him. I only wish I could see better. I love Puff and I think he understands that. I only hope he loves me too. I think he does. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.....................

Puff has a new "dining room"

I bought a large plastic container to use as a separate dining area for Puff.When I hand feed him a cricket, he often misses it,because of his bad eye, and the cricket gets away. I have a hard time catching the crickets. There are too many places to hide in the tank.If they get away in the "dining room", they are easy to catch.No where to hide. I put Puff in the "dining room" and gave him 2 crickets to start with. I had to herd them right in front of his good eye so he could see them and grab them. It took a little time but mission accomplished!As long as I herded the crickets in front of him, he could catch them. He only missed once. He caught and ate 5 crickets.After his dinner,I put him back into his house and he climbed up on his log and basked. I moved the new log off of the top of the hide so there would be more room for Puff to get to his water dish.I put the log where the old water dish used to be. Puff climbed up on it and was checking it out in it's new place. He did climb on it when it was on top of the hide, but with the water dish up there, it seemed too crowded for both. This works better and Puff seems to like it this way. He went to sleep on his perch and I turned out the lights for the night, I am so glad Puff ate today. I think feeding him in the "dining room" is easier for Puff and me. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued..............

Puff Has gone on a hunger strike again

Puff is up early these days and is active throughout the day.When he is not basking,he is exploring his house. Yesterday, He pooped in the dirt!It was easy to just scoop it out and throw it away. Nothing to wash and disinfect. I put a bigger water dish in for him. I also put it up on top of the left side hide,next to the other basking log. This way he won't get dirt in the water. I have been thinking of putting a water fall in the dish, but that will have to wait until some time in the future. I could just put an air stone in it to keep the water moving. Maybe Puff would drink more if the water were moving.I have air stones, but I have to buy a small air pump. Maybe next month, I can Budget for that.Puff still has not eaten in several days. I did go to the pet store today and got crickets and super worms. By the time I got home, Puff was already asleep in the hide.I hope he eats tomorrow.I worry when he doesn't eat for days like this.I tried feeding him some sweet red pepper but he declined. I have got to find other things that he will be interested in. He needs other salad items in his diet. So far, peas are the only green I have gotten him to eat more than once or twice.He seems to really like them but he does get tired of eating them all the time.I will see what I can find at the grocery tomorrow. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued........................

Puff has gone to bed

Puff was awake at 7:15am this morning, before the lights were on. He has been very active for several days now. He climbed up on his basking log and then down and into each hide.Yesterday he was trying to soak in his water dish. It was too small for that.It looked so funny as his head,tail and all 4 legs hung out over the dish. I decided to give him a bath today. I filled his bath tub with warm water and gently slipped him into it. He relaxed right away and closed his eyes. He was enjoying it and then I noticed that he was drinking the water. This is the first time I have ever seen him drink water. I am sure he must have drank water before but I have never seen him do it. He drank for almost a minute. When the water started to cool off, I removed him and dried him with a towel. I held him and stroked him for a while. I sang to him and he closed his eyes. When I stopped singing,he opened his eyes and he yawned. He looks so cute when he yawns!I put him back in the tank and he climbed back up on his perch. I fed him and he ate 1 cricket,3 worms and 5 peas. I then left him alone to bask.I just checked on him and he has gone into the hide and he is now asleep.I will turn out the lights for the night and say good night to my beautiful Puff.I just love this little Dragon! Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.......................

Early to rise,early to bed

Puff has been waking early. He wakes up at about7:30 or 8:00am, before I have even turned on the lights.He also goes to sleep early.Yesterday he went to sleep at 4:30pm and tonight he went to sleep at 5:00pm. He went to sleep on top of the hide with his right hind leg hanging over the side.I repositioned him so he would not fall off. He opened his eyes for a moment but closed them and went back to sleep again.He ate 4 worms today.He refused to eat any Peas.I have to find some other greens that he will eat.It is hard to find flowers this time of the year,at least the kind he would eat.When I checked on him after I went to pay some bills, I found him sitting in his water dish. I guess I need to put the big water dish back in the tank as this one is too small for him to soak in.I think I will give him a bath in the morning.I have to go to the pet store to get some more crickets.I keep buying crickets only to have half of them die. I am keeping their container clean and they have food and water gel. I don't know why so many die? The worms don't die.I know they are not overcrowded as the container is fairly large and I only buy 25 crickets at a time.There are plenty of the empty TP rolls and egg carton pieces for them to hide in. I see them eating.I just don't know why they die? Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon, to be continued..........................

Puff has been very active with the warm weather

Puff went to sleep on his basking log on Sunday night. He woke up very early Monday morning at 8:30am. He was all over his tank from one end to the other.He finally climbed back up on his perch. I took him out and held him for awhile.I sang to him and stroked him. He seemed to enjoy this. I must make a point to find a new song. He must be tired of hearing the same one all the time.He sat on my shoulder and listened to my flute. He seems to really enjoy the music.I decided to feed Puff early as he was so active. I thought he must be hungry. He ate 2 crickets, 5 worms and 2 peas.I have been trying to feed him from a dish as he has trouble with depth perception because of his bad eye. I have the same problem for a different reason,but I know it is hard to know how close or far away things are.I think that is why he misses the food and drops it. I have to still hand feed the crickets or they will get away but he is getting pretty good at getting the worms off the dish.I have to hold the dish right up to his mouth.Both Sunday and Monday he grabbed 2 worms at once and chewed then up and swallowed them. He seemed quite proud of him self at accomplishing this. Some times he will try to get the worm or cricket and miss several times. He then becomes frustrated and refuses to finish eating. When this happens, I wait a while and try again. He then will eat if I hand feed him.I let Puff Bask for about an hour and then I gave him a bath which he really enjoyed.He then climbed back up on his log to Bask. I was talking to him, telling him how Magnificent he was and that he was the most beautiful Dragon in the world. He sat on his perch, looking at me and cocking his head and then he opened his mouth. He was probably getting a little warm from basking, but it looked like he was smiling. I wish I had a camera as this would have made a real cute picture.I just love this little Dragon! My beautiful Puff. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued.......................

A few words from Puff on the new year

Hi, Puff The golden Dragon here! I know I have been sleeping a lot lately,but I have been resting up for my Spring and Summer antics.I so love the spring and summer. I love basking in the sun.It takes sleeping most of the winter to recover from spring and summer. I expend much more energy in those warm months. At least I don't have to chase my food as my mom does a super job of hand feeding me. It is so much easier that way. Sometimes I miss and drop the cricket because of my bad eye.My mom scurries to catch it for me.She is very patient with me. I love my mom. I love when she sings to me although, I really wish she would learn a new song. She sings "Puff The Magic Dragon". It is a nice song but there must be others that she can sing to me?I also love when she plays her flute for me. The music is very soothing.I know I slept through the new year celebration but I was so tired. When I did wake up, my mom wished me a happy new year. I know I will be very happy! I have a wonderful mom to take good care of me and plenty of food,and singing and music. She also keeps my glass house very clean. And most of all, she loves me. She tells me that she loves me all the time.She strokes my head and back and it feels so good. I hope that all Dragons have wonderful moms' like I have.I love to sit on her shoulder. I love it when she takes me out side when the weather is warm enough to bask in the sun.I think she enjoys that as much as I do.Well I am getting sleepy,yawn. My mom fed me 2 crickets and 3 worms and 5 peas tonight. It is time for my after dinner nap! I think I shall just stay on my basking log and take a snooze for a while, Yawn,yawn.... see you later...Puff signing out.......................................

Puff woke up to day

Puff woke up this morning at about 10:30am and I wished him a Happy New Year. I told him I missed him. I sang to him and he enjoyed it.He would close his eyes and listen and when I stopped singing,he would open his eyes.I stroked his head and back and he enjoyed that. I decided to try feeding him as I was not sure how long he would stay awake. He ate 2 crickets, 2 worms and 8 peas.He pretty much stayed just out side the hide, with his tail inside the hide.He stayed in the same position the entire day.I made home made Lasagna, and Carla and Leah came over for dinner. Puff was still awake when they arrived,so they could see him. He went into his hide at about 8:00pm and I turned out the lights for the night. I am so glad Puff was awake today.He is the most beautiful Dragon in the whole world and I love him dearly.Puff The Golden Dragon,to be continued......................

Puff slept through New Years day

Puff is still sleeping.He has awakened several times to change positions with in the hide. When I came home from Carla's house about 6:00pm, Puff had his nose sticking out of the hide, but his eyes were closed.I wonder if he will wake up soon? I miss him. Puff The Golden Bearded Dragon,to be continued....................