It is Brumation time

Lilo has started to brumate. She is in her hide most of the day and will come out to eat some times. sometimes she just sleeps through dinner time. Ryuu sleeps in her hide at night but is awake during the day. She is now 3 years old so she may or may not brumate yet.Eiko is not brumating at all. He will actually be 2 years old in January.So he is still young and may not brumate this year. they all seem fine and Lilo and Ryuu are eating well.Eiko is still being picky about his food. If I hold a piece of salad in front of him,he will eat it but refuses to eat any more than that one piece. He will some times eat 5 - 7 super worms but there are days that he refuses to eat any thing.Lilo and Ryuu are eating all their salads. Eiko makes me worry. What else can I find to feed him that he won't get tired of eating? Lilo,Ryuu and Eiko, the Golden Dragons. To be continued.............

Happy Birthday Dragons

Even though I did not have a Birthday party for the Dragons, I did buy them each a gift.I also decorated their tanks with Halloween stickers and they look really cute. Ryuu and Eiko needed the new feeding dishes for their salad.I got Lilo a new green plant and put it next to her cool side hide. She has already investigated it and has given her approval. She actually went into the cool side hide yesterday after looking over her new green plant and slept there over night.I am also going to buy them a new bath tub as the one I am currently using has a corner broken off. I want to get a bigger one and one that I can put a top on so that Eiko will not escape. He is a jumper and I have to supervise his bath time very closely so he doesn't leap out of the tub! Lilo and Ryuu seem to enjoy their bath time and do not try to jump out of the tub at all.  Lilo and Ryuu are eating their salad but,Eiko will only eat one or two bites and then he throws the rest of it around his tank . What a mess to clean up.Lilo is still eating only crickets and Ryuu is eating both crickets and super worms. Eiko only ate 4 worms last night. He refused to eat any more.He usually eats at least 10 - 12 worms.I hope he is not tired of eating worms now. He still will only eat one or two crickets when I offer them. Most of the time he won't eat them at all. I refuse to feed ROACHES. There are already too many cricket escapees running around my house and I don't need any ROACH escapees running the house.I hate ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lilo waved to me with both arms last night when I sang to her. She really enjoys my singing to her.Eiko always cocks his head and watches me very intently while I am singing to him.Ryuu does the same and she tries to climb as close to me as she can get.Lilo does this also. I really enjoy my Dragons. I still miss Puff so much. He was so special. His personality was so different from my other Dragons. He would demand to be picked up and cuddled and persisted in climbing the side of his tank until I would pick him up.Lilo and Ryuu love to be petted, held and cuddled but they don't demand it.They just wait for me to pick them up. Eiko loves to be petted, but would prefer not to be picked up and held.He is a lot better about it now than he used to be,but I don't think he will ever enjoy it like the others do.I found a home for my large fish tank, with all the Guppies in it. It went home with my house keeper's sister. Now I have room for one more  40 Gal. tank. I still would love to have a White Dragon. I did meet a breeder at the reptile show that will have some lucistic all white with no pattern, Bearded Dragons at next years show. He has them now but is not selling any because he needs them for breeding to produce more of them. I love my Dragons,  Lilo,Ryuu and Eiko. The Golden Dragons, to be continued............

Happy Birthday Dragons

Even though I did not have a Birthday party for the Dragons, I did buy the each a gift.I also decorated their tanks with Halloween stickers and they look really cute. Ryuu and Eiko needed the new feeding dishes for their salad.I got Lilo a new green plant and put it next to her cool side hide. She has already investigated it and has given her approval. She actually went into the cool side hide yesterday after looking over her new green plant and slept there over night.I am also going to buy them a new bath tub as the one I am currently using has a corner broken off. I want to get a bigger one and one that I can put a top on so that Eiko will not escape. He is a jumper and I have to supervise his bath time very closely so he doesn't leap out of the tub! Lilo and Ryuu seem to enjoy their bath time and do not try to jump out of the tub at all.  Lilo and Ryuu are eating their salad but,Eiko will only eat one or two bites and then he throws the rest of it around his tank . What a mess to clean up.Lilo is still eating only crickets and Ryuu is eating both crickets and super worms. Eiko only ate 4 worms last night. He refused to eat any more.He usually eats at least 10 - 12 worms.I hope he is not tired of eating worms now. He still will only eat one or two crickets when I offer them. Most of the time he won't eat them at all. I refuse to feed ROACHES. There are already too many cricket escapees running around my house and I don't need any ROACH escapees running the house.I hate ROACHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lilo waved to me with both arms last night when I sang to her. She really enjoys my singing to her.Eiko always cocks his head and watches me very intently while I am singing to him.Ryuu does the same and she tries to climb as close to me as she can get.Lilo does this also. I really enjoy my Dragons. I still miss Puff so much. He was so special. His personality was so different from my other Dragons. He would demand to be picked up and cuddled and persisted in climbing the side of his tank until I would pick him up.Lilo and Ryuu love to be petted, held and cuddled but they don't demand it.They just wait for me to pick them up. Eiko loves to be petted, but would prefer not to be picked up and held.He is a lot better about it now than he used to be,but I don't think he will ever enjoy it like the others do.I found a home for my large fish tank, with all the Guppys in it. It went home with my house keeper's sister. Now I have room for one more  40 Gal. tank. I still would love to have a White Dragon. I did meet a breeder at the reptile show that will have some lucistic all white with no pattern, Bearded Dragons at next years show. He has them now but is not selling any because he needs them for breeding to produce more of them. I love my Dragons,  Lilo,Ryuu and Eiko. The Golden Dragons, to be continued............

I went to the Reptile Show to day

I went to the Reptile Show to day and there were many beautiful Bearded Dragons there.There were also a lot of beautiful snakes and many other beautiful lizards.I did see one Trans-Pecos Rat Snake. I used to have one of those. I did not see any Rough Green Snakes though. If I should get another snake,I want to get a Rough Green Snake.I talked to a lot of nice people and I bought some new feeding dishes for Ryuu and Eiko.I still need to get some thing for Lilo.Even though I am not having a party for them this year,I am still getting them gifts. I really needed the feeding dishes for their salad as the dishes that are currently being used are old and one has been chewed on the side by one of the dogs.I am not sure what to get for Lilo.Maybe I can find some thing at PetsMart this week.She does not need a feeding dish as I use Puff's Dish for her. I really enjoy going to the Reptile Show each year. There are so many different kinds of animals and I like to talk to the people about their exhibits, and also tell them about my Dragons,and the snakes I used to own.I did buy another book about Bearded Dragons. It was one that I did not already have.I also saw some beautiful Dart Frogs. Some day I would love to have a nice set up and have some Dart Frogs in it.I love my beautiful Dragons,Lilo Ryuu and Eiko. The Golden Dragons,to be continued............

October is the Dragons birthday

I have decided that I am not going to have a Birthday party for the Dragons this year. I just can't afford it. I am still in the "Donut Hole,"meaning I have to pay full price for all my Medications now as the insurance company insists that I am over my dollar limit for them to pay their part. I am going to go to the Reptile show and will probably buy something for each Dragon. Something they need.All of the Dragons are doing very well. I have been putting Eiko in the travel ball when I am cleaning his tank. He seems to be the only one who really goes for a walk. Lilo and Ryuu just kind of sit there and occasionally take a step or two.I think Eiko enjoys his walks as he really gets the "ball rolling". I still have not gotten the tiles I need to tile Lilo and Ryuu's tanks. I just have not been able to afford it.I have had to buy 3 new Mercury Vapor bulbs as the others were on their way out.Eiko's actually did burn out.Lilo does not want to eat the super worms so I just give her crickets and occasionally offer her a worm,but she still refuses to eat it. Ryuu will eat any thing you offer her,so I feed her both crickets and worms and she is happy. Eiko will now eat the occasional cricket,but he wants his super worms. I usually toss him a cricket or two and if he eats them, I then feed him more worms and he is happy. If he does not eat the crickets,I take them out of his tank,as he refuses to hunt for them . Some times the Dragons eat their greens and some times they don't. It helps if I put baby food veggies on the greens and then they seem to dig in to the greens. I am still singing to them and they really enjoy that.They climb up as close to me as they can get and listen. I can see their breathing get faster and when I am done singing, they seem to want more. I really enjoy these wonderful lizards. They are so intelligent and sweet.Eiko is getting much better about being handled and he is not trying to jump out of his tank now when I open the top. I love my Dragons. Lilo,Eiko, and Ryuu,the Golden Dragons,to be continued.................

The dogs got hold of the bag of super worms

My friend Johnny picked up the crickets and super worms for the Dragons this morning. He was talking to me about his dog court case, so I brought the bugs and worms in the house and put them up so the dogs could not reach them,so I thought..........I went back out side to continue the conversation and then Johnny left and I came back in to put the crickets and worms in their containers. The worms were missing! I searched the house, muttering at the dogs and  and finally found them in one of the dog crates.The bag had been torn open and some of the worms had escaped.I had quite a time rounding up all the escapees.I hope I got them all as they turn into black beetles when they morph.I don't need any more bugs running around my house. There are already enough cricket escapees running loose in my house.I HATE BUGS!!The last worms I picked up, I tossed in to the Dragons and they scarfed them up.I don't know which dog did the deed but I won't leave the crickets and worms in the living room again unattended.I will put them in the kitchen with the door shut so no dogs will be able to get them, if I can't put them in their containers right away. I love my Dragons,Lilo,Ryuu, and Eiko.  The Golden Dragons, to be continued................

Super Worms for Eiko

Eiko has not been eating well. For some reason, he has decided that he is tired of eating crickets. Lilo and Ryuu are still very happy eating them and scarf them up every night. Eiko refuses to eat any of them. At one point, I had to force feed him so he would not starve.I decided to try feeding him Super Worms. He scarfed them down in a second.I stopped feeding Super Worms when Puff was still with me. The quality of the worms was not good so I stopped buying them.I am glad I remembered them as force feeding Eiko was not an easy job.He had started to loose weight and I had to do something. He was not even eating his greens. He would just knock over his dish of greens,spreading them all over his tank.What a mess!  He is back to eating his greens and eating the worms. He still won't touch the crickets.I am also giving Lilo and Ryuu some worms with their crickets and they are quite happy with that arrangement. The quality of crickets and super worms at EEO (Ever Evolving Exotics) is superior to the other local pet stores. I feel that if you want to keep your Reptiles healthy,you must feed them healthy food. That is why I keep my cricket  and worm containers clean and make sure that the bugs have clean food and water, and that the worms have clean bedding. The bedding is their food. I don't like bugs, I hate bugs, but I take good care of them so my Dragons stay healthy and happy. All my Dragons are very happy with their food source,especially Eiko.    Lilo, Ryuu, and Eiko,  The Golden Dragons,  to be continued...................

Eiko's Vet check went very well

This is Puff's shrine

Three Dragons in a row

Eiko has a habit of freaking out and taking a leap out of my hands when I handle him. I am so afraid he will take a death leap on to the floor ,head first. I usually handle him over his tank or take him over to my bed. He can be calm for a few minutes and then just freak out,flailing and leaping.I decided to see if a harness might give me more control and make it easier for Eiko also. I made a harness out of some soft white leather I had and tried it out on him. It worked wonders! I was able to handle Eiko and he was calm.I think it has something to do with having something tight around the body that has a calming effect,sort of like swaddling a baby. Any way it works.I took Eiko in for his vet check and Dr. J was able to do everything he needed to do on Eiko and he was calm the whole time. I brought Ryuu along for moral support for Eiko. He is so in love with her. She also needed her nails trimmed. I left Lilo home as she is still in semi brumation and was sleeping when we left. I will take her in for a vet check when she is no longer in brumation.Eiko checked out healthy and Ryuu got her nails clipped and off we went to go back home. No one pooped on the way there or on the way home. Eiko did poop when I put him back in his tank,but at least he waited until we got home. I am so glad that all my Dragons are healthy. The other day I was changing the water in their dishes,after I fed them and lifted Eiko's dish out to empty it and spotted this weird looking bug that was where the dish had been. Eiko also spotted it and scarfed it up before I could get it.I have no idea what kind of bug it was. It was rounded and had a gray body. Not shiny like a roach but a dull gray color.It was probably something that came in with the last load of crickets I bought and did not see it when I tossed in the bugs for them to eat. It may have been in his tank for a while hiding as there are so many places for the bugs to hide in this tank.I guess it hid out and grew some until It hid under the water dish.I have found crickets under the dish before,but this was something very different. I guess the bug was OK to eat as Eiko is still alive and he seemed to enjoy it as he was chewing and swallowing it all in a matter of seconds. He is fast when it comes to catching bugs.Ashley, my friend is going to take some pictures of the tanks for me on Thursday. She is also going to take a picture the Dragon box that Puff's ashes are in. I love Lilo,Ryuu and Eiko,the Golden Dragons, to be continued............

Three Dragons in a row

I have finally gotten the new tank and am very happy with it. The way they decorated it is nice. It has a fake rock wall on the back and flag stone and the clay/sand mixture on the bottom and a hide made of flag stone and clay/sand in the right hand corner. I have added Eiko's water dish and his perch from his old tank,which I put on the left side of the tank.I put the cactus that used to be in Puff's tank and and the crocodile scull that was also Puff's by the water dish.I will get pictures soon. Some thing unexpected came up and I needed to spend the money I had for Eiko"s vet check,so I will have to wait until next month.I am not worried about his health as he seems quite healthy,but I always get a health check on a new dragon when it comes in.I still have not caught up financially from the 2 cremations I paid for in November. It is so hard to catch up after several unexpected situations. I have moved Eiko into his new tank in the living room any way. I will just make sure I wash my hands after handling him,before I handle Lilo and Ryuu,which is what I have been doing any way.Johnny helped move the tanks for me and Ryuu is also now set up in the living room. Lilo's tank is on the left,Eiko's tank is in the middle and Ryuu is on the right. I can see all my Dragons now in the same room. Eiko is very happy as he can see both of the girls and he is bobbing to both. Ryuu is bobbing and waving to Eiko,but Lilo,still being in brumation,is not responding to Eiko yet. Eiko has discovered the TV. I have seen him frequently watching it. Puff used to watch TV. Lilo doesn't seem to care about it and I am surprised that Ryuu hasn't discovered it as she is so close to the TV. I love my Dragons. The Golden Dragons,to be continued.............

I am going to take Eiko in to the Vet for a check up

I am taking Eiko to see Dr. J this month,so I can move him into the living room with the others.I have the money now to get his vet check.He has grown so much since I first got him and his color has gotten brighter. He is so pretty. I love his citrus color.Unfortunately, he wasn't handled much before I got him and even though I handle him every day, he still tends to freak out some times. He loves to be petted,but he does not like to be picked up,or held.He will get very nervous when I try to put him in the travel ball,but once he is in the ball,he goes for a walk and does not seem to mind being in it.I think I am going to have to make a harness for him when I take him in to Dr. J. I think that is the only way that he won't be able to get away if he freaks out.I think it will be the safest way to handle him.I will keep trying to get him used to being handled,but he may never really like it.This is kind of sad as all my other Dragons seem to like being handled. I love my Dragons,Lilo,Ryuu, and Eiko,the Golden Dragons,to be continued................

A new glass house for Eiko

I have put $50 on a tank for Eiko. I will give Johnny the rest,$35, next month. The tank should be ready by Friday and Johnny said he would bring it than. I have taken pictures of Puff's old 55 gallon tank and will list it on Craig's list for$30.I took out the clay/sand substrate and mixed it with water and Clorox to disinfect it,and re did the whole inside. It is dry now and there is no more smell of Clorox in it. I should get at least $30 for it.I have started rearranging the tanks in the living room and Lilo's tank is now where Puff's tank used to be.I will put Eiko's new tank between the girls so he can interact with both of them.Ryuu's tank will be at the end and I will move all the stuff off of that end crate, and store it in the front/storage room.I will have all my Dragons in the living room so I can see them all of the time. I still miss Puff,and I think Lilo misses him also.I caught her looking into Puff's tank and trying to find him.She just sat on her perch,staring into his tank for a long time.She finally gave up and climbed down from her perch and went into her hide.Now that the tank is gone,she no longer looks for Puff. I love my Dragons, Lilo,Ryuu and Eiko,the Golden Dragons,to be continued...................

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !

This years Christmas was a good one,but I still miss Puff alot.I especially miss him at feeding time.I still sing to the Dragons,but I miss singing Puff's special songs and I just can't bring myself to play his CD of Opera, that he loved so much. New Years was a quiet one here. I just watched TV,and I made it all the way to midnight.The Dragons of course were sleeping by that time.Lilo is still in brumation. On the warmer days,she does wake up to eat, but sleeps through the colder days.Ryuu and Eiko are still bobbing and waving at each other and I love watching them.    Lilo,Ryuu and Eiko,the Golden Dragons,to be continued.................P.S. Eiko is now 1year old.He has grown so much since I first got him. I need to get him a bigger "glass house" to live in.