I took Eiko back to the vet

I took Eioko back to Dr. J as he still is not eating on his own.I am still force feeding him. Dr. J said that despite my having to force feed Eiko, he has gained a little weight and his gums are nice and pink. He is getting better.Dr.J gave him some fluids,but did not need to give him any more antibiotic shots.I gave them another $100 on my bill. It's going to take another 3 months to get this vet bill payed off, but at least Eiko is getting better. I just wish he would eat. I love my Dragons,Lilo Ryuu and Eiko. To be continued..............

Brumation?

It appears that Lilo has decided to forget about Brumation for now. She is displaying behaviour that tells me she is in love with Eiko. She is bobbing her head ever so slowly and waving to him. He does go over to her side of the tank and bobs at her.I have never seen this behaviour from her before. In fact, I have never seen her so active before.I guess Puff was so old he never had those feelings and did not bob or wave. I only saw him bob once when I gave him a mirror to see himself in. I never saw him do it any other time.I thought Lilo was too old to do it but I guess not.She is now 12 years old.I guess Eiko likes his girls no matter how young or old they are. Lucky boy, that Eiko. He has 2 loves. Even being sick hasn't gotten in the way of love, or is it  hormones? I wish he would start eating. Dr. J said that Eiko would have to be on death's door to stop courting his girls. At least I know he is not near death.I just want him to get better soon! I do worry about him.  The Golden Dragons,to be continued..........

Eiko's vet visit

I took Eiko in to see Dr. J. He did blood work and it was discovered that Eiko has Hepatitis brought on by a virus that he has. I brought him back to get a long acting shot of antibiotics and some fluids. I was able to give them $175 and they are letting me pay the rest on time payments. I still owe over $350.He is still not eating so I am still force feeding him. If he doesn't start eating soon, he will have to go back to see Dr. J and get some more fluids and another antibiotic shot. Poor Eiko. I feel so bad having to force feed him but I have to get food in him. I hope he gets better soon.  I love my Dragons,Lilo,Ryuu,and Eiko. The Golden Dragons, to be continued..............

My Dragon picture disappeared

My Dragon picture has disappeared from my header. I will have to figure out how to put it back up. to be continued..........

Eiko is not eating well and he coughs every once in a while

I am going to take Eiko to the vet as he is still not eating well. I have also seen him cough every once in a while. He doesn't appear to have any trouble breathing but he should not be coughing. This worries me. He did not have a very good start as a young Dragon. He is now 2 years old. When I first got him, he ate very well and would chase the crickets down and devour them in no time. Then he decided that he did not like crickets any more. Then he ate the super worms when I changed his diet. Then he decided not to eat the worms any more. Something is not right.He should not be coughing and should be eating better than he is. I am having to force feed him.He refuses to eat his greens at all. If I can get his mouth open I can stick the worm in and he will chew it and swallow. But some times he just spits the worm out.He also bit my index finger right through the nail when I was stuffing a worm into his mouth. He did not mean to bite me but my finger was in the way as he bit down on the worm. My finger is OK but it will take time to grow the nail out. Eiko needs to go see Dr. J,so we can figure out what his problem is and go from there.   The Golden Dragons,  to be continue...........

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............