Another great month with the Dragons. Both are going really well and have cemented themselves as part of the family.
Lolly
Weight: 180 grams (+55)
Length: 34 cm (+2)
Food: crickets, meal worms, veggies
Toilet: Regular
Behaviour: Lolly likes to "prowl" the edges of the Den trying to climb out. When we open the doors she props herself up on the ledge where the glass doors run and pokes her head out looking like she will go for a leap at any stage. I have had to catch her a couple of times, which, is getting harder as her claws are getting longer.
Speaking of painful things, Lolly has mistaken my fingers for food a couple of times during feeding sessions. This has given me a shock more than anything, but small scratches remain on the tip of the finger she latches on to. Nothing that doesn't disappear in a day or two.
Lolly has put on some good size again this month. The base of her tail continues to look nice and broad indicating that she is in good health. She eats very heartily when veggies are on offer and always eats anything by way of live food put in front of her. I have yet to see her appetite for crickets satisfied!
Booster
Weight: 93 grams (+40)
Length: 28 cm (+2)
Food: crickets, meal worms, veggies
Toilet: Regular
Behaviour: Fantastic growth for Booster this month. He has nearly doubled in size and it is starting to show. We make sure that crickets are on offer to both Dragons until Booster is full. It is one strategy we are using to try and even up their sizes. While he did not put on as much weight as Lolly, certainly as a proportion of overall size, he outstripped her for the first time ever.
Another interesting thing about Booster this month is that he has been displaying true dominance behaviours. His head bobbing is of the pronounced kind that adult Dragons display. It is great to watch and point out to the kids. Lolly on the other hand shows classic submissive displays of hand waving. So there appears to be a genuine pecking order established with Booster as the boss! I guess that old saying about it not being the size of the dog in the fight, but, rather the size of the fight in the dog is ringing true.
Booster has been growing more confident with us. He too will poke his head out of the enclosure at feeding time. It's quite amusing to see two little heads peering down at the crickets, massing well below them. He will consistently take food from our hands. Unfortunately this confidence saw him give JT a nip on the finger, similar to what has happened to me with Lolly. She got a big fright and is now very careful when she feeds the Dragons. To her credit, she has been straight back into the action with both Lolly and Booster and shows no ill effects from the experience.
Overall a great month!
