Things have been consistently going well with the Dragons. Both are eating well and looking in good health. Weigh in is tomorrow and I will have more time to put towards them this weekend maybe for a Den clean.
Lolly
Food: Plenty of crickets, carrot and bok choy
Toilet: Yes
Behaviour: Lolly is cruising. I will be interested in the weigh in tomorrow as not only has it been two weeks, but, she is looking visibly quite bigger. Relatively of course as she is still very young.
I started both Beardies on medium sized crickets today. What a pig Lolly is! She had 12 crickets in the feeding tray and looked absolutely stuffed to the brim! Danika and I had a nice quiet hold for a while before putting her back in the Den where shortly after she found one that Booster had lost interest in and scoffed it down as well. I have never seen her belly so full. The size of the crickets is the point of interest here. It is important not to feed Beardies anything bigger than the gap between their eyes. Lolly looks to be ok. Booster is borderline but seemed ok eating them as well. I will be keeping a close eye on it over the next week or so. I can always go back and get some small ones.
It looks like Lolly is shedding again. She has a couple of duller spots on her, noticeably on her head. I also saw here rubbing her head on the branch tonight, which is common when Dragons are trying to loosen their skin while shedding. She is certainly not as grumpy as Booster when shedding. Although she did display a nice looking beard as I passed by the Den tonight. A considerably bigger one than last time I saw it.
Booster
Food: A good number of crickets, carrot and bok choy
Toilet: Yes
Behaviour: Booster has continued to eat well over the last few days. Tonight he ate 6 or 7 of the medium sized crickets before losing interest. It was very pleasing to see him lose interest in that it says that he had eaten his fill. Previously I had always given him anything up to 13 small crickets and he was always hanging around like he would have eaten more if I had put them in.
Broccoli is a good veggie for Beardies, but, neither Booster or Lolly look to have had a go at it in the salad bar this week. It looks like their preference in order of what has been given them is carrot, pumpkin, bok choy. dandelion greens then broccoli. I haven't seen squash in the super markets lately, but, I am keen to try them on it as it is can be given as a staple.
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