Read All About It!

A while ago I subscribed to Scales & Tails magazine to help with my general knowledge of all things keeping reptiles.  I also wrote them a letter about my experiences with our Beardies.  When my most recent copy of the magazine arrived last week, I was thrilled to see that my letter and the photos that I sent in had been published as the ‘Publishers Pick’!  Below is the letter that I wrote along with a scan of the page that it appeared on in the magazine.  I’ll see if I can get a better scan this week.  But, as you can see, they even published a couple of my pictures as well!

Howdy Scales & Tails,

I thought it might be interesting to share the experiences of someone relatively new to the hobby, who has just lived through their first year of reptile keeping.

We live in the ACT and have very limited options when it comes to entering into the hobby of reptile keeping.  This time last year we brought home our first reptiles, a pair of Bearded Dragons, one of only 4 species available to first time keepers in Canberra.  They were not our first species of choice, but, we have since been converted to fantastic nature and personalities of Beardies.

Without knowing for sure, we were fortunate enough to acquire a male and female, which was confirmed during this year's breeding season.  Our young pair produced 24 beautiful eggs that we chose to incubate at home as a family project.  23 of these porcelain like gems hatched for us a couple of months later, and I was able to capture a few photos that I thought were worth sharing.

The experience of keeping, breeding and generally enjoying our Dragons has been something irreplaceable.  My kids have seen, touched and experienced first hand, what they would have otherwise had to view on a screen or still images on a page.  I am someone that enjoys sharing with people when I am on to a good thing and this has been no exception.  I am happy to say that I have started opening the eyes of my friends and colleagues to world of keeping reptiles and along with dispelling some myths, a few have even begun on the journey themselves.

Thank you for the opportunity to continue to share my enthusiasm.

 

Cool huh!