Bearded Dragon update

We 'bathed' the beardies this morning. By bathe, I mean soaked them in about inch deep luke warm water. It is good for them. Helps them shed and forces them to 'absorb' much needed water. I've been doing this twice a week, but am gonna up it to three times per week untill Lavern is doing a little better (Lavern is bloated and agitated).

This is Shirley below. She is the one that seems to really like being held. She never fights it and loves up to your hand for some pettin'

Lavern on the other hand tries jumping out of the water tub, runs from you and tries to get out of your hands untill you start petting her.. then she's hypnotised and good with it. (This is why I have no desire to hand feed her, because she doesn't really like hands- if she's bloated and in pain though... that could be why). sigh

Lavern was shedding majorly in the begining of the week. She is bigger than Shirley. Lavern seems bloated to the point that she is always propping her belly off the ground (even when she sleeps). From what I've been studying, it seems to be a gastrointestinal problem. I can't get her to eat veggies, or drink water. Don't wanna have to hand feed her these things with a dropper- but may have to. Hand feeding is more like force feeding. I'll have to get a baby medicine dropper, and feed her babyfood and water. I'll keep ya updated. I'm gonna watch her tomorrow, for signs of improvment. Below is photoqueen Lavern as she sheds like crazy!

Bearded Dragon Pictures

Here are the pictures!!!! Blogger wouldn't let me upload them the last couple of days. They were born in May, and EAT LIKE CRAZY! They are both baby girls, (drumroll) Lavern and Shirley! :o)
Curious babies...

Bearded Dragon Schtuff

So we are almost done settin up the bearded dragon tank. We put everything in its place. Now just need to make sure that the heat side of the tank gets hot enough( 90-100 degrees), and the cool side stays cool enough(70). The UVB lamp has a bit of a flicker to it, so I may need to replace. The picture below hyper exaggerates the rays- so you can see them. (It also exaggerates my want for a big red stage looking curtain for the window at the end of my living room) Ha! Here is is, dark shot. You are probably driving yourself crazy lookin for our baby dragon- NOT there yet! I want to make sure the tamps and lighting are correct before buying. The heat lamp (left) corner of the tank doesn't quite get bright enough, so I'll either have to buy a light emitting heat lamp (right now I just have the ceramic lamp), or up the wattage in the long UVB bulb. Anyway, if you're wondering why all the hub-ub about the lighting, it is simple. Bearded dragons, as well as need UVB full spectrum lighting to help their bodies produce Vitamin D. The deficiency cannot be replaced by supplements. A Vitamin D and Calcium deficiency can cause poor eating habits, dragons that sleep all the time, defects, tremors and even death. Anyway... enough about that. I promise to post more pictures once we BUY! :o) ssSO Sssuper excited!

I felt bad for my fishies gettin the tank set-up. I cleaned all my fish tanks/ bowls and dusted all my plants, I have a jungle this took forevvvver! I was supposed to do laundry tonight.. oh well. Maybe tomorrow- I'm good with that!