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Youkai
03-11-03, 09:52 PM
My patternless leo is about as laid-back as they get!
I can hold her like this all the time, and the most she does is look around calmly until I put her back on her feet. :)


<img src="http://members.shaw.ca/youkai/leos/patback.jpg">

<img src="http://members.shaw.ca/youkai/leos/patback2.jpg">
HeatherRose
03-11-03, 10:16 PM
those guys are adorable :)

Heather
Ryan
03-11-03, 10:49 PM
What a life!!!
nuno
03-11-03, 11:05 PM
Cool...you can tell someone's spoiled.
Rebecca
03-11-03, 11:21 PM
Man I try and check my geckos bellies and they get very upset!! Even when I just kinda tilt them ;)
Pixie
03-11-03, 11:51 PM
Wish I could do that with my little girl!!! That is so cute!

Pixie
nellie
03-12-03, 05:56 AM
How cute!
Alicewave
03-12-03, 07:37 AM
Adorable!
BoidKeeper
03-12-03, 10:36 AM
That is sooo cool!
Cheers,
Trevor
dm101081
03-12-03, 10:53 AM
I've got maybe 4 leos out my 19 that will let me do that. The rest don't even come close. Even the ones that are usually pretty calm don't like to be on their backs.
SnowSnake
03-12-03, 08:55 PM
very nice!! hehe
peregrinefalcon
03-12-03, 09:45 PM
What a hard life, eh? Cute leo! :)
Adam
Linds
03-13-03, 10:06 AM
LOL too cute :p
Clownfishie
03-13-03, 08:11 PM
LOL :) None of mine are laid back like that! That's pretty cool....
Andy_G
03-13-03, 08:24 PM
That is so cute! Do you by any chance have a cannabis plant in it's cage to hide in? Lol.
GECKOMAN
03-18-03, 08:28 PM
wow
DragnDrop
03-19-03, 07:05 AM
I wouldn't suggest doing that too often, it could be risky. Granted, a few seconds probably won't hurt, but could still be stressful to the reptile.

Quote from "Tricia's Chinese Water Dragon, Reptile and Amphibian Care Page":

http://www.icomm.ca/dragon/dragontips.htm

Lizards do not have diaphragms. The diaphragm in a human is located under the lungs. It helps our lungs expand and contract to bring in air or expel air from our lungs. The diaphragm in humans also helps keep the abdominal organs from getting into the lung cavity.

Reptiles don't have this so they use the their ribs to expand or contract their lungs and fill them or expel air from their lungs.

When a lizard is placed on it's back the abdominal organs may displace and apply pressure to the lizards lung cavity and rib cage. This may make the act of breathing very difficult for your lizard. So when you turn your dragon on it's back and it closes it's eyes, it's probably not sleeping ... it might be zoning out to some degree though ... it's most likely concentrating on breathing.

A reptile left on it's back for a period of time will often die of suffocation ... and in some cases exposure such as a turtle turned on it's back that cant right itself, baking in the hot sun. :(