Nafun
07-20-10, 08:00 PM
Now that they're finally settled in, and more importantly I've managed to take some in focus pictures, I've got some pictures of my rescues.
First up is Yoshi, he's a Chinese Water Dragon. He has a stubbed tail from a previous owner, I don't know the story. He is a very personable lizard, begs to get out, will sit on your shoulder all day. He loves to swim, (took him down to the pond swimming with me this week), and loves being outside. He was fed a very monotonous diet of earthworms in his previous home. I'm trying to get him onto a more appropriate varied diet of insects/meat/fruit but he's resistant. He'll take crickets easily and meal worms reluctantly, but has shown no interest whatsoever in anything else. I was reluctant to take this guy, but I'm so glad I did. He has made me into a lizard lover. From his size I believe he's a male.
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9216/sam0107.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/sam0107.jpg/)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9098/sam0108f.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/sam0108f.jpg/)
This is Iggy. He was "rescued" from a pet store by his previous owner, but they didn't really treat him much better. He's under size for his age, presumably from malnutrition. He was getting greens and fruit, but no veggies, which should make up almost half of an iguana's diet. He had also never been handled and was completely wild. They hadn't even given him a name. Two short weeks of TLC and he'll let both me and my wife handle him without fear. Some people just don't make the effort. His brown markings are actually a striking orange color under natural light. I think he's male as well, since he has a dewlap.
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2273/sam0114l.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/sam0114l.jpg/)
This is Bocce. She's a little bitch. When she's handled, she hisses, so her previous owners didn't handle her. They also didn't give her a name. They stopped offering her food three weeks before I took her, so I offered her a rat on the next "feeding day". Amazingly, she ate readily just two days after arriving. Now she's in shed, and while she still hisses when touched, she hasn't struck at me, I have hopes. She's not quite full grown, and her gender is undetermined.
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/181/sam0098s.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/sam0098s.jpg/)
This is the big guy, Dodge. He's a full grown (or close to it) ball, and he has been a handful. He outright refuses to take prekilled or frozen thawed prey. He, likewise, wasn't fed for three weeks before given to me, and he also accepted food readily two days later. Unfortunately, every single picture I have of him, is him eating. He's about three to three and a half feet long, about as thick as a coke bottle, and from his weight, I assume he has an adamantium skeleton. He had a name when I got him, but I changed it, as it was the same name as my beloved childhood turtle.
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5475/sam0131.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/sam0131.jpg/)
And this is a giant burrito.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9246/0418220739.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/0418220739.jpg/)
First up is Yoshi, he's a Chinese Water Dragon. He has a stubbed tail from a previous owner, I don't know the story. He is a very personable lizard, begs to get out, will sit on your shoulder all day. He loves to swim, (took him down to the pond swimming with me this week), and loves being outside. He was fed a very monotonous diet of earthworms in his previous home. I'm trying to get him onto a more appropriate varied diet of insects/meat/fruit but he's resistant. He'll take crickets easily and meal worms reluctantly, but has shown no interest whatsoever in anything else. I was reluctant to take this guy, but I'm so glad I did. He has made me into a lizard lover. From his size I believe he's a male.
http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/9216/sam0107.jpg (http://img829.imageshack.us/i/sam0107.jpg/)
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9098/sam0108f.jpg (http://img215.imageshack.us/i/sam0108f.jpg/)
This is Iggy. He was "rescued" from a pet store by his previous owner, but they didn't really treat him much better. He's under size for his age, presumably from malnutrition. He was getting greens and fruit, but no veggies, which should make up almost half of an iguana's diet. He had also never been handled and was completely wild. They hadn't even given him a name. Two short weeks of TLC and he'll let both me and my wife handle him without fear. Some people just don't make the effort. His brown markings are actually a striking orange color under natural light. I think he's male as well, since he has a dewlap.
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2273/sam0114l.jpg (http://img38.imageshack.us/i/sam0114l.jpg/)
This is Bocce. She's a little bitch. When she's handled, she hisses, so her previous owners didn't handle her. They also didn't give her a name. They stopped offering her food three weeks before I took her, so I offered her a rat on the next "feeding day". Amazingly, she ate readily just two days after arriving. Now she's in shed, and while she still hisses when touched, she hasn't struck at me, I have hopes. She's not quite full grown, and her gender is undetermined.
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/181/sam0098s.jpg (http://img203.imageshack.us/i/sam0098s.jpg/)
This is the big guy, Dodge. He's a full grown (or close to it) ball, and he has been a handful. He outright refuses to take prekilled or frozen thawed prey. He, likewise, wasn't fed for three weeks before given to me, and he also accepted food readily two days later. Unfortunately, every single picture I have of him, is him eating. He's about three to three and a half feet long, about as thick as a coke bottle, and from his weight, I assume he has an adamantium skeleton. He had a name when I got him, but I changed it, as it was the same name as my beloved childhood turtle.
http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/5475/sam0131.jpg (http://img401.imageshack.us/i/sam0131.jpg/)
And this is a giant burrito.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/9246/0418220739.jpg (http://img9.imageshack.us/i/0418220739.jpg/)