Update on non eating beardie...

[DeesBalls]

well check him out!! in the pic below (2) he is eating collard greens. in the dish to the right, there is a strawberry and a like 1/100 of a mango chopped up in the dish... plus crickets.. and his meal worms... ( witch he usually dont eat alot of) the only thing now is his drinking... i seen him get 1 drink. i do mist the fruit and his greens, so when he eats those, he gets a lil extra water. and i will mist him once in a while and he will lap up the water running down... what do you all do with your beardies so they drink???

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[NennaMeerkat]

Typically dragons get a lot of their moisture from their greens...so it isn't nothing to worry about. I soak my guy about every 2 weeks in my bathtub (to big for my sinks) and that is normally when he will drink. All he does with his water bowl is poo in it.

[stephanbakir]

Who would drink out of their poop dish...?

[DeesBalls]

Lol, thanks neena!! I was a little worried, a t now I'm feelings better lol.

[infernalis]

Who would drink out of their poop dish...?

Dogs drink from toilets :eek:

[TeaNinja]

Dogs drink from toilets :eek:

double vouch lol. i know dogs who PREFER toilet water to fresh water.

[stephanbakir]

Isn't toilet water colder then water that sits in your house all day?
Never quite stuck my hand in the toilet to find out.

[mistersprinkles]

Who would drink out of their poop dish...?

My parrot knows his name and my name and how to ask for hot food vs cold food and throws his food dish at you when he's hungry. He poos in his water too. :no:

[stephanbakir]

My parrot knows his name and my name and how to ask for hot food vs cold food and throws his food dish at you when he's hungry. He poos in his water too. :no:

I want that parrot.

[mistersprinkles]

I want that parrot.

Any parrot will do that. They want attention all the time and they'll train you before you train them.

They're excellent at manipulating people. I know someone who has a sadistic parrot that gets me every time. She says "I love youuu" and looks all cute and spreads her wings out and when you go to pet her she pecks you (usually causes bleeding) and goes HA HA HA HA HA.

My parrot used to enjoy torturing my dog and cat by landing on their back or biting their ears then flying away. They also like trying to poo on dogs and cats.

YouTube - Parrot Feeding Dog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv9fxFzDOw0)
here's a parrot teasing a dog with some turkey

YouTube - Corkey's a dog......no.....a cat.............LOL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9-SFPfz2Ew&feature=related)

[stephanbakir]

I had an African Grey parrot as a child, the only thing it did was bite me, and chase my dog around the house screaming. lol

[NennaMeerkat]

My dragon will also poo in his food dish if he doesn't like what I give him. One week he will like collards and another he will poo on them as soon as I put his salad in his tank. So I really have to play a guessing game with what he wants.

He is the finickiest eater...which is one reason why he never grew to "full potential" so to speak. For the LONGEST time he wouldn't eat collards, mustards, dandelions, or any other type of green. Just crickets and whole leaf lettuce (which I know has no nutritional value to a dragon). So now several years later he is still a picky eater and isn't nearly as big as other dragons his age.

[DeesBalls]

My dragon will also poo in his food dish if he doesn't like what I give him. One week he will like collards and another he will poo on them as soon as I put his salad in his tank. So I really have to play a guessing game with what he wants.

He is the finickiest eater...which is one reason why he never grew to "full potential" so to speak. For the LONGEST time he wouldn't eat collards, mustards, dandelions, or any other type of green. Just crickets and whole leaf lettuce (which I know has no nutritional value to a dragon). So now several years later he is still a picky eater and isn't nearly as big as other dragons his age.

mine was like that until i put him back on paper towel... the other substrates i used he wouldnt touch food, i put the paper back in and he gobbles up collards, strawberries and crickets.. still is not a huge fan of meal worms though...

[NennaMeerkat]

My dragon never liked meal works LOL or any kind of worm for that matter. Just crickets..he will gobble them up like nothing else. If he had his way I am sure he would only ever eat crickets forever.

As for bedding, my guys bedding hasn't changed in a long long time. Eating habits have stayed the same all the while. From the first day I got him to today. That is just him I suppose.

[DeesBalls]

what are you using for bedding?

[NennaMeerkat]

I have been using reptile safe alfalfa pellets. After doing a lot of research and talking to breeders many said that is what they used. So it is what I have been using. Works great for him to dig his ditches in (love to bury down in it when asleep) and if he does poo outside his food/water bowl it is sorta like cat litter and absorbs the liquid and holds the poop for easier cleaning. Not to mention the nice smell. Oh and if he does eat it (never seen him do it) it is all natural and has 0 chance of impacting him.

[DeesBalls]

oh ok, i have a bag of that, but my guy is SMALL still so i was afraid of him eating one.. and choking on it.. when he gets bigger i will probably switch to alfalfa pellets though :)

[NennaMeerkat]

oh ok, i have a bag of that, but my guy is SMALL still so i was afraid of him eating one.. and choking on it.. when he gets bigger i will probably switch to alfalfa pellets though :)

Its actually perfectly safe to use alfalfa with the little ones. They won't eat it BECAUSE it is so large. Can't swallow it, won't choke, just spit it right on out :)

[DeesBalls]

so, if he grabs on by accident while snagging a cricket, he'll just spit it out and not eat it????

[NennaMeerkat]

Yup my big guy does it all the time. He will get a mouthful of them and shake his head sending the pellets flying. I bet your guy will do the same thing. They know when they got cricket or pellet. They would much rather have cricket any day ;)

[vendettaseve]

Im not sure if this is a question anymore but Il say it anyways.

Bearded Dragons are like ******** puppys, Perhaps its what happens to reptile when they become friendly and intelligent :D Mine is sooooo smart, but at the same time so dumb it hurts and from what Iv seen thats the case with most.

That being said, if hes not drinking, he probably hasnt associated that wet stuff in the bowl with water yet, some never do as they are not genetically programed to seek out sitting water. Try putting some in a misting bottle, hold him, and gently squirt it onto his lips.

Do this for about a minute constantly, hel notice and start drinking. Soon hel learn what this is all about and open his mouth for you when he sees the misting bottle lol :D

[DeesBalls]

Im not sure if this is a question anymore but Il say it anyways.

Bearded Dragons are like ******** puppys, Perhaps its what happens to reptile when they become friendly and intelligent :D Mine is sooooo smart, but at the same time so dumb it hurts and from what Iv seen thats the case with most.

That being said, if hes not drinking, he probably hasnt associated that wet stuff in the bowl with water yet, some never do as they are not genetically programed to seek out sitting water. Try putting some in a misting bottle, hold him, and gently squirt it onto his lips.

Do this for about a minute constantly, hel notice and start drinking. Soon hel learn what this is all about and open his mouth for you when he sees the misting bottle lol :D

thats what i have been doing.. its sooooooo cute!!!!!

[mistersprinkles]

Im not sure if this is a question anymore but Il say it anyways.

Bearded Dragons are like ******** puppys, Perhaps its what happens to reptile when they become friendly and intelligent :D Mine is sooooo smart, but at the same time so dumb it hurts and from what Iv seen thats the case with most.

That being said, if hes not drinking, he probably hasnt associated that wet stuff in the bowl with water yet, some never do as they are not genetically programed to seek out sitting water. Try putting some in a misting bottle, hold him, and gently squirt it onto his lips.

Do this for about a minute constantly, hel notice and start drinking. Soon hel learn what this is all about and open his mouth for you when he sees the misting bottle lol :D

No reptile is any smarter than a CPU made after 1996. They have no grey matter. It's a processor with certain instruction sets. Transistors that constantly get moved in the same pattern (like when you run X program) become fused, and after a while, that specific CPU runs that specific program faster, and can 'guess' what you want it to do next to expediate work. A reptile is no different. I've seen too many snakes attack glass or try to swallow themselves because they smell like mouse. Many snakes never learn to swallow prey head first.. That's always struck me as the most obvious sign that they aren't thinking animals. Their minds are totally still.

CPU (literally)
IF> FFFFF then WHITE
IF> 1 then yes IF> 0 then no

reptile
IF> Spraybottle then OPEN MOUTH
IF> Cricket then EAT

This is especially true of snakes, particularly boids. They have several modes. Steve Irwin used to go on about reptiles and their modes all the time. Rest mode, Mate mode, Attack mode, Escape mode. Depending on the input, the snake will enter one of these modes automatically.

The tamest ball python in the world will strike at you if it's picking up both rat smell and a rat heat signature. You don't have to smell like or have the same shape as rat. It smells like rat and there's rat somewhere and you're warm and moving so you're getting bitten.

[vendettaseve]

No reptile is any smarter than a CPU made after 1996. They have no grey matter. It's a processor with certain instruction sets. Transistors that constantly get moved in the same pattern (like when you run X program) become fused, and after a while, that specific CPU runs that specific program faster, and can 'guess' what you want it to do next to expediate work. A reptile is no different. I've seen too many snakes attack glass or try to swallow themselves because they smell like mouse. Many snakes never learn to swallow prey head first.. That's always struck me as the most obvious sign that they aren't thinking animals. Their minds are totally still.

CPU (literally)
IF> FFFFF then WHITE
IF> 1 then yes IF> 0 then no

reptile
IF> Spraybottle then OPEN MOUTH
IF> Cricket then EAT

This is especially true of snakes, particularly boids. They have several modes. Steve Irwin used to go on about reptiles and their modes all the time. Rest mode, Mate mode, Attack mode, Escape mode. Depending on the input, the snake will enter one of these modes automatically.

The tamest ball python in the world will strike at you if it's picking up both rat smell and a rat heat signature. You don't have to smell like or have the same shape as rat. It smells like rat and there's rat somewhere and you're warm and moving so you're getting bitten.


Thanks mate, but Im way ahead of you on this one.

Have been having delightful conversations with Takamura in Binary and a bit of C sharp ;)