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Twinkie13

Juvenile Dragon
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hello all,

I have a 5 week old Red Hyotrans Leatherback Male.
I purchased from Daichu Bearded Dragons. Has anyone purchased from this breeder?
I have been very pleased so far and they are always available for questions.
This is my 1st dragon and I am hooked! Already planning on my next lol.

Couple questions for the forum and the experienced please. I appreciate all feedback!

1- Anyone purchased from Daichu? How was your experience?

2- I am starting to build the trust factor...he opens mouth and runs when I try and pick him up..I got him Jan. 5th and he is about 6-7 weeks old
Once I have him in my hand, he is all good! He will close his eyes and relax. I try to handle every other day to eliminate stress. Any tips?

3- He is in a Sterlite bin with a basking hot side and cooler other side. The temps are fine and he seems healthy and happy! I am shopping his big boy enclosure now....and good builders please recommend here and if they ship....I am in New Orleans btw.

4- He loves crickets and eats dubias too, although likes the crickets more.
I calcium dust every 2-3 feeding. Mustard greens and blueberries are the veggies and fruits, but I am open to suggestion there, as well as how to get him to eat the salad more....right now I try and get him that in the AM and "make" him eat that before bugs....any tricks there?

5- I mist him once daily, he licks it off his head. Once done licking I stop. He doesn't like baths at this stage really....that normal/ok?

6- I already got the itch for another and want another leatherback(silkies seem cool, but seems like a bit more work and fragility....some breeders I spoke with said they tend to stay away from them. They are cool though, so to each their own!)
Is a micro-scale just in between a leather and silk?
I really like the Citrus coloring, so anyone who can reco a good breede for those, please chime in.



I look forward to responses and being An active member!
Thanks y'all!
 

Twinkie13

Juvenile Dragon
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171
Also I see they have threads dedicated to some of the questions I asked...I just wanted to get some current responses from the members.
I will dig through the other threads too, just wanted some action on these specifics!
Thanks again!
 

Canicke

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welcome. questions are good.
1) no
2) it depends on him - every other day may be too often for some, not enough for others.
3) lots of different options - do a google search for ideas
4) little guys don't typically eat lots of veggies - mostly protein (bugs) if yours is eating greens - good on him! just offer them every day but focus mostly on the bugs until he's at least 6 months
5) normal - he's a bit young for a bath, but once he gets used to you you can introduce him to soaks. some like it some don't
6) yeah - they are addicting. one of our members says she has an empty tank - I would have a real hard time not finding a resident for that tank I think silkies are too fragile. not for me. micro scale? hadn't heard about that. maybe. I like my "regulars" citrus breeder? I got both my kids off of craigslist - kind of like "pound puppies" - nothing special to anyone but me!

check out the links beneath my signature for some awesome information put together by a few of the folks on the forum - GOOD STUFF !!

HAVE FUN !!!
 

KrissyLeigh

Juvenile Dragon
Messages
302
Location
south Texas
There is so much great info on this forum, I'm not going to limit you by chiming in - but I will share my bathtime experiences!

Skittles absolutely HATED baths for the first several months when he was little. It was so bad I would go days without bathing him because I didn't like stressing him out. Then all of a sudden BAM! he loves bathtime. Literally overnight he changed his mind. I thought it was a fluke at first but no, 6 weeks later he still loves it. I give him belly massages, beard massages, drip water on his head, and swish the water to make a wavepool and he can't get enough of it! So just keep trying, he may surprise you! Interesting sidenote though - he doesn't like baths from my partner, only me. :)
 

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