I have a dinosaur!
Well, a giant lizard. A bearded dragon, infact. I'm not sure if it's male or female so I've been calling it Izzard the Lizard.

It mostly likes to eat carrot.

I'm a bit disappointed. I finally get my childhood dream of a pet dinosaur and it's practically vegan...

Anyone else got a new pet? Does it not eat what you'd hope?
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:38, 35 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Have you tried him with small waxworms and meal worms?

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:42, Reply)

Nah...
Dinosaurs eat Cavemen and are animated really badly.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:52, Reply)

And fat people in yellow macs

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:52, Reply)

And guys on the toilet.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:54, Reply)

They really should have done better to get the kids though
I did laugh a lot when the boy was electrocuted though :)
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:56, Reply)

Yeah, the Velociraptors should have dressed up as kittens.
Sure fire way to get a dinner of children.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:58, Reply)

Also
Real velociraptors were the size of turkeys.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:04, Reply)

That's what *they* want you to think.

( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:11, Reply)

A good furring covering will ensnare so many :)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:04, Reply)

They'll also
eat crickets and the like. But locusts would be better.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:46, Reply)

Yeah
He/She/It seems to quite like locusts, crickets and the odd mealworm. But I kinda hoped it'd eat whole goats...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:47, Reply)

I've just been told
That they'll eat baby mice as well, but not all the time, maybe just a couple a week.

They would eat a whole goat, just a little bit at a time though. ;)
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:49, Reply)

Pinkies aren't a good idea as they can cause blockages
Their digestive systems aren't good enough.

How old/big is it?
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:52, Reply)

Fairly big. img145.imageshack.us/img145/6599/izzard.jpg
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 22:59, Reply)

Then I'd stick to the crickets, locusts, mealworms and waxworms
This site is pretty similar to the one we use at work as guidance on what's best to feed them, vegetation wise
www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:06, Reply)

Wow what a great list
And it also says that you can feed them things that are toxic/pointless foodstuffs.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:16, Reply)

It's pretty comprehensive, similar in parts to the toxic foodstuffs handout I used to use for puppy school!

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:21, Reply)

Well maybe a couple a week is a bit high
The main problem with too much protein is tat it can seriously screw up they're liver function.

They should have a diet of 90% veg and 10% protein.

And this comes from somebody who has bred beardies, and other reptile.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:05, Reply)

So what you're saying
Is that I can't kill people to feed to him?

Well this is just fucking marvellous.
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:08, Reply)

Yup
Just in small pieces.

If you wanted something to eat that much meat, you should have got one of the monitor lizards, or a pig. :)
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:09, Reply)

Or a stinky stinky ferret ,)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:11, Reply)

Hey ferrets aren't stinky.
And mine wouldn't hurt a fly. They may eat the occasional passing fox though.
(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:19, Reply)

Coughbullshitcough
They REEK. I've met some very sweet lovely ones and some utter shits in the last few months and while I like them well enough, I could never own one. Gorgeous polecat in last week to be castrated, the smell lingered for hours after he'd left.
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:23, Reply)

I know you have Dok, I was just pointing out that if Miraclefish is an inexperienced beardie owner, then feeding pinkies could be a bad plan because he might feed too much or ones that are too big

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:08, Reply)

Nah it's all good
First beardie but it's an addition to the snakes, scorpions and tarantula. I've pretty much got every kinda weird food around here.

And pinkies are okay occasionally but not very often. Izzard is of an age where it's about 10-20% live food and the rest is mixed fruits and vegetables.

It's like having a pet that's 50% stone and 50% rabbit - eats lettuce and does fuck all...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:12, Reply)

Yeah, I remember seeing pics of some of them :)
We get quite a few in at work with various different problems, so I'd never recommend pinkies as part of the regular diet if they'll happily get along on insects.

I miss the gecko we had for a couple of months, he was awesome

Edit: Also
www.beardeddragon.org/articles/sexing/ Nice clear photos
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:17, Reply)

I like having pets
Which might well be able to fly/lay eggs in your brain/survive a nuclear holocaust...
(Miraclefish How appropriate, you fight like a cow, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:24, Reply)

I don't recall you having cockroaches, but hey, whatever floats your boat ,)

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:32, Reply)

Good point.

(Herr Doktor Lemminge Is bored, so cheer me up!, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:18, Reply)

home sweet home threads are more fun than I realised.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:20, Reply)

Fuck off back to HSH
/ac
( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:24, Reply)

he's probably having sex with his beautiful wife now,
I am so told.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:29, Reply)

Oh like I needed that image in my head. Thanks very fucking much girlface

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:32, Reply)

It's ok, I'm sure he's thinking of me too much and can't get it up.

(PsychoChomp, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:33, Reply)

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

( fuck shit up the best you never had, Wed 11 Nov 2009, 23:35, Reply)