Meet Mabel

[babiimoore]

this is mabel the bearded dragon.
the store said that she is only 2 months old.
I had been thinking about getting one of these guys ever since I took down my 55 gallon. I was at the pet store to get some more supplies for the tank setup when I saw her. she was on a basking log and immediately turned her head and looked at me, then crawled down and came up to the glass and started scratching at it. I felt an instant connection and knew she was the one for me. her tanks pretty plain since I got her earlier then expected, but I didn’t want to lose her!

shes absolutely perfect, she has no trouble hunting her crickets, earlier she took a soak in her water bowl and currently shes on the couch asleep in a blanket burrito.

once she gets older ill probably upgrade to give her more room in the tank.


ill continue to update on her progress on this thread.

 

[Gonoli]

shes so precious!!!!

 

[WTFish?]

Gorgeous! I’ve always wanted one!

 

[babiimoore]

I'm so happy shes perfect

 

[Gamer]

Very pretty! I love they are so sweet tempered and have personality.

 

[GlamCrab]

She is precious!

 

[babiimoore]

I also had a question if anyone has an answer for me.
when I bought her the lady at the store asked me if I had pellets for her, I said no and then she got very judgy when I said I didnt want to purchase them. I planned on providing fresh veggies everyday in her bowl and feeding small pinhead crickets while shes young and then once shes a little larger mix it up with some dubia roaches and worms and of course ill be adding the vitamins and calcium supplements throughout the week.
I haven't seen anywhere in my research where someone recommends pellets, should I add this to her diet? ive been thinking about it since I left the store.

 

[Princethepurplebetta]

I don't use pellets with my beardie. When his previous owner got him she had to mix the pellets with fresh veggies to get him to eat them though.

Maybe she hasnt done enough research, could be because they are fed pellets instore instead of fresh veggies.

 

[babiimoore]

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[babiimoore]

Mabel got a tank upgrade! so happy with the front doors. now all I need is extras for it. the background and screen lid that it came with are cheap tho, would think it would be better quality for $180.

 

[babiimoore]

just thought id show how much shes grown in the time that ive had her, shes already 13 inches and 140 grams and shes been turning a very beautiful orange with every shed. when I got her she was only 6 inches.

this is her 2 months old

 

[babiimoore]

and here she is nearly 4 months old

 

[Dis13]

She’s adorable! Reminds me of when I got my corn snakes as little babies like 20 years ago! Now they are so old they have cataracts lol

 

[babiimoore]

thank you! shes such a sweetheart, very happy to have her.

 

[Annie59]

Aww I love bearded dragons. I had one a very long time ago called it Gizzard lol. You girl is really pretty!

 

[Dawn Michele]

HI Mabel!!! Your adorable!!!

 

[babiimoore]

new 36” reptisun 10.0 T5 UVB light finally came after 4 weeks in the mail, yay

 

[babiimoore]

 

[babiimoore]

he turned out to be a male
around 9 months old

 

[Minxxy]

Hes awesome! I miss my beardy

 

[babiimoore]

my big hunk of love