Latest News from Matts Dragons

Im back-matt

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:26:28 +0000

After almost a year my posting is back on the air and so is my mail, sorry if i could not reply to you but now you can send me any mail and it can be replied to.

Lost Dragon - Have you recently bought one from a pet shop in South Wigston.

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:06:31 +0100

We have received the following email regarding a bearded dragon lost. I quote the email in it's entirity and am not legally responsible for it's content.

Can you ask or put a message on line to see if anyone has obtained an adult male bearded dragon from a reptile shop ( name editted by Webmaster ) in South Wigston. Bottie our boy went there for his holidays 1st week in July and they have now miss placed him. We have had ads in the local press, but no one has come forward yet, we are desperate to have him home. Thanks Val

If you have any info regarding this, or have inadvertently purchased Bottie, then please will you contact bottieboy at hotmail.co.uk.
You will need to replace the word at with the @ symbol and lose the gaps to contact them

Lets all hope he turns up soon.

Lizzie Cam is back on air

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:06:29 +0100

After a short period of being 'down' our Beardie is now in her new Viv with the webcam back on line. Hopefully the new layout of the Viv and the new camera angle will give you a better overall view of what she's doing.

The problem with the old location was that if she wasn't sat on her favourite log then you plain could not see her. The new cam position, being much higher up, give a better view of the whole Viv. The down side is you won't get those lovely close up shots of her peering straight into the lens.

The bog dark shape you can see in the right hand of the shot are some branches we have put in there as she loves to climb. Also, although none of you will have Smelly-Vision you'll always be able to tell when she has done her dragon business as she hates the smell and climbs as far away from it as possible, which generally is that branch you can see.

Now we are all up and running again we hope should be able to keep the blog up to date ( long story ).

A woeful webcam story by Dad

Tue, 15 May 2007 15:10:17 +0100

Apologies to all our viewers but the webcam is off at the monent for a couple of reasons. Firstly the Mac that serves it has had a near death experience and is currently undergoimg major power supply transplant surgery. If it pulls though then we should be back on air with it in a week or so. Secondly the Beardie is about to be rehoused in a larger Viv - the little blighter has grown at an astonishing rate and needs something bigger, so I've got to fiddle around rewiring everything and work out the best view for the cam.

As the new Viv is 4 foot odd high ( we have a bearded dragon that loves to climb ) I am hoping to mount the cam to give a bird eye, or should that be a beardies eye, view of the inside of the Viv. Watch this space.

Waxworms - posted by Mum

Thu, 10 May 2007 20:16:11 +0100

Today we tried Kev on Waxworms, she ate one and when offered a second declined, so although we had read that Beardies like these, Kev it seems would prefer a pansy flower! Since we have had Kev she has grown 3 inches and has very much become one of the family.

They have grown up - Posted by Matt

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 16:59:45 +0100

I had the shock of my life today when I went to give Kev some of the mealworms from the cupboard, half of them had turned into beetles! oops. I must try to find out what sort of beetles they are, as they are golden and not like the black ones you find in the garden.

Salad Panic- posted by Lauren

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:46:03 +0100

Today, Matt didn't give Kev enough salad or topped up her water so my mum had to do it instead! Can't trust a boys with anything!!! At the moment she is sitting with her front claws on the water bowl so she must be thankful for the fresh water =]

No egg thanks! - posted by Matt

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 20:21:37 +0100

We tried Kev on raw egg and she wasn't impressed , so today we gave her some cooked egg and she looked at us as if we were mad! I don't blame her one bit as I don't like egg either but Mum says I should eat it sometimes as its good for me. Kev did like grated carrot and dandelions . I agree with her on the carrot but I'll leave the dandelions to Kev!

Bug Delivery - Posted By Mum and Matt

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:35:29 +0100

We ordered some crickets and locusts to be delivered by post. We were super careful about transferring the new stock to its holding tanks after the trauma of last time. Crickets are still horrid!

Heat! - Posted By Mum

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:14:31 +0100

We are learning all the time about Kev and noticing her changes in mood etc. In this recent hot weather we realized that Kev was flagging more than usual and we turned one of her heat lamps off and I gave her a bath to perk her up. In a recent conversation with the very knowledgeable Dave at Scales and Tails he was saying that one of the common causes of death in reptiles is over heating. People wrongly assuming that just because most reptiles come from hot places that they can stand the heat. Its a fine balance to keep the temperature right and in hot weather your vivarium can act like a greenhouse and cause your reptile real problems. Also he advised on the question of mealworms, Kev can have them once a week, best placed on her salad, between 30 to 40! So this morning that's what I've given her and we'll see what happens. Watch this space!