Merry Christmas!!

From my zoo to yours-- 

Have a safe & happy holiday week at the end of 2015. 

Parade Fun

Our city has a yearly Independence Day parade that runs right by our house. Every year we take out critters and do an impromptu reptile show with our neighbors.

This year we took out Lucy the snake, Turbo the iguana, and Milo & Ozzie the bearded dragons. 

Hermy always has a great time walking along the fence and meeting people. It's her favorite day of the summer.

She is a social butterfly and adores the attention. Lil Foot was not interested in the people at the fence and left every time we brought him over. 

Happy Thanksgiving!!

From my turkeys to yours.... Have a great day! 

Update on Ozzie

I am looking to see if there is someone interested in adopting Ozzie.

He is a 7 year beardie with a neurological issue that causes tremors in his legs and gives him mini-seizures every day. He has to be hand fed because he has a jaw problem. He had a full blood work panel done today and had perfect blood work. He's healthy and a big time snuggler (he loves to be wrapped in his blankie every night). He doesn't walk very well because of his leg tremors but he manages to get around okay. He loves blankies, roaches, sunny windows, and squishy beardie bites.

If you're interested and can commit to his care for the rest of his life, please let me know. If I can't find the perfect home for him, he'll just stay with me. :)

Ozzie, rescue number 60

I found this beardie on our local classifieds. The ad said "Healthy Bearded Dragon" but the pics showed a tank filled with nasty sand, old food, parts of dehydrated meal worms, and other dirty things. I could tell right away that he was NOT healthy.

I picked him up today and quickly found that he *was* in bad shape. He has the most impacted femoral pores I have ever, ever seen.

I soaked Ozzie for 30 minutes before trying to gently (but firmly) squeeze all the plugs out of his pores. It took awhile and he hated it. I don't blame him.

I got his tank cleaned out and set back up to put him into after his "procedure."

This is how his pores look tonight:

I will have to keep working at the glands behind each pore. Normal & healthy ones are about the width of a piece of rice. His are pea-sized. Until I can clean them all out, he'll continue to have problems. So once a day, I'll soak him and massage more junk out of his pores.

I noticed tonight too that Ozzie's nostrils are swollen. I'm guessing they are filled with sand. I'll have to figure out how to get those cleaned out. And his eyes are getting more "frog-eyed" looking. Yep, sand again. I'll flush those out tomorrow too.

For now, sweet Ozzie is wrapped in a brand new blankie and tucked into my shirt where he is happily sleeping. He's had a hard enough day. I'll leave him there for now.

More updates later.