Yep , I get that too.With the warmer weather and thankfully rain too. she seems to disapear for days at a time, Food untouched when she does.
I assume shes seen it fit to do her thing outside. im happy for her if not slightly worried, I guess that comes with having a beloved house guest vs an actual pet
shes dropped by recently and fed on a few grapes I offered during that extremely hot day,
out of curiosity I visited a local pet store that professionally stocks reptiles, trying to see my future purchase bluetongue. regretably they didnt have any, just bearded dragons. not wanting to leave empty handed. I purchased a good size container of superworms to start a colony, study..and to feed naga (with head squished)
sadly nagas interest in these worms seems to be nill. she prefers fruit and vegetables.
im contemplating cooking the mealworms myself. they look tasty on youtube.. if naga doesnt think so..I do
one thing id like to ask, whats with the expensive bluetongues? petshops and breeders have them for 200+ both common eastern and trippy coloured ones seem to start around 200, or breeders in nsw seem to stick to non-local types seemingly to keep the price high
ive seen bearded dragons in respected stores around the 100 range. makes me wonder if prices were lower would a lizard nicely replace othee common pets and much to the advantage of our country, aint no giant ferral bluetongues around
I agree.... should've just left well enough alone I reckon.I wouldn't have even mentioned Naga to the NSW wildlife officer , or WIRES .
honestly mate it was the hardest choice to make, she came into my home of her own free will and greatly benefited from it in a way im very proud
a few factors scared me despite how much I love this green scale covered lizard shaped cat,
I work for a logistics company thats tied into NSW borderforce/AQIS under licence, even the small chance of being fined etc for doing the wrong thing in regards to naga, as stupid and as mindboggling as it is in NSW wildlife laws are. could have directly put my job at risk, a strange ideal from my point of view since I was taking the upmost care of naga and she was all the better for it, she was never captured or put in any enclosure
second is, Im actually a wheelchair user and having naga as freerange as she was came with the terrible and heartbreaking risk that she'd one day end up in 2 bits with the insides on the outside, a victim of an unforgiving wheel, she came to actually associate my wheelchair with me, increasingly so sleeping on and in a spare wheelchair I have thats the same colour as what I use, having no fear to take evasive action if ever she was unseen
but the ideal that I would have had to eventually brought an enclosure for her just to get around the previously mentioned issue didnt agree with me at all, she loves her space, hates being in any box no matter how big, yet loved being in my pocket warm and safe
it was always a calculated risk of extremely low success to contact NSW wildlife the way I did, but in doing so it lead me to wires as an idea id not considered
happily a former school teacher of mine from long ago is one of the most active wires members thats likely to end up encountering naga on her journey, Ive got alot of faith in what they said, at the end of the day though I think this ticks all boxes, despite a very big and heavy bluetongue shaped hole in my heart today
Ive been promised updates and if I do get any ill be happy to post them here
I realise the common bluetongue might be somewhat of a lacklustre skink as a pet, but as someone whos only had dogs, cats and rabbits (most ive found on the street over the years including my staffy that got put down at 17)
im proud to say a bluetongues proven to be the most beautiful, unique and friendly animal ive ever had the pleasure to own, as short as it was
I can only wish in time native animals replace dogs and cats as preferred pets in time as we as a people in this country focus on greater preservation of what we have
thanks everyone
wife hates oomox for the opposite reason that naga was, naga was a giant asian wall gecko in her eyes
oomox is an asian wall gecko in naga livery
oomox's tub is half setup, at the moment, I gather like alot of people its a setup with paper towels, desklamps etc
because I dont have a heatlamp nor uv lamp yet, I did the most viable thing
trowsersnake my new pet in a sydney office all day long! oomox stayed in my pocket all day with a full hours sunlight at lunch
oomox certainly knows who I am, with others holding today, she'd fight her way back into my hands when offered to someone else
not too happy about my sleeping/work patterns but adjusting well
eating well with a healthy interest in mealworms, water and dogfood
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