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Polarbear
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PostPosted: 13:26 - 20 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reptiles as pets - an update Reply with quote
I tried to get grandson to go for rats as suggested. Eldest daughter, his mother was of the 'over my dead body' and grandson wanted a living dinosaur so agsinst better advice from the BCF pet academy I got said grandson a bearded dragon.

Firstly let me say it has and still does cost me a fortune. Vivarium, food etc.etc. However fat dragon is an absolute joy, I am quite amazed how much fun he is. Grandson has him out evey day, feeds him personally and cleans and looks after him. I actually enjoy breeding locusts for him.

The fat fucker is huge now. 6 months old and 430mm from nose to tail, 385 gram in weight. He sits on grandsons shoulder and while he walks around the house. Piccys of him at just under 3 months and now.

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PostPosted: 18:35 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
You mention it being expensive, what kinda moolah are we talking?
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PostPosted: 18:47 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bubbs wrote:
You mention it being expensive, what kinda moolah are we talking?


It costs me £20 a week for live food. I buy stage 3 locusts and grow them up to adults as he can eat 20 stage 3 and 5 adults in a sitting. Cockroaches and greens on top of that. If I just fed him stage 3 it would cost me double.

For a clean out of the tank the substrate costs £20. Every month. The viv was the best part of £300'

Don't get me wrong, I really don't mind as granson adores his living dinosaur but it costs me less to look after my German Shepherd!!! If daughter worked out how much the heating and UV in his viv cost, I'd have a bit more to pay. Laughing
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PostPosted: 18:47 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
With the price of electricity these days? Fuck that....
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PostPosted: 18:49 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nobby the Bastard wrote:
With the price of electricity these days? Fuck that....


Exactly
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PostPosted: 18:50 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks... will be avoiding that one for the kids.
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PostPosted: 19:05 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Polarbear wrote:
For a clean out of the tank the substrate costs £20. Every month.

My son has a gecko; when he set up the tank he chose the option of making it self-contained so it never needs cleaning out; there are a whole load of bugs in there which thrive on eating gecko turds, but which the gecko doesn't like eating. Seems to work pretty well?
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PostPosted: 19:12 - 21 Aug 2022    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freddyfruitbat wrote:
Polarbear wrote:
For a clean out of the tank the substrate costs £20. Every month.

My son has a gecko; when he set up the tank he chose the option of making it self-contained so it never needs cleaning out; there are a whole load of bugs in there which thrive on eating gecko turds, but which the gecko doesn't like eating. Seems to work pretty well?


I've been looking into that. It's possible with dragons but they live in a desert and you need to have a layer of moist substraste. Because the viv is at daughters I'm not there to look after it so it's a no no sadly.
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