Wednesday, November 24, 2010

New Baby!
...today I adopted my second Beardie (and from the same place as my first, Kayla). Initial impression is a 4-month old male, but time and vet will tell.

When Kayla died, I realized that I needed to adopt again and soon. Dragons are excellent for anxiety and depression (which I have anyway) and mourning is no exception to that. I remember when Brownie died, that there was a window for adopting again and it passed by. I wasn't willing to do that again.

But I wasn't planning on adopting today (nor any other day I ever adopted). I just told myself to walk in to the 2 pet places in town and do my upmost not to be overwhelmed. It's part of the process. First stop had a Beardie who was under observation for illness (never ever buy a sick pet), next stop had one Beardie who was younger and a tad more skittish.

Apparently I was in there for an hour "whispering" until the little one came towards me, ate in front of me, tried to scratch some ear-shed off, licked at me, and then "climbed" at the corner. Like with Kayla, I was the one who got the liz into the box, after I called Mom in and held the little one for a short while.

At home, Dad had washed out all of Kayla's things back on the 18th, the day she died/we brought her body home. While on the phone with the local reptile rescue (finally called me back) I got licked and licked and licked until finally I got the "put down the phone and pay me some attention!" AHA! Paid attention while I gave a tour of the house. Still a bit scared by new surroundings tho. Store said it's 8 months old. Size says 4. Initially, I said it was a boy, but if it's really *that* young, then it could be a while before we know for sure.

Anyhow, the new dragon is here. Is already quite attentive and communicative (reptiles are *BY FAR* smarter than generally given credit for) and alert. Dad's taken 1 photo. Now I have to update my Flickr account. But not right now.

So small, so soft, so smart. <::sigh::> :-) <3

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R.I.P. Kayla
A post I had hoped to make 10 years from now.

Kayla developed an itchy spot which she *loved* to have scratched this spring. It got a little dark in color, and a little larger. She had on-again off-again eating habits, but showed no signs of distress. It wasn't until about 2 weeks ago that I discovered a berry-sized bump in her sinus cavity directly behind said spot. It had never been sensitive before now.

Her symptoms fooled me. She was shedding and brumating and appeared to have a sinus infection/cold. Even her tail faked me out. She would let me rub it and give her a warm bath, after she figured out I was trying to help her. It wasn't until the morning of November 17th...she became very limp, and liquid drained from her left nostril and mouth. Off to the vet, a stay overnight. I called "after nine" like they said, and she had died within the past hour.

We buried her in the backyard underneath where her fountain sits during the other 3 seasons. I'm still not completely over this (obviously) since it was so sudden.

She had gone on a 2.5 week trip w/Dad & me to Clayton New York and then to the Washington DC area. I had plans to get documentation from my pdoc saying that she was officially/legally my therapy pet.

She was my baby, my friend, my partner, and my first dragon. No need for "Rainbow Bridge" postings- I know I'll see her again in Heaven. And that she's no longer in pain. I also now know that the Bearded Dragon is the critter I need to have petwise, and that Beardies need to be listed and accepted as service/therapy animals on par with with seeing-eye dogs/horses and PTSD aids for returning vets.

Love you forever Kayla! All that "Dragon Whispering" has already paid off in multiple dividends...

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Monday, February 15, 2010

New NEWS
New Year, New Olympics, curling tomorrow afternoon, and the three that moved in have now moved out. Did I mention the 4 inches of snow we got? :-)

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Monday, September 07, 2009

When shopping Best Buy...
THEY SALE MATCH PRICES LISTED ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE! (& WalMart's & Target's)

So I got half off all of Dr. Who I bought* today! For the first time In my life, I'm collecting a tv series very slowly and completely out of order!

*(Torchwood was more expensive...oddly enough)

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Saturday, September 05, 2009

Brain Fart
There was a third thing I was going to blog about, but now I totally forgot what it was! :-P

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Tuesday, August 04, 2009

I wondered why Kayla was so quiet...
True to form, Kayla'd been climbing the walls for days, hotter than hell on days I could take her outside to potentially dig, and wetter than stink on days when I felt good enough to take her outside to take the whole 5 hours to dig her hole.

Then I cleaned the cage yesterday.

Today she was quiet. Too quiet.

I look in on her and...7 eggs! A personal best for her with us!



I'm such a proud Mommy: Good Girl Kayla!

PS: that's 50 eggs total

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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

The Night the Lights Went On
The appartment has light! And the painting's almost done! Does this mean I can move in soon?

Heck no.

Place is being used as a construction storage unit. The other construction in at least one other area before the stuff can be moved out.

But the lights work!

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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Shell Game
Yes, the sidebar's changed. No, no salad bar yet. (if salad=support ribbons) Expanded reading tho. (Good Luck on playing ketchup Gumby!)

We're painting in the appartment now! Paint cans & paint brushes are getting swapped out often. Only one of the dozens of flies trapped inside have fallen into any standing paint.

Saw Half-Blood Prince, not at midnight (I forgot about midnight). I still think there isn't enough Snape in there. Movie did well in the adaptation, but the fire @ The Burrow is confusing.

Too bad Michael Jackson had to die in order for him to get his respect back. There also aren't enough iTunes gift cards on the Planet Earth. I hate rationing.

I also hate how BestBuy.Com lists singular seasons of Doctor Who at around $80 friggin' dollars a pop! Important imports indeed.

Do I Tweet? No way my sweet. Short bloggings together? But of course!

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Flickreenos!
DG/BOP wanted to know what the wild strawberry photo in Flickr account was, but in order to comment, I had to create my own account. No biggie, I was curious about the place anyway. Enjoy!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbowheron/

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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Happy Solstice!
New hair, new glasses, new ear piercings, but no new dragons. But after nearly losing Kayla's life to her *25* eggs when her weight plumetted due to all her nutrition going into that clutch, I think she's getting that operation before next year. Whew! Congratualtions Kayla! Job well done!

Now, how do I spoil my dragon after so much labor? Can O Grasshoppers, and a *very* well-received introduction to the garden fountain. She loooooooooooooves that thing!

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Thursday, May 07, 2009

2 Words:
Kayla's Pregnant!

We don't know if the eggs are viable yet. Meanwhile, we must research sperm retention just to be sure.

Yep, you heard me.

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Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Happy Gardeners Spring 2009
We 3 Kings of Orient are / tried to smoke a rubber cigar / it was loaded, it explo-o-oded BANG!

Normally I have help digging new beds, but not in planting them. And for the first time we've got seeds that we're actually *planting* instead of forgetting about. The endangered yellow bricks are in danger of running out. The fountain is fixed; construction for the appartment isn't. And I can hardly believe how much my parents and I have gotten done in the yard! Nice being able to work together like when I was under 5 years old (yes, it's been that long).

That was 2 weeks ago: now the seeds are sprouting and the roses are blooming. We have 3 now: one for each of us. And Kayla (who bruminated for all of about 6.5 weeks if that) has already "inspected" the new works. Neighbor's cats have already left their impressions.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

R.I.P. Natasha Richardson
She did a great Southern accent, she was married to Liam Neeson, and the poor gal died of a bad bump to the head. Always remember to wear those helmets! No joke. Really.

<Jedichu puts helmets on all his Qui-Gon Jinn action figures who are weeping>

Now *that* was only a half joke.

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