I agree. I hope animal control will at least help with this.

A momma cat had a litter of kittens in the shrubs at my chiropractors office. They noticed them yesterday playing out on the little patio and in the bushes. The momma cat appears to be completely feral, but I was thinking the kittens were young enough to be saved, they looked to be around four weeks old. So I decided to try and catch them. My plan was to bring them home and foster them until they were a bit bigger and find new homes. It turns out they were much more wild then I thought. They were NOT interested in being caught. I finally got ahold of one kitten and it went ballistic and clawed and bit me very badly so I let it go. I went inside and washed my hands and ended up going to the ER and got put on antibiotics. I have to call animal control tomorrow to see if they can catch the kittens and test them for rabies. If not, I will have to have the rabies vaccines. Are these babies a lost cause? If animal control, or myself, were able to catch them, could they possibly be socialized? I hate to see them get run over as they are near a busy highway and we all know we do not need anymore feral cats running around. I am such a sucker for kittens and I hate to see them hurt. Is there any hope?

Just called poison control and he said that unless she chewed them, (which I am pretty sure she didn't), she is fine. And even then it would take a ton of cherries to cause a problem. She ate them super fast. She stole them from her brother while I turned my back to help my other DS. I wouldn't be surprised if she swallowed them whole. I just tried to chew a pit to see how hard it is and it's pretty hard and gross. I am quite sure she would have spit them out had she chewed one. She is pretty adverse to gross things and weird textures. Ugh..

My 22 month old DD just ate 6-10 cherries whole. She swallowed the pits. Of course I googled this and found conflicting stories. Some say yes! Take the child to the ER. Others say its probably fine as long as they weren't chewed or ground up. Ugh! What do I do?!

If I am talking to him, I call him dad or daddy. We live VERY close to my dad and my kids call him Papa, I often call him that too. When DH and I talk about him he is either Papa or Pops, or in DH's case, Eric (his given name).

Thank you. I got him to eat a bit more baby food today off my finger. Maybe I'm freaking out too soon but I don't want to lose him!!

Help! I have had a baby bearded dragon now for about a week and he is not doing well. He is very reluctant to eat and has been since I got him. Now he is not eating at all. He is barely drinking and just sits on his Log and barely moves. As far as I can tell, his heat is good and he has UVB. I started off trying crickets, he didn't like those. He eat a few mealworms while I was waiting for a shipment of micro superworms and tiny Phoenix worms. He last ate one mealworm Friday morning and nothing since except a few licks of baby food. I know the the mealworms weren't the best thing for him to eat but it was all I had. I do not plan to give him anymore. I am starting to get pretty worried about him. He is very small (probably too small to have been sold, now that I know better). I'd say he is about 2.5-3" from nose to vent. And then his tail is about 2" long. So I'm thinking he is pretty darn young. I do not know what else to try... I really don't want to lose him :-( Help please!

So Toothless is doing ok, but I am starting to get a bit worried. He is still VERY reluctant to eat. Yesterday all he ate was one mealworm and a bit of baby food licked off my finger. The day before he ate three tiny crickets that I dunked in baby food and placed on his nose. I left a couple crickets and mealworms on a tray with baby food yesterday and all he ate was the one mealworm. So far today he ate one mealworm. My shipment of superworms and Phoenix worms arrived today and I have a dish of a few each in his enclosure. He just does not seem interested in eating at all. I have only really been handling him to soak him, which I have been doing everyday and he drinks each time. Some days he has been calm in the water and others he's pretty jumpy. I'm thinking he might still be stressed from moving and whatnot. Should I maybe not handle him for a while? Just put water in his enclosure for a while? I am getting really attached to him and want to do whatever it takes for him to make it!

I was just talking to DH about putting tiles in his tank and he was worried that the would break the glass. Is that a problem? Do you have anything between the tiles and the glass? Silly little guy fell asleep last night standing up in the corner of his tank! Lol! I am so smitten with him already :-)

I wake up when the come crawling into my bed lol! I am not a morning person at all, my natural inclination is to stay up late and sleep in. Alas, little kids don't let that happen. I too have thought about waking up before the kids, I KNOW I would be a much more pleasant Momma but I don't have the will power. After they go to bed, it's so nice to have the quiet and I end up staying up way to late. This is something that has really been on my mind though and I would love to hear tips from others on how they accomplish this.

I wonder if I should pull the carpet out and just paper towels until I get some tiles? What size tiles do you have in his enclosure? I feel so bad bad...his little toe looks funny now. There is no blood that I can see but it's just sort of hanging there weirdly. He is still running around fine and ate a couple mealworms.

I just ordered from Mulberry Farms :-). I got a package that has micro superworms and Phoenix worms. The weirdest thing just happened. When I went to take him out for his soak, one of his claw on his front foot was stuck in the carpet. It was pretty hard to get it out and he bit me (of course I don't blame him!). So now I'm worried about the carpet :-/

Ok thanks. I will look into getting some little ones online. You have been such a big help!!!! Thanks a ton! What other soft bodied worms would be good?

I am glad he is eating too!! I can't wait for him to eat that many crickets, although I may need a second cricket keeper to keep up with him! At what age should/could I start giving superworms? My store only has one size (large) but I couldn't tell how big they were. I'm thinking since he seems to like mealworms better than crickets, I would add the superworms ASAP because they are more nutritious.

Well I got him to eat three little crickets so far today but dunking them in baby food! I will keep doing that and hopefully soon he won't need so much help eating! How long does it usually take for your beardies to wake up in the morning? We turn the light on at about 7:30 and he usually doesn't wake up until 9:30 or so... Normal?

I am not sure if he actually ate any kale. It was scattered around a but but I did not witness him actually eat any. If so it was just a bite or two. I will try the crickets in the kale and baby food! That's a great idea.

There were four babies in the tank he was in at the store and the fed then the small crickets and mealworms. He has eaten mealworms and is pooping. I will try your advice about offering crickets a couple times a day and then mealworms if he didn't eat any crickets. Today I put him in a Rubbermaid bin with half a dozen little crickets and he completely ignored them, even when they were climbing on him. I grabbed one with tongs and kept putting it near his mouth and he just turned away. I have some kale on a little plastic lid with a bit of apple-carrot baby food (the lady at the store suggested this). I put a few mealworms on top of the salad and he ate the worms and possibly some of the greens. He is on a reptile carpet right now. He also has a couple rocks and logs to climb on and a little log burrow thing he can hide in or climb on.

I will do that and see if the lower watt bulb will do the trick. Thank you so much for the advice! On last thing, he is still not eating crickets, only mealworms. What should I do?

Ok, on the basking side I have a thermometer that sits outside the enclosure and has probes inside that suction cup to the side of the glass. I have them places down at about the level his rock is. Right now it says 111*. This one also has a humidity probe and it says 12%. On the other side is another thermometer that just has one probe inside and the digital part you look at in on the outside. It is 82* on that side. Currently he is hanging out right in the middle of the tank on a log. I originally had a 75w bulb and the highest readings I was getting were 90-93* and it took forever to get up to that temp. In the morning it took almost three hours to get that warm. So that is why I went up bulb size. I hope that helps and is all ok. I tried to post pictures of the thermometers but my ipad wasn't cooperating. PS he still won't touch crickets. :-/ ETA I just put the therm probe actually on the rock and it was crazy hot. I turned off the light and moved it up above the enclosure about 4-5". I'll turn it back on once it cools off and see if that works. If not I will switch bulbs. His cool side is still only 83* and that's where he is now running around.

Oh my goodness! I have a slight obsession with kitchen gadgets :-) But if I had to pick five... 1. My Cutco. Best knives ever, also their scissors and veg peeler. 2. My Le Creuset Dutch ovens. They have sentimental value plus they are used constantly. 3. Kitchen aid stand mixer 4. Cuisenart food processor 5. Plain half-sheet and quart-sheet pans. Handy for everything. Man that is hard! We recently moved from AK to TX and I'm pretty sure over half the trailer was my kitchen stuff lol!

Thanks ladies! I will try to feed him in a separate container. It wasn't fun chasing crickets around his home last night. I tried to feed him in a diff place yesterday and he seemed scared and just tried to climb out... I do have the tiny crickets and gave him some chopped up baby greens and a little finely diced kiwi. He didn't seem interested in them but I will keep trying. I soaked him yesterday and don't have any water in his enclosure, but I've read of people misting them. Especially while they are young. Do any of you do this or think I should? I do have a heat lamp and a UVB bulb. One more quick question, when I read about measurements, do the include the tail?

He's pretty small, I'm thinking 3-4 weeks. Got him from Pet Smart yesterday. He seems to be doing ok. They first sold me the larger sized crickets, but he wouldn't eat them and based on what I've read I think they were too big. So I went back and got the little ones. I thought he had eaten them but it turns out the crickets were hiding. I did witness him eat a couple mealworms, but I'd much rather have him eat more crickets. How do y'all that have beardies feed them? Put some crickets in the inclosure and just let him be, or take him out? I have a million questions, but getting him eating is most pressing now. Do I just feed him mealworms for a while and add back crickets later? Eta, I'm not sure why the pic posted upside down :-/

I'm super excited! That's all ;-)