Oscar's bedtime

Oscar

Left: 31/08/09      Right: 03/12/09

Oscar will be 5 months old later this week and has turned into a real character!  He gets moody if I go away for the weekend and is usually angry with me for a few hours after I come back, he is moody when shedding - this is very normal shedding can be quite stressful for dragons and they just like to be left to get on with it in peace mostly (still try to handle a little bit but less than normal).  During this time they are likely to display their beards and even hiss - Oscar does this when he really wants to be left alone - mainly when he's shedding. The rest of the time Oscar is generally very friendly and loves to be handled, he really enjoys coming out of his vivarium and will literally bang on the glass when he really wants to be out.

I'm pretty sure Oscar is male now, he is showing all the signs of being male and when he does display his beard it sometimes looks black - which means that it is more likely to be male (I'm hoping he is - Oscar wouldn't be a great name for a female!)

He is eating a lot more in the way of vegetables than he used to along with plenty of crickets, he also really loves locusts (I'd say they are his favourite and he gets them as a treat).  Favourite vegetables - anything and everything so far, there doesn't seem to be anything yet that he doesn't like.

Oscar has more than doubled in size since I got him - not surprising with the amount he eats and he does seem to shed quite often - due to his growth speed!

Oscar at 8 weeks old

Oscar at 5 months old

              

Introducing Oscar - the bearded dragon

This is Oscar the bearded dragon at around 9 weeks old  - this was his first shed at home...