Rescue beardie: Kitana!

I love taking her outside for natural sun, but its been so cold lately. Today it warmed up enough for her to traverse the yard! (Don't worry, the plants are a strain of mustard green and are safe for her to eat. They are not treated by any type of chemical)
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Very cute! Looks like she’s enjoying herself. :P

She loves the outdoors! <3
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Some lovely close ups!
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This entire thread is going to turn in to Kitana being outside pictures :D
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She is totally not spoiled :rofl:
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Some of Kitanas finer details :)
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So recently I swapped Kitana to another brand of UVB lighting (I want to test a few out and see which ones are the best), it was the T8 10.0 from lucky herp. She shed, and WOW I don't think I have ever seen her color up this way before?? If I had to guess that new UVB is doing wonders for her!
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I just love those beardie faces [emoji7][emoji7][emoji7] Kitana is looking beautiful!


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Right?? They're so cute! Thank you <3
Kitana had a lovely time at the creek today! She actually seemed to enjoy it, she watched the water and explored a bit and then basked on the rocks. I of course brought blueberries with us as an added bonus for her https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e...1/16/1f642.png
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Right?? They're so cute! Thank you <3
Kitana had a lovely time at the creek today! She actually seemed to enjoy it, she watched the water and explored a bit and then basked on the rocks. I of course brought blueberries with us as an added bonus for her https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/e...1/16/1f642.png
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Can I have Kitana’s life, please?! That is one spoiled beardie. I love it!!! Does she swim?


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I know beardies sometimes like to soak (& defecate) in water but I never tried letting the one I had swim...they don't look like they'd be good swimmers? :confusd:

But here's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ef5TIGGDs

Better than I thought...they could really use some (tiny) hand fins though. :D https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/s...aBqBI&usqp=CAc

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I know beardies sometimes like to soak (& defecate) in water but I never tried letting the one I had swim...they don't look like they'd be good swimmers? :confusd:

But here's this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06ef5TIGGDs Better than I thought...

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Those ones does have a choice, poor things! That’s terrible. I was just wondering if Kitana ever tried to swim of her own volition.


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Those ones does have a choice, poor things! That’s terrible. I was just wondering if Kitana ever tried to swim of her own volition.


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Yeah, I just grabbed that video to show them swimming, but they should have resting platforms, they appeared to be getting stressed to me also...they aren't
designed for distance swimming, & they should have been allowed more rest as they got to the sides, not forced to swim again. :( (consider the source...)

But I could picture wild dragons maybe going into shallow streams or ponds after some juicy bugs, then back to the "shore".

Thinking about that pink vest being modeled above, you could make a similarly-designed tiny float-vest out of small packing bubbles...I would. :D

I've thought about making a float vest, but Kitana def likes her water warm :P She put one little foot in the water to inspect it and noped right out of there and into the grass LOL

Well she can't have a float vest without a heated pool! :O ....:rofl:(& pool-side snacks...)

I'm thinking of buying her a kiddie pool and putting about a half inch of water in it in the sun, with a brick! She would have a good time once the water warmed up :)
She is doing very well! Been having the springtime crazies, I got a hilarious video of her in the backyard. I'll have to post it to youtube to get it on here :P
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Kitana had a blast out in the flower patch!
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This girl has stolen my heart, I swear! She is so personable.
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BLUEBERRIES
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Happy October!!
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Oh Critmis tree oh Critmis tree
Please gib me all the buggieeees ~
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That's a big sucker you got there.....You literally have your hands full.

She's a big sweet girl <3
Got this fantastic shot today! As silly as she is, she is still a gorgeous animal
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It looks like she's running for president in the first pic LOL
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Happy the weather is finally good enough for some outdoor time!
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Kitana's first dandelion of the year!
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Happy Easter! <3
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What happens when gangsters and cowboys meet?
Yee-Haw homie
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We built her a new enclosure, thats about 4 times as big as her last one!
It needs more furnishings. Lol
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Love her new digs! I bet she does too!

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I am glad to have her in something much larger than before, she's been much more active lately!
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Yeah, it's great when we can give animals more room and they are able to use it and enjoy it!

By Beardie, George (RIP), loved his 4X2', but liked his 5X2' even more. He used the space (the height to - loved to climb).

Frank, my BTS is the same way. He was originally in a 5X2' and used every bit, and now he uses all of his 6X2'. He doesn't do much climbing though :). It's funny to see him get up on his hides every once in a while to get closer to the basking lights. Not exactly built for it with those tiny legs.

Hell yeah! I love seeing animals in large enclosures, they show so many more natural behaviors that way.
Also
Merry Christmas from Santa Claws :P
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Pretty woman, walkin down the street~

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Holy crap it's been way too long since I've posted her! Kitana is doing fantastic :)
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Yes it has! :P Time hasn't hurt her one bit though.

She loves our backyard! :)
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Wow! That's cute.

Happy are bearded dragons that can explore & sample the great outdoors. :love:

She adores her outdoor adventures!
She hopes that Santa will bring her hornworms this year :P
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Yummy hornworms! (I'll take See's chocolates any day, but not for dragons.)