cat ate beardie..

so i came home from work today and discovered my girlfriends bearded dragon's cage's top was on the floor there was blood in the cage and no lizard in the house. It is the second horrible experience my girlfriend has had with her pet reptiles. ( first being a lizard from petco died a week after buying the lizard) but in hopes of trying to cheer her up i wanted to try to find a bearded dragon with a yellow head and an orange body i know it would cheer her up it was the original colors she was looking for i was curious if anone could help me find a beardie that color preferably younger or if someone could point me in the direction of what morphs could be that color. We will be keeping the lizards cage in the same room as my ball pythons now rather than in the living room.

Sorry for the loss, hate to say it but this was completely avoidable, which I'm sure you're aware of, but I hope this will be remembered for future pets also. Prepare for the worse case scenario, in your case, the cat getting into trouble. I hope the room your snakes are in is secure.

Either way, try browsing through kingsnake.com or faunaclassifieds.com.

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Originally Posted by rivunel

so i came home from work today and discovered my girlfriends bearded dragon's cage's top was on the floor there was blood in the cage and no lizard in the house. It is the second horrible experience my girlfriend has had with her pet reptiles. ( first being a lizard from petco died a week after buying the lizard) but in hopes of trying to cheer her up i wanted to try to find a bearded dragon with a yellow head and an orange body i know it would cheer her up it was the original colors she was looking for i was curious if anone could help me find a beardie that color preferably younger or if someone could point me in the direction of what morphs could be that color. We will be keeping the lizards cage in the same room as my ball pythons now rather than in the living room.

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Orange Fire beardies are bright orange with tanish yellow heads. Fire tigers are orange too. Hope that's what you're looking for.

Sorry to hear about the original bearded dragon.

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I'm so sorry about the beardie. As LGray said this could have been avoided. I do hope you find a replacement beardie that'll make your girl happy, and make sure that darned cat stays away from it.

Did you get rid of the cat yet?

Cats have a very strong animalistic instinct, no matter how cute and fluffy they look. Owners should be aware of this and prepare accordingly, not the cats fault.

cats LOVE lizards.

Sorry about your loss.

Sorry for the loss.. I worry about my other cat when I'm not in the room.. Door is always shut. All cats are predators though. The cat we let outside used to bring lizards and birds to our back door.

While preventable, I would still be upset with the cat.

Either way, there is another forum like this, but for bearded dragons. It has a large community of owners, and many people sell or adopt out over there.

I'll send a pm shortly.

Another cat story...

Sorry to hear! Cats don't mix with animals smaller than themselves.

Regards,

B

thank you to everyone who helped. i don't know how the cats got the metal clips from petco off the top of the cage but apparently either i have to find a new method to lock the top on or keep her in a seperate room. (which i would really prefer to not to have to do.) is there a better locking method for the screen hoods than the bent metal clips? i'm assuming the cats got on the cage and batted them off. or is the only real solution to keep it in a separate room

I would suggest building a better enclosure. Try looking up the 'crossfire' enclosure. It's very popular with bearded dragon owners. I used that design as a base for the four enclosures I built for my beardies. I went with plywood to make it lighter/easier to work with.

I second Virus's suggestion. A front opening enclosure with a lock would be essentially kitty proof and large enough the last the dragon his or her whole life.

Just a thought, but have you considered adopting an adult? A cat would have a hard time eating a full grown beardie, and there are lots of them out there looking for snuggles and love. It totally depends on how far you are willing to go, etc, but there is a store in Acton, MA that has many adult beardies up for adoption for little or nothing. A lot of humane societies and shelters have them too.

I would go with locking professional caging, like with a real lock, one you need to have thumbs to open. Make sure the security of the animal you're getting is up to par before you bring another animal into the house.

Accidents can happen but it's up to the owners to keep their animals all safe from each other.

Professional caging: dragons4you is the manufacturer of the cage that i have.

Or get rid of the cat...can't stand them...

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Originally Posted by womsterr

Or get rid of the cat...can't stand them...

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That's kind of harsh. You can't fault the cat for doing cat things when presented with an opportunity. If you have a multi-animal household you figure out how to keep everyone safe or re-home someone. It's not the cats fault it's a cat and they left a smaller very active lizard where it can see, hear and smell it.

This is coming from someone with 3 cats (one of them a kitten) and (a previous) bearded dragon owner. My dragon was donated to a city program in DC (where 3rd and 4th grade kids learn about reptiles and build them naturalistic environments to live in, it was really nice) because i felt that was a better fit than having him with me.

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Originally Posted by womsterr

Or get rid of the cat...can't stand them...

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I wouldn't expect such comments from snake owners, then again nothing surprises me anymore.