When I was talking to my mother last night, she said she wanted me to go to the petstore for some dog food....and get a price on their bearded dragons. If they had any and it was a decent price, she wanted one. I told her not to get one from the petstore and to wait till I go to the next reptile show (in March). She agreed but now I'm thinking about it.

My mom has a habit of getting an animal, getting tired of it, and finding a new home for it. We had bearded dragons in the past but it was mostly my stepfather and I who cared for them. My mom likes them but I'm not sure how well she'd really take care of it. When I had a little beardie at her house (she allowed me to keep it there since my grandmother hated reptiles) and she put crushed walnut shells as its substrate. It was only a juvie and got impacted and after many vet visits and eventually surgery, he had to be put down because he was too weak to live.

So now I'm worried that she's either going to give the beardie bad living conditions or she's going to get tired of it and give it away.

If she gets one and eventually does care for it badly or wants to get rid of it, I will most likely take it in, seeing as I can't stand to see an animal suffer because of my mother. So I want to start getting as much information as I can about them. So a few questions for starters.