A few months ago, I did a "rescue" of sorts. A friend of my boyfriend's suddenly decided he no longer wanted his 5 year old male beardie anymore after getting a new dog. He'd had the little since he was a wee one.

These pictures were taken virtually the same day we brought him home.


His substrate was dirty sand, which bleached out his natural colors, so I ditched that nasty stuff as soon as I could.


You can see how pale he is here. Not to mention lethargic. I was under the impression that beardies were all lazy. After getting him onto a proper diet regimen, man, was I wrong!



Now here he is: introducing the new and improved, Spike!


Can anyone tell me what the white spot is under his chin? It's been there ever since I peeled off some old stuck shed...


Ohmnomnom!



Thanks for looking!