beardies

[roadkill5000]

when i take my beardies outside for some uv after a while they start to open there mouths can anyone tell me why this is
is it because they are to hot :

[africancichlidau]

It's one of the methods they have of cooling themselves, they are usually holding themselves high on their legs at the same time?

What a bummer, I was one day late to get 20 beardie hatchlings for $10.00 each. I could have cried and let me tell you African crying is not a pretty sight Sob.

[saikrett]

cool
what type of beardies are they

i saw a guy that has henrylawsonii beardies
they are so tiny

[roadkill5000]

yeah african they do raise themselves at the same time thanksfor explaining that i thought there could be something wrong with them.
they are eastern beardies

[africancichlidau]

Are they the ones known as blacksoil beardies? They are a great little lizard

[saikrett]

yeah
there alot smaller than other beardies, a bit longer than your hand.

[roadkill5000]

yeah blacksoils are cool i want to get some of those or centrals

[saikrett]

i've got 2 baby easterns,
even my mum like them, she comes in and watches them eat

[roadkill5000]

same here she doesnt like my geckos though

[saikrett]

what type of gecko's do you have, why doesn't she like them?!?!

[africancichlidau]

I know nothing about geckoes though am fancying some of late Do they ALL shed their tails when you pick 'em up ?

[hey_im_sam]

heh, i think all geckos CAN shed their tails, but they certainly dont all the time.. most of the time if a gecko loses its tail in captivity it's during mating, not gentle handling. that's why a lot of adult female geckos you see for sale don't have their original tail - males tend to bite

[Greebo]

I'm not sure if I'm reading these posts correctly but Eastern Beardies and Black Soil Beardies are two different sub-species.
A shame you missed out on those hatchlings..I paid 40 each for my four.
I finally saw one doing the arm waving thing the other day.It looked like he was warming up to bowl.

[africancichlidau]

Yeah Greebs that arm waving is great eh? Do you have a couple of males in the same enclosure cos that arm waving is usually a female thing unless one male is showing submission to another.

[roadkill5000]

they are southern leaf tails and she dont like cause she thinks they are ugly
i think geckoes mostly lose there tails when they are picked up wrongly and handle incorrectly
sam my female has her original tail and my male has a regrown tail
fishything what geckoes you after they are fairley easy to look after depending on species