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

 

[africancichlidau]

Not really sure yet Rk, have a lot more research to do before I get any, Gotta get a job first too Are there any species you would reccommend ?

 

[roadkill5000]

ones that cannot climb glass as they soon become pains in the but.
maybe some barking geckoes or knob tails

 

[jmbrimer]

Greebo - that's the best way to describe the arm waving I've ever heard - Love it! (and from the pavillion end we have P.Barbata coming in to bowl).

 

[stretch]

I am too late to answer, but at least you know now that the mouth opening, body raising thing is normal.

I ADORE beardies. I had a few of them waaaay back when I had a lizard pit in SA.

And I am PROUD and PLEASED to advise that as of Saturday I will be the proud owner of two central beardies $30 each and only an hour from here, though I had to get an import permit! ARGH

I am pleased as punch to add my beloved fave species of lizard to my collection of one captive childrens and one 'I think I'll just live in the house thanks,not a tank' childrens.

NB: When I say 'add' to my collection, I do not mean ADD to my collection....hehehehe The beardies will be away from the snakies

 

[roadkill5000]

what sort of beardies did you have :?:
where are your centrals coming from :?: