Spike!

It has been a crazy week for getting free pets because we also got a bearded dragon! I started collecting dragons in junior high school and have long wanted a bearded dragon. It just seemed like a frivolous expense. We lucked out when this week we learned of a family who was looking to rehome their dragon because their daughter was going to college. They gave us the dragon and all the extras for free! We were so excited!

His name was Orangey, but Jalen renamed him Spike. We think that name fits him much better.

We felt like he needed some more stuff in his tank, so we bought him a climbing tree at PetsMart. he seemed to enjoy it.

He also seemed to really enjoy greens, but not crickets.

We took advantage of the tank to do a review on finding volume.

We got lucky because Tianna was in town for Repticon. She and her reptile expert buddies came to see our dragon and give us some advice on caring for Spike.

We learned that everything in his tank was too small and he needed some upgrades. Fortunately, they said his tank was big enough and we didn't need to buy a bigger one. We took the kids to Repticon (they couldn't believe everything they saw there) and we bought some improvements. We got new lights because one of his lights was too old and not giving off enough heat and the other one was too small. We also bought him a couple new carpets (the old one was gross) and a hammock.

His new digs look amazing!

Spike is pretty chill. We love him.

He loves his bath time.

I know buy things like roaches and worms. So weird.

We are loving the zoo! (Tashi is not as convinced that we need these new additions.)