seriously, wtf?

Lol at the balloon idea.. bad ass looking lizards

Does that thing even have ears? :1orglaugh

Okay here's my argument for that: When they are in the wild, don't other animals (birds for example) make high-pitched noises around them? They probably do just fine with that, so the warbling of a hand-clapper gizmo shouldn't hurt them at all. Then again, I'm no expert on the hearing range of these critters, but I DO know that dogs have incredible hearing, and such whistles and warbles don't harm them either.


Further to my "invention"....

I was going to say why not just spot-glue it to him, but don't those things shed their skin every once in while? That wouldn't work, so... why not just clip it around one of his legs? Done right it shouldn't be in his way for walking.

Btw, does he poop in hidden places throughout your house? :D

Good point. I hadn't thought of that. He is extremely sensitive to noise, so I'd have to test it out first and hear how loud it gets.

Lol... wtf? Is that just out of curiosity or for another of your inventions? :1orglaugh

But to answer your question, on the rare occasion that he poops in the house, he sure in the hell doesn't try to hide it. He's got no shame whatsoever, unlike a cat or dog. But he's on a pooping schedule. He has to stay either in his tank or outside after his meal until he poos. The rays from the sun and/or bulb help him digest his meal quickly. And there have been times when I've needed to put him in a tub of warm water... that takes care of it usually within half a minute. Then he's free to roam. As I said in an earlier post, he's completely hand fed, so I always know when he eats. That makes it easy for me to keep him on schedule.

Seriously, people can actually "potty train" their lizards using the water method. Sounds crazy, but it's true!

Couldent you ring one of his legs...like they do to birds and other animals but use a brightly coloured ring or paint it with glow in the dark paint

nice lizards you have btw I used to keep african fire lizards a skink and a pair of spotted geckos. The geckos which I had were not very easy to handle and one of them bit my finger and drew blood( it bloody hurt) They used to make a high pitch bird like noise somtimes during the night but I do miss keeping reptiles, they are awesome.

There's a guy here in Winnipeg who breeds and sells beardies and all the paraphernalia that goes with them, and he's been talking about getting me to do a website for him for over a year now. (delayed so long because he recently went through an expensive divorce, thus I haven't heard from him in a while, but I digress...)

No, when I ask such a question I honestly just want to know more about them, and since you actually own one (one of the few people I know that do, as a matter of fact) I thought I'd get it straight from the source.

Thanks for the answer.

I hope I have been of some help to you as well.

Further to: the hearing question. Dogs are the ones with the ultra sensitive hearing. Again, does the hearing range of beardies even compare to that of dogs? If not, I seriously doubt a little key-clapper warble is going to bother them.

You know, I'd really have to research that a little more. From my own experience with him, I dont think it has anything to do with range or pitch. I just know that he freaks out over noises and runs away to hide. Even a helicoptor flying by in the distance (not directly over my house) is enough to make him run inside and hide under the bed. When (he thinks) our music is too loud, he hides under the couch or entertainment center. So yes, he's sensitive to sound, but really in his case I'd have to test it out. I think that if it's not a sound that scares him, he should be okay with it.

You could always just stick a nail right through the tail and tie a long, heavy gauge wire to it. I imagine that it'd be slightly less painful for the creature.

Trust me, he'd get used to the sound after a while. Animals are resilient, and it's not like you'd be clapping and setting the thing off every five seconds. (right?) :D

If it makes him run sometimes well, he can use the exercise. :pimp

I already tried that, only I used twine instead of wire. It didn't work though. I obviously didn't drive the nail in close enough to his body because all it did was pull his tail off the first time he tried to run. It's a good thing lizard's tails grow back.

This is the part where I should call you idiot, but I don't call names, so I won't.

Well, you know one thing about lizard anatomy, which is one more than when you started this thread. Don't feel bad. Some day, you'll be sober, and think "I wanted to do what? I wanted to drill paint beneath scales?"

If you have enough wire left, you can always wrap it around your neck when you get bored.

You obviously missed the part where I was asking for suggestions on how to keep track of him and make him easier to find. For the most part people have been very helpful and have offered some pretty good ideas.

Just because I might say something like "I would SO love to shove my boot up Grouchy Admin's ass" doesn't mean I actually WOULD. It just means it would be pretty cool if it could be done. But since it's obviously not feasible, that's why I asked for suggestions. Get it?

P.S. I'm always sober. If you're going to try to insult me, at least learn something about me first and don't assume that I'm your typical drunken horndog GFY poster.

HEY!


I'll have you know I haven't had a drink in months! :mad:



:D

I said "typical". You're FAR from typical!
:thumbsup

A couple more of my favorite pics of Ivan:

Here he is helping me work:

http://www.extremefuck.com/Ivan/ivan-work.jpg

One of him snuggling with me. He would stay like that for hours if I let him. If I had my hair down, he'd have his face buried in it. Such a sweet boy!

http://www.extremefuck.com/Ivan/ivan-me.jpg

And one more of him waking up in his log, his favorite place when he has to be in his tank:

http://www.extremefuck.com/Ivan/ivan-log.jpg