Hugo and Chavon First Pets - Bearded Dragon:
Spiky & Sparky
One day in December 2016, Keith and the kids return back home with these 2 baby bearded dragons, I was shocked as I am terrified of all these lizards and reptiles, I was making fuss and not happy about it at all. Keith assured me that the kids love them and will take care of them.
Without zero experience and knowledge on how to take care of these exotic creatures from Australia, who supposed to live in a desert condition, we keep them in a tank and they started their tough journey from here.
These babies were so active, energetic and playful. The love to explore!
Without zero experience and knowledge on how to take care of these exotic creatures from Australia, who supposed to live in a desert condition, we keep them in a tank and they started their tough journey from here.
These babies were so active, energetic and playful. The love to explore!
1st month with us - January 2017
2nd month with us - February 2017
3rd month with us - March 2017
4th month with us - April 2017
Without realizing that they are actually getting weaker and started to starve, we just continue to throw alot of crickets into the tank assuming things are going on well and they will be able to eat to their fill everyday.
5th month with us - May 2017
They were getting skinnier and skinnier and Keith said that it was normal, they are shedding skin meaning they are growing up and usually some will go without food for days during such period. We never noticed something was terribly going wrong and continue to neglect. Kids continued to play as per normal and they don't even realized something bad was going to happen.
Spiky last moment with us - 30 May 2017
Came back home as usual after school and work, suddenly heard a scream from Hugo,"Spiky is dead!" I got a shocked and went to take a look, Spiky was dead and he died in a horrific way, there were 2 tiny hole from his tummy. He must be suffering so much pain. This woke us up that we must have done insufficient in many ways to cause the 2 of them to suffer. Spiky was still a baby and he was gone. We buried him. Rest in peace Spiky. We are sorry.
6th month with us Sparky - June 2017
Looking at Sparky now, we then realized he was also not eating and consuming any food, his stomach was obviously skinny and I decided we need to start to feed him and do something. I could see that he will be leaving any moment looking at what a poor health condition he was in at present, i just hope to do something for him and not repeating the mistake we had done to Spiky. Even if he was to leave, i hope he can feel the care and love we given him so that he can go peacefully.
7th month with us - July 2017
Keith bought another companion for Sparky and named Spike. He was actually the same age as Spiky and Sparky but look at his size, he was so alert and both Spiky and Sparky by right should have already grown up to such a condition. Very unfortunate, we failed to give them what they suppose to be. We learnt that lighting (create the correct habitat and appropriate temperature) should be one of the important factor which we never did for both of them from the very beginning, that might be one of the reason that caused the 2 of them to become weaker and up to such a stage that Sparky no longer able to feed himself. He was so weak that i can see even when he saw crickets, his head was turning very slowly as if he wanted to catch them like he used to do it when he first came to our place, but he was unable to move. He was like handicapped, it pierce my heart. I tried my best to feed him everyday. I talked to him everyday, i knew very well he was trying his best to survive, to breathe the last air he could. I continued to feed him vegetable everyday, he was so wobbly and fragile. I knew he will leave any time.
I bought them a new "cave" for them to enjoy, new reptile tank hoping to give them a better and more healthier environment and of course hope that Sparky can pulled through this difficult moment and grow healthy again.
I bought them a new "cave" for them to enjoy, new reptile tank hoping to give them a better and more healthier environment and of course hope that Sparky can pulled through this difficult moment and grow healthy again.
Sparky last moment with us - 10 July 2017
It was a Monday evening, after dinner, we returned home and as usual, I will always walked to the tank and called him up, i stared at his stomach to see if he was breathing, i got a bad feeling, standing there for a minute, i knew he was gone. Hugo carried Sparky out and confirmed he passed away. His eyes was still open and his body was still warm meaning he might have been waiting for us to return to see us the last time but very unfortunately, we didn't make it back on time.
Although i knew very well this might be the best solution to his relieve as he had been suffering for such a long period, but i don't know why am i still feeling so agony and sorrowful. I cried and tear, i couldn't help it. I opened the fridge, his favorite vegetable which i just bought few days ago was buried with him. Keith closed his eyes to let him rest in peace.
Although i knew very well this might be the best solution to his relieve as he had been suffering for such a long period, but i don't know why am i still feeling so agony and sorrowful. I cried and tear, i couldn't help it. I opened the fridge, his favorite vegetable which i just bought few days ago was buried with him. Keith closed his eyes to let him rest in peace.
These 2 cute babies stayed on earth only a short period of time, but they did bring alot of joyful and happy moments to my kids. Hope they find peace and forgive us for not able to give them the proper care and life they supposed to get. Sorry and rest in peace Spiky and Sparky. You forever be remembered in our hearts, although it was such a short period, we will miss both of you!