September Weigh-In

J & I were due for their monthly weigh-in a couple of days ago - with all of the excitement of moving location, this seems to have been overlooked. Stay tuned for a weight and length update, will do ASAP!

Growth Spurt

We have been noticing how much Ivy has been eating lately - she used to sit back and let Jack have the main share of the crickets and cockroaches, but over the past few weeks she has basically wrestled him for food, and at one point was trying to eat a cricket out of Jack's mouth! All of this eating has led to a big growth spurt, and Ivy now appears to be longer than Jack - at least her tail definitely is - and it has meant that she is now shedding her skin again!! Jack is showing no signs of shedding, but Ivy has now almost completely shed all of her skin. Here is a photographic journal of the highly attractive process that is the shedding of skin...

It begins with a bit of shedding on her tail...

Her tail has finished shedding, now it's her legs' turn..

Oh dear...this is how I found her when I came home today...
her legs and tail have shed their old skin, and now her whole torso and head are shedding, it's really quite freaky!!

Poor Ivy...she won't be winning a dragin beauty pageant today

A fully-shedding Ivy in her favourite tree

Handsome Jack looks on with amusement..no signs of him shedding any time soon...

J & I's New Home!

Aaron and I are housesitting my parents' house for a month while they are away, so Jack and Ivy kindly agreed to pack up their terrarium and accompany us to our temporary abode...of course, being the superstars that they are, they didn't help with transportation at all, and Aaron and I had to lug the 40kg terrarium down all of the stairs at our apartment block, then up the stairs at Mum and Dad's. Those dragons had better appreciate what we do for them! 

Jack and Ivy have a nicer view and get more sunshine during the day from their new position than they did in our apartment (they also have their own TV in their new room - I'll have to put King of the Lizards on for them, or maybe How to Train Your Dragon, I'm sure they'd love that, but I guess they might feel a little insecure after watching it seeing as they don't have the ability to fly - well, not that we have seen yet anyway!!), so I am hoping they will agree to move back to our apartment once our stay is over.

Sunbaking

Whenever they can spare some time in their busy schedules, Jack and Ivy love to chill out and catch some rays. They don't get much access to sunlight in their terrarium, so whenever possible they venture to the window sill in the study and bask in the warmth. I may have to investigate the possibility of getting some lizard coconut oil to help them develop their tans...

Hi Jack!

I thought this was a cute pic of Jack, peering over Aaron's hand. This perspective also gives you a good view of the shape of their heads - hence the name Angle Headed Dragon. :)

 Peeping Jack

Rock-a-bye Baby in the Tree Tops....

Another pic of Jack sleeping...just because he is so cute!!

He seems to love cuddling up to the stick at the front of the terrarium...doesn't look very comfy to me, but he likes it!

Just Because...

I am just posting this photo because I like it. This was the day I had to be home for the plumbers to fix our bathroom, so I was killing time by playing with the babies...

Weigh In Time - 3

Well another month has passed, and you know what that means...weigh in time!!

Jack and Ivy have upgraded their diet from small to medium sized crickets, and they have been eating more cockroaches lately as well.

All of this eating as led to a lot of growth, as the following pictures demonstrate...

Jack weighing in at a massive 10grams. Fatty boombalada!

Jack, measuring approximately 14-15cm in length.

Ivy weighing in at a slightly lighter 9grams.

Ivy measuring approximately 16-17cm in length.

So as you can see, while Jack is still a bit of a fatty compared to Ivy, the Ivestar has caught up in length and her tail seems to be a bit longer than Jack's.

They spent the afternoon basking in the sun today and were quite hard to catch to put back in their terrarium because they were full of energy. Lizard energy = lots of running and jumping!!

Never wake a sleeping dragon

I got home tonight to find our babies fast asleep at the front of the terrarium, it was the cutest thing ever!! I was very mean and thoughtless and turned the light on, not realising they would be sound asleep, and this is what I saw... (Ivy started opening her eyes at the bright lights, sorry Ivy!)

Little Jack, sound asleep.

Little Ninjas

This weekend Jack and Ivy went on an epic adventure to Aaron's Dad's house in their new Flexarium (photos to come, you'll have to cope with the suspense..sorry!!). Whilst out in the big bad world outside of our apartment, Ivy once again demonstrated some pretty clever ninja-like skills in the area of camouflage. I am putting her transformation in colour down to her adapting to suit her environment, as well as a change in mood, but it is strange that Jack does not change nearly as much as Ivy.

As you can see from the following pictures, (pre-outing is the top picture, post-outing are the bottom 2), Ivy became a lot darker after her adventure. Her legs are almost black, and the tips of her crest all turned black as well.

Pretty cool huh?