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ROGUES' GALLERY


Rogue

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     Rogue - n. 1. a scoundrel 2. a mischievous fellow -- roguery, roguish adj. rogues' gallery a police collection of photographs of criminals. (as defined in Webster's dictionary)

     Hmmmm ... Well, Webster's dictionary has the description of Rogue mostly correct. She is a scoundrel. She is mischievous. Sometimes she is a criminal, and gang leader ...

     But she is also a wonderful, entertaining lizard who is just overflowing with personality and charisma. A lizard with charisma you say!?!? Take a peek at Rogues' Gallery and decide for yourself. :)



Vital Statistics:

  • Name: Rogue
  • Sex: Female
  • Nicknames: Roguey, Poguey, Bogey, Booger, Bird ... and sometimes @^%$!@#$! (but only when she's very very bad! :)

    She was only 16" stl when we first got her in Sept. '95

  • Country of origin: Vietnam (wild caught)
  • Age: Approximately 3.5 years (as of Oct. '97)

  • Length: snout to vent (svl): 7.75+" snout to tail (stl): 27.25" She's HUGE!

         Yes, she is large for a female but this fish was huge! The Goldfish's body was at least 5" and it must have been about 7 or 8" in total length!



  • Favourite pastimes:

    •       Eating! She loooooooves earthworms and king mealworms! Occasionally eats crickets, rarely eats pinkies, and will not turn down the offer of waxworms as a treat. Actually she rarely turns down food at anytime, she even eats while gravid! She's also been known to leap from high places, or pounce on other dragons in an attempt to get at FOOD! The other day I was feeding her earthworms and in her excitement she accidentally bit her own tail! She's also willing to experiment and try her hand at eating inedible objects- more on that later. She's big. She's green. She's an eating machine!

    •      Being the boss, Alpha dragon, A #1! She tolerates Night and sometimes Cupid in her upper shelf basking area, but will not allow Forrest or Puff up there at all! She seems to get a kick out of terrorizing the two younger dragons, and being bossy to the others.

      Oh, Yeah, She bosses us around too. Man, She loves her T.V. she's always got the remote and never lets us watch our shows! :( Silly dragon!

    •      Exploring: She has been found in some mighty strange places! On a coat hanging from a door handle, in a nut bowl, swimming across a glass table, hanging out in a nick-knack shelf over the couch, on top of the air-conditioner, sitting on a large porcelain turtle, and on the stereo speaker ... and any object she can get to from there such as Forrests 77 gallon tank!

    • Did I forget to tell you that Rogue is a little bit nuts!

    •      Eating the inedible! We must be very careful around here not to leave anything that can fit in Rogue or Forrests mouth laying about! Rogue loves white objects! oatmeal that enters the viv when crickets are dropped in, white tack covers on one piece of furniture, the fridge, the stove, the wall, doors, small pieces of paper ... believe me, if it's white she is attracted to it and will try to taste it!
    • Take for example, the day I walked into the living room to find Rogue happily chewing on, and swallowing, <gasp!> one of the white ties on her human heating pad! She had actually swallowed about 1 foot of tie! I don't know what she was planning to do when she got to the heating pad! I had to carefully pull it out of her mouth and throat! Yuk! No harm done- Rogue was fine, and the tie was sopping wet!
    • Rogue has also been seen chewing on white electrical cords (note to all owners- watch your dragons carefully and try to hide potential hazardous materials from your dragons!), stereo ear phones, large marble eggs, shiny bolts in door ... plastic plants! you name it, she's tried it! It is not cute when she does this- it is scary! We are very careful to not leave things out that might interest her ... but god only knows what she gets into when we are not watching! Be very careful, watch your dragons carefully, because if your dragon does eat something that is not digestible (even bark or repti-litter substrate!) it can become lodged in the intestine and cause a blockage. This is a very serious medical condition that if left unattended could kill your dragon.
    •       Basking and posing for pictures! Rogue is my model dragon. Almost anytime I see her I feel like taking a picture of her. She always seems to be posing, the light always seems to fall on her just so ... She is just so beautiful!





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Green Water Dragons, Sailfin Lizards and Basilisks (General Care and Maintenance of Series) by Philippe De Vosjoli

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Anoles, Basilisks, and Water Dragons Anoles, Basilisks and Water Dragons : A Complete Pet Care Manual (More Complete Pet Owner's Manuals) by Richard D. Bartlett, Patricia P. Bartlett (Contributor)

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     Discussion of the general care of many species of anole, basilisks and water dragons. Excellent information regarding enclosures, cage building, and insect care and breeding.


Eat this Bug Eat This Bug : A Guide to Invertebrate Live Foods for Reptiles and Amphibians by Lynn Davis


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      This book is a guide for owners of reptiles and amphibians who feed insects and other live foods to their pets. Advice is offered for selecting , ordering and raising your own supply of live invertebrate foods. More than a dozen species of live foods are discussed. The book includes instructions on keeping cultures of insects, and recipes & diets for insects.




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