I got to hold Dembe, our new bearded dragon, earlier today. It has been just over a week since we got him, and he’s now comfortable with being held and petted. He relaxed on my shoulder and sniffed my shirt. Fortunately he decided I wwasn’t edible.

He’s a very cool little critter. His tail is extremely long. Bearded dragons are sometimes difficult to tell what gendor they are. So if he lays an egg one day, I’ll be switching to she instead lol. For now, however, he exhibits characteristics of being a male bearded dragon.