Goodbye Caveman...

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Goodbye Caveman...

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My bearded dragon, Caveman, passed away.. We named him after Stanley Yelnats' nickname from the book/movie "Holes." I loved the book, and when the movie came out, I noticed they used bearded dragons for the yellow-spotted lizards. So, one day my mom and I were at a reptile show and we decided to get one from one of the breeders there. We didn't tell my dad, so we snuck him in. He was a birthday gift. I can't remember how long we've had him, but he lived a long life.
I feel guilty. I wish I could have given him a bigger tank. He had the minimum size for beardies but I just felt he would have been a lot happier in a bigger tank. They're just so expensive.. =/
He was such a sweet lizard. I just love how bearded dragons give eye contact, and he was no different. He'd follow my face no matter where I moved, and he also was very interested din my cat. I'd take him out sometimes and my cat would come along and start poking him with a paw, then Caveman would swing around and start chasing my cat.
I remember another time when I had some friends over for my birthday, and one of my friends was just absolutely in love with him, and he seemed t know it. He just stared up at her and even crawled into her lap.

He was such a sweet lizard... and I miss him already.

Image This is just a picture of his eyes. I loved his eyes, they were just so pretty.

Him on the couch looking back at me and I get a picture.
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And this is a little blurry, but sometimes we'd give me a "bath" and just put him in some shallow warm water with a light over him and he'd just chill there. He seemed to enjoy it.
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Re: Goodbye Caveman...

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Oh I'm really sorry :( Small tank or big, it sounds like you looked after him very well and gave him a good life.

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Thanks Wain :hug:

Here are some more pictures. We looked back at the photo dates, and we got him in 2003, so he was around 9 years old. The average life span of a beardie can be 7-10 years... so I'm comforted by that. He was an old man lizard and I really miss him, but he lived a good life.

Baby Caveman. :) (he had a little stubby tail-end. One of his siblings bit it off when he was smaller. x.x)
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My cat Tucker, being very curious about him.
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Do not... understand.
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:hug: Im so sorry! His eyes were amazing looking

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He was beautiful and it sounds like he did well to reach 9 :)
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