Just a Dragon and His Log
By Yuki
@yukimori (10149)
United States
April 7, 2023 9:02am CST
Last month I bought five pounds of bulk cork rounds for my reptiles. I didn't request any specific pieces, so I got what the folks at Pangaea picked out for me: four nice big pieces that could totally be termed logs.
I've used two so far. One went into the enclosure I'm putting together for Mango, the sticky-footed menace. The other I gave to Vrtra, our rescue beardie, on a whim. He wasn't sure what to think of it at first, but after a few days he warmed up to it.
Now it's pretty much his favorite thing ever. He started off by running over and around and through it... and then he realized that he can move it around the enclosure. What's gotten to me is the fact that he seems to be deliberately riding it around--he'll maneuver it over to the hot side under the lights in the morning, and later in the day he takes it back over to the cool side and settles in over there for the night. 
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@dgobucks226 (35964)
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7 Apr 23
Hey even reptiles want to have fun! That's interesting that the log acts like a transportable bed. Sounds like that log is being used as a temperature regulator for the Dragon.
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I had no idea they will actually move around their furniture 
@much2say (56883)
• Los Angeles, California
8 Apr 23
@yukimori Whatever they are doing, it does seem to be intentional. That makes me have more respect for our reptilian friends! Oh those mudskippers - pretty trippy! There's so much we as humans cannot understand about some of nature's creatures . . . sometimes I am the one who feels so dumb 
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@yukimori (10149)
• United States
7 Apr 23
I've never seen them do it before, although now I'm wondering about the fact that our other beardie Waffle pretty consistently gets one specific side of his seagrass hammock off of its hook so it dangles in a different direction. 
Beardies have a reputation for being dumb lizards. I really think it's just a matter of them having a different sort of intelligence than we do. Can't evaluate a fish fairly on its ability to climb a tree and all... 
Beardies have a reputation for being dumb lizards. I really think it's just a matter of them having a different sort of intelligence than we do. Can't evaluate a fish fairly on its ability to climb a tree and all... 1 person likes this
@RebeccasFarm (91120)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Apr 23
He is a real cutie on that log and looks so comfortable there Yuki
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@RebeccasFarm (91120)
• Arvada, Colorado
7 Apr 23
@yukimori Right, I was thinking that
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@choijungeun (2629)
• Hangzhou, China
7 Apr 23
This is my first time to see people petting the reptile.It's so cute and vigorous.Thanks for sharing
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@DaddyEvil (139972)
• United States
7 Apr 23
Well, I'm sure you move chairs around in your house... He's just doing the same thing. 
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@DaddyEvil (139972)
• United States
8 Apr 23
@yukimori Oh, wow! We leave furniture in the same place for years... Since my eyes swell closed, I need stuff to stay in one place so I don't trip myself trying to move around in the house. 
@RasmaSandra (82052)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
9 Apr 23
Vrtra us such a cutie and he looks so happy with that piece of wood,
