#cat+beardie

[elegantdemoness]

My beautiful fur baby, Aries :) such a beautiful character, seriously the most affectionate cat there is. Even gets along with my beardie, which is amazing. She still thinks my Ghecko is a toy for her to play with though. Haha

#tuxedo cat #cat+beardie #garden friends #enjoying the weather while it lasts #loathing what season comes next #animals are the best

[noriseyebrow]

Cats 1998 Anniversary Event: Favourite Actor: Michael Gruber's Munkustrap

#cats 1998 #cats the musical #munkustrap #michael gruber #cats 1998 anniversary event #beardy gifs cats #** #a day late sorry for quality too

[yeahponcho]

I'm terribly bad at making gifs but I feel like the world needs more beardie gifs that don't involve cats or other unsafe things.

so if any hobby gifmakers out there ever feel like making gifs of my lizards, you are welcome to <3

here's the youtube link and the video post link

the only gif I managed to make is this cute picmix one of dandy

#no one has to by any means but I figured I'd toss it out there #tired of seeing 10 dif gifs of a beardie with a cat #or eating something it shouldnt be eating

[unbreakabledawn]

a dragon in a dragonfruit - my employee discount was well spent on this item

#columbia the beardie #dawn post #reptile #lizard #bearded dragon #it's actually a cat cave. i don't have a cat #bought from Musti (Nordic pet chain) but it was a limited product

[zuble]

i like that i can carry petrie around like a barbie doll. just hold him in my hand or throw him on my shoulder and he’s like “ok”

#as an Autistic i like holding things #as much as i want a cat someday.. i know i won’t be able to just carry them with me like i do with beardies

[dogtorari]

He really does too much 😩🤣

#adorable #animals #pets #animal lover #vet tech #lol #vet nurse #artist #cats #exotic pets #cat mom #cat #reptiles #digital artist #bearded dragon #herpetology #reptile #beardie #bearded dragons #beardies

[electr1c-ethan]

got a new phone, found out i can take .5 pictures

#my boy #my doggy #my kitty #beardies of tumblr #bearded dragons of tumblr #bearded dragons #beardie #bearded dragon #catblr #cats #dog

[cheddar-inq]

hii time for a bearded dragon / rolly ramble :3

i do not believe that bearded dragons can only experience basic emotions (fear, pleasure, aggression is what i typically see listed or varying synonyms and similar emotions)

i genuinely cannot believe that at all.

yesterday i was crying and shaking after just a lot of stress and emotions built up and i kinda just broke, it happens every now and then and im all good now (its a bad habit that comes with me bottling up emotions and not knowing how to express them properly, so all it takes sometimes is something small to happen and i just snap)

and while i was sitting in my room crying i heard rolly readjust on her basking rock so i went over to sit by her tank, i like watching her and it gave me something positive to focus on

after a minute of me sitting there sobbing, she jumped off her rock and ran up to the wall of her tank closest to me and started kind of moving back and forth like she does when she sees me getting worms, only towards me instead of the wall of her tank thats closest to the worms. i figured she was hungry but she kept doing it even when i showed i had nothing and when i put my hand in the tank, she ran up and put her front feet on my hand which is what she does when she wants to be picked up.

she just cuddled with me. i sat on the floor against the wall and she couldve moved if she wanted but she didnt. she didnt move an inch until i calmed down, and even then she only readjusted. she didnt want to explore. she didnt want to run around. she didnt want food. she just wanted to snuggle.

she has never done that before. the only time shes ever ran into my hand like that is either one time when she pooped and wanted out and then sometimes in the bath when shes done and wants out. i checked, her tank was completely clean.

she wanted to comfort me i think. i dont even think thats me giving her too many human traits or qualities or anthropomorphizing her (i think thats the term for that? when you treat an animal like what its doing are human traits and qualities, like being motherly and needing to be comforted after things, ect) but i think that was genuinely her wanting to comfort me. after she laid her eggs and she got a soak she refused to go back in her tank and just wanted to cuddle. i think she needed that comfort too.

despite everything with science and research into beardies saying they have a very underdeveloped emotions part of the brain and thats why they cant experience complex emotions, i just. cant believe thats true at all.

COUNTLESS stories and videos of bearded dragons doing what rolly did when i was crying. of beardies having full black beards and stress marks until their owner calmed down. of becoming depressed when their owner is on a trip or gone for a while and refuses to eat or barely will at all until they come back, and they perk up immediately.

running to greet their owners, refusing to explore unless that specific person is there, trusting them more than others. comforting them and going to them for comfort.

when we went to the vet because we only had a small cardboard box with no lid i had to just carry rolly in, and despite a big dog barking and growling at her, she wasnt bothered at all and just stayed on my shirt. during the vet appointment when the vet was done checking her heart rate and such, she practically jumped out of his hands and ran right onto my shirt and just stayed there.

today i learned that rolly knows how to wipe food off of her face- she got some mango and before she went to lay on her logs (which she does after every single meal, its right below her uv light which does spread to her whole tank but the logs are right below it) she stuck her face into the gap between them and kept moving her head around until the mango stuck to her chin was wiped off and then she immediately went all the way up and laid down.

i dont see how they possibly cant be smart, at least for a reptile, or how they cant experience complex emotions or feel empathy.

as i said, i dont even think this is me giving human traits to her actions, i think that is genuinely what she is doing. i dont think im seeing this the wrong way becaue there really isnt any other reason for her to do what she did when i was crying- it was very close to the time her lights turn off and she knows that and never wants out that whole like hour before theyre turned off but she wanted to just lay on me so bad. and i saw those stress marks but they faded as i calmed down and collected myself.

i have never calmed down so quickly when that happens. when my emotions explode like that and i just cant comprehend anything i have never calmed down so quickly but it only took a few minutes. she was warm from basking, she didnt want to move at all, and she just laid there while i pet her. having that warmth on me and the texture from her scales let me focus on the positives, same with having her with me in general because oh my fucking stars i love this lizard.

im glad shes still pretty young. shes five, six this year i assume, and the youngest you ever really see a beardie die of age is eight so i likely have no less than three years with her. she has a good diet and is taken care of well so im honestly expecting her to make it much longer, shes very healthy, very active, she eats well and has good uvb, good temperatures, her tank is deep cleaned weekly and the accessories in it are cleaned whenever they need to be as well as with the rest of her tank.

bearded dragons are incredible. i want to get another one when she eventually passes, although i hope i have a very, very long time until that happens. rolly is teaching me so, so much about reptile care and how to handle them probably, both in terms of. actually handling them like picking them up and also just how to understand them.

id love to get a juvenile or baby beardie someday, they sound like a really good learning experience- difficult to adjust to im sure but also a very good learning experience.

anyways yeah. i absolutely cannot understand how bearded dragons could possibly NOT have complex emotions or feel affection and empathy and love. rolly is absolutely incredible and i love her to the moon and back and also please lmk if youd be willing to draw her in an art trade pleaseee <333

beardies are so so very smart, way smarter than we give them credit for (my favorite kind of creature- so, so smart but also literally so stupid i love animals like that), i want to study them when im older, and i do NOT believe they dont experience some kind of complex emotions and some kind of empathy

ramble over <3

#not kidding btw if any of you guys are willing to draw rolly PLEASE message me on discord #discord is cheddar_inq btw lmk if youre adding me and your username !!!! #i am very very willing to draw some art in exchange- i can do slugcats + rw lizards + mayybe iterators but not very well #i can also do cats / dogs / wolves / ect really any feline or canine #tbh just show me some characters i could draw or give me a few options and theres a very slim chance i wont be able to do any #i can do scavengers as long as youre ok with slightly wonky anatomy which is the same with iterators but #yk !!!!!! #bearded dragon #bearded dragons #beardies #beardie #rolly says hi #kit yips

[thernrtwinsofficial]

We got a new family member last night...

And Rhino's extremely interested in them.

Welcome, Lizzo.

#cat lovers #cats of tumblr #catlife #catphoto #cute cats #tuxie cat #cats #caturday #tuxedo cat #catlover #beardie #bearded dragon #new pet #pets #pets of tumblr #lizard #reptile

[thorinsbeard]

Me *meets The Admiral in Magnus Archives* All other characters are now 2nd or 3rd or less favoured.

#beardy speaks #he is a cat what do you expect #the magnus archives

[elegantdemoness]

Thanos and Aries enjoying the weather :)

Part 1

#beardie babe #beautiful bearded dragon #adorable moment #random #beautiful moments #reptile #lizard #colorful #bearded dragon #beardie #beautiful tuxedo cat #love my little wee friends :)

[noriseyebrow]

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer

#cats 1998 #cats the musical #rumpleteazer #mungojerrie #drew varley #jo gibb #cats gifs for holidays #christmas chaos for you #beardys gifs cats #**

[fox-mulder-gets-pegged]

For your reference (in order of above mention)

#tried to choose unflattering images on purpose #go forth and vote #the cats will win those chicken fillets in tuna broth things #the beardie shall get a juicy hornworm #and the mouse will receive a peanut flavoured yogurt drop #also if anyone is curious as to why Apollo looks so fucking over it all #we were about to go on a week long visit (that he was coming with me for) #and we had to leave at like 5 am #so i woke his ass up at 4 am which he did not like bc he is not a morning person

[feralcrybaby]

doing the cat face as anime face base only works with cats. Imagine if anime looked like this

#cat face theory #cat face theory with other animals #bearded dragon #bearded dragon face theory #mistakes #anime and manga #abomination #lizard girl #beardie #unnerving

[zuble]

the thing about bearded dragons is that when they’re happy and healthy, they are absolutely the most wonderful silliest little beasts you will ever have the pleasure of knowing. you will have them snuggling into you like a kitty cat. getting sweet little kissies from them. just an all around good friend.

but also they are shitty little toddlers who hate being healthy and happy and will develop an infection the very moment the season changes. or will seek out the one single cricket with parasites to gobble up. or will refuse to eat their vegetables with supplements sprinkled on top and develop metabolic bone disease. or will shit directly onto their food.

and none of the veterinarians within a 100 mile radius know anything about herpetology.

#i still don’t know whether to get a cat or another beardie when petrie passes #because i am THE beardie person. i understand them. i know how to properly care for them and give them a good home #but also FUCK it’s like having an actual stupid baby #but they are so goddamn good and cute and sweet #it feels good to take care of them #but they require so much care and attention

[dogtorari]

Rengoku in his crochet-made hut! It’s so soft 😍

#adorable #animals #pets #animal lover #lol #vet tech #vet nurse #artist #cats #exotic pets #cat mom #cat #reptiles #digital artist #bearded dragon #herpetology #reptile #beardie #bearded dragons #beardies