Introduction to Bearded Dragons

ʻO nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi, i ʻike ʻia ʻo Pogona, he mau reptile hoihoi i loaʻa ka kaulana ma ke ʻano he mau holoholona ma muli o ko lākou hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa a me nā pono mālama haʻahaʻa. He ʻōiwi maoli kēia mau mea kolo ma Australia a ua ʻike ʻia no ko lākou ʻano ʻumiʻumi ʻokoʻa, i hana ʻia e nā unahi spiky ma lalo o ko lākou auwae. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i kekahi mau mea hoihoi e pili ana i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi, ko lākou ʻano kino, ka noho ʻana, ka meaʻai, ka ʻano, a me nā mea hou aku.

ʻO ke ʻano a me nā ʻano kino

ʻO nā moʻo ʻumiʻumi he mau moʻo liʻiliʻi, me nā pākeke maʻamau i hiki i ka lōʻihi ma kahi o 18 a 24 iniha, me ko lākou huelo. ʻO kā lākou hiʻohiʻona ʻike nui ʻia ʻo nā unahi spiny i hana ʻia he "ʻumiʻumi" ma lalo o ko lākou auwae. Ke hoʻoweliweli a hōʻike ʻia paha ka mana, hoʻohūhū lākou i ko lākou ʻumiʻumi a ʻeleʻele. He poʻo huikolu ko lākou, he kino ākea, a he mau lālā paʻa me nā maiuu ʻoi. He ʻokoʻa ka waihoʻoluʻu o ko lākou ʻili, mai ka ʻulaʻula, hina, a me ka ʻeleʻele, me kekahi poʻe e hōʻike ana i nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā kaha.

ʻO Habitat a me ka Hoʻokaʻawale ʻana

He ʻōiwi maoli kēia mau mea kolo i nā ʻāina maloʻo o Australia, me nā wao nahele a me nā ululāʻau o ka hikina a me nā wahi waena o ka ʻāina. Hoʻopili maikaʻi ʻia lākou i kēia mau kaiapuni paʻakikī a hiki ke ʻike ʻia e hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ma luna o nā pōhaku a i ʻole ke kau ʻana ma nā lālā lāʻau e hoʻoponopono ai i ka mahana o ko lākou kino. He mau holoholona kaulana hoʻi nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa a hānai ʻia lākou i ke pio ʻana, e hiki ai iā lākou ke loaʻa i ka poʻe hoihoi reptile a puni ka honua.

ʻAi a me nā hana hānai

He omnivorous nā ʻumiʻumi, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻai lākou i nā mea kanu a me nā holoholona liʻiliʻi. ʻO kā lākou meaʻai, ʻo ia hoʻi nā insects, e like me ka crickets, mealworms, a me silkworms, a me nā lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea kanu, e like me kale, collard greens, a me kāloti. Loaʻa i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ʻōpio nā koi protein kiʻekiʻe a makemake lākou e ʻai i nā iniseti hou aʻe, ʻoiai ʻo nā pākeke e ʻai i ka nui o nā mea kanu. He mea nui ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā meaʻai like ʻole e hōʻoia i ka meaʻai kūpono a pale i nā hemahema o ka meaʻai.

Nā hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o nā ʻumi ʻumi

ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi i ko lākou kala kino. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopōʻeleʻele i ko lākou ʻili no ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka wela a i ʻole e hoʻomāmā iā ia e hōʻike i ka wela nui. Kōkua kēia iā lākou e hoʻoponopono i ka mahana o ko lākou kino, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā manawa like ʻole o ka lā a i ʻole i ka pane ʻana i nā kūlana kaiapuni. Hoʻohui hou, loaʻa i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi kahi gland kūikawā ma ko lākou mau wāwae hope e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻokuʻu i ka paʻakai nui, e kōkua iā lākou e ola i ko lākou mau wahi maloʻo.

Hana hou a me ke ola

Hiki i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ke oʻo i ka moekolohe ma kahi o hoʻokahi a ʻelua mau makahiki. I ka wā hānau, hōʻike nā kāne i ke ʻano o ka ʻāina a komo i nā hōʻikeʻike poʻo e huki i nā wahine. Hoʻopaʻa nā wahine i nā hua i loko o nā pūnana i ʻeli ʻia ma ka lepo one. ʻO ka manawa incubation ma kahi o 60 a 80 mau lā, e pili ana i ka mahana. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻo ka mahana incubation e hoʻoholo ai i ke ʻano o nā ʻōpuʻu keiki, me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka wela e hoʻonui ai i nā kāne a me nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa e hoʻonui ai i nā wahine.

Kūkākūkā a me ka hana

Hōʻike nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole e kamaʻilio pū kekahi i kekahi a me ko lākou puni. ʻO ke poʻo poʻo he ʻano maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia e nā kāne e hōʻoia i ka mana aupuni a i ʻole ka huki ʻana i ka hoa. Hoʻokomo pū lākou i ka hoʻoluli lima, i manaʻo ʻia he ʻano hoʻohaʻahaʻa. He maʻalahi nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi a hiki ke maʻalahi ke mālama ʻia ke hoʻopili pono ʻia. Eia nō naʻe, hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i ka huhū inā manaʻo lākou e hoʻoweliweli ʻia, i hele pinepine ʻia me ka ʻakaʻaka, hoʻonui i ko lākou ʻumiʻumi, a me ka nahu ʻana.

Ke ola a me ke ola kino

Me ka mālama pono, hiki i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ke ola no 10 a 15 mau makahiki a ʻoi aku paha. ʻO ka mālama ʻana i kahi noho kūpono me nā mahana kūpono, nā kukui UVB, a me ka meaʻai kaulike he mea nui ia no ko lākou olakino a maikaʻi. Manaʻo ʻia ka nānā ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau e nānā i ko lākou kaumaha, nānā i nā parasites, a hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia olakino. Hiki i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ke loaʻa i ka maʻi iwi metabolic inā ʻaʻole lākou e loaʻa i ka calcium a me ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka vitamina D3.

Nā ʻano Deragona ʻumiʻumi kaulana

Nui nā ʻano o nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi, a ʻo ka mea maʻamau i mālama ʻia ʻo ka Inland Bearded Dragon (Pogona vitticeps). ʻO nā ʻano mea kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ka Rankin's Dragon (Pogona henrylawsoni) a me ka Hikina ʻumiumi Dragon (Pogona barbata). Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻano kona ʻano ponoʻī a me nā koi mālama, no laila he mea nui e noiʻi a hoʻomaopopo i nā pono kikoʻī o ka ʻano āu e koho ai ma ke ʻano he pipi.

Nā Nihi ʻumiʻumi ma ke ʻano he Piʻi

Hana nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi i nā holoholona maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe hoihoi reptile o nā pae ʻike āpau. He maʻalahi lākou, maʻalahi ke mālama, a he haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā mea kolo ʻē aʻe. Eia nō naʻe, pono e hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi paʻa kūpono e like me ko lākou wahi kūlohelohe, e komo pū me kahi wahi hoʻomaha, nā wahi huna, a me nā kukui kūpono a me ka hoʻomehana. He mea koʻikoʻi ka lawelawe maʻamau a me ka launa pū ʻana i mea e ʻoluʻolu ai lākou a maʻa i ka launa pū ʻana o ke kanaka.

Nā ʻike hoihoi e pili ana i nā ʻumi ʻumi

1. He maka ʻekolu ko nā ʻumiʻumi maka, i kapa ʻia he maka parietal, aia ma luna o ko lākou poʻo. ʻAʻole hoʻohana ʻia kēia maka no ka ʻike maka akā hiki ke ʻike i nā loli o ka māmā a me ka neʻe ʻana, e kōkua iā lākou e pale aku i nā mea ʻaihue.

2. Ua ʻike ʻia nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi no ko lākou hiki ke "hele lima." Hoʻohana lākou i ko lākou mau lālā mua e hele ma ko lākou mau wāwae hope, e hana ana i kahi hiʻohiʻona leʻaleʻa a leʻaleʻa.

3. Hiki i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ke hoʻokahe i ko lākou huelo ma ke ʻano he mea pale. Ke hoʻomau nei ka huelo kaʻawale i ka wiliwili ʻana i nā mea ʻaihue i ka wā e pakele ai ka moʻo.

4. He mea piʻi maikaʻi kēia mau mea kolo a hiki ke kau i nā pōhaku a me nā lālā me ka maʻalahi. Loaʻa iā lākou nā manamana wāwae kūikawā e hāʻawi iā lākou i kahi paʻa ikaika.

5. ʻO nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi he mau lā, ʻo ia hoʻi, he hana lākou i ke ao a hiamoe i ka pō. Hoʻohana nui lākou i ka manawa e hoʻomaha ai ma lalo o nā kukui wela e hoʻoponopono i ka mahana o ko lākou kino.

6. Hiki i kekahi mau ʻumiʻumi ke noho i loko o nā hui, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe ke kaʻawale. Hoʻokumu lākou i nā hierarchies i loko o kā lākou mau pūʻulu, me nā poʻe koʻikoʻi e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano koʻikoʻi i nā subordinates.

7. He ʻano pale kūʻokoʻa ko nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi i kapa ʻia ʻo "gaping." Ke hoʻoweliweli ʻia, hāmama lākou i ko lākou waha ākea, e hōʻike ana i kahi waha ʻeleʻele e hoʻoweliweli i nā mea ʻaihue.

8. Loaʻa i kēia mau mea kolo ke ahonui kiʻekiʻe no ka wela a hiki ke kū i nā mahana a hiki i 100 degere Fahrenheit. Eia nō naʻe, maʻalahi lākou i ke koʻikoʻi wela ke hāʻawi ʻole ʻia me nā wahi hoʻoluʻu kūpono.

9. Hiki i nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi ke ʻala a hoʻohana i ko lākou alelo e hōʻiliʻili i nā mea ʻala mai ko lākou kaiapuni. Kōkua kēia iā lākou e ʻimi i ka meaʻai a ʻike i nā mea hoʻoweliweli.

10. ʻIke ʻia nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi no ko lākou ʻimi ʻimi a hiki ke lilo i mea paʻakikī me kā lākou mau mea nona. Me ka manawa a me ke ahonui, hiki iā lākou ke aʻo ʻia e ʻike i nā mea nona lākou a pane i ko lākou alo.

Ka hopena a me nā mea nui e lawe ai

ʻO nā ʻīlio hae ʻumi he mau mea kolo me nā ʻano kino kūʻokoʻa a me nā ʻano hoihoi. ʻO ko lākou hiki ke hoʻololi i ka waihoʻoluʻu, ko lākou helehelena ʻumiʻumi, a me kā lākou "hele wāwae" acrobatic e lilo lākou i koho kaulana no ka poʻe hoihoi reptile. Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i ka noho kūpono, ka meaʻai, a me ka mālama ʻana, hiki i kēia mau mea ʻoluʻolu ke ulu maikaʻi e like me nā holoholona no nā makahiki he nui. ʻO ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kā lākou ʻano kūlohelohe, nā ʻano kamaʻilio, a me nā koi olakino he mea nui ia no ka hōʻoia ʻana i ko lākou olakino holoʻokoʻa. Ma ke ʻano he holoholona a i ʻole nā ​​kumuhana o ke aʻo ʻana, e hoʻomau nā ʻīlio ʻumiʻumi iā mākou me ko lākou ʻano hoihoi.