The noise scared my lizard something frightful!

Everyone was okay and no one was badly injured. Except for a patch of my lilies. But they’re pretty resilient.

  • realitista@lemm.ee
    23·
    2 days ago

    You have to be happy for the little things in life like a car not smashing through your conservatory.

  • dan1101@lemm.ee
    7·
    2 days ago

    Once a car jumped the curb and managed to fly over a chain link fence and land in my parents front yard. On flat ground. Had to take the fence apart to get the car out.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
      7·
      2 days ago

      He has his own enclosure, too! But poop really isn’t as issue. They telegraph pretty clearly when they’re about to poop. They’ll move around more frantically before they do, do the classic slight tail lift + butt wiggle, and then decimate everything let it all out. If you’re paying attention, you’ll usually catch them before they stink up your floors.

      Water actually triggers their poop reflex, too! So owners often soak their dragons in the tub to have them poop before letting them roam.

      • Retrograde@lemmy.world
        4·
        2 days ago

        Can you train them to poop in specific areas or is it just a crap shoot?

        Edit: I’m far more interested in your lizard than the dude on your lawn lol

        • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
          5·
          2 days ago

          I personally prefer interesting creatures over vehicular trespassing, so it’s understandable.

          Bearded dragons typically only poop every few days or even once a week! So it’s not like a daily thing, unless there’s something going on with their health or they’ve drank/eaten more than usual (they WILL try to eat as many insects as possible, if given the opportunity!). Plus, it’s not like a dog-sized poop or anything, but it is pretty loose and nasty, admittedly.

          They can’t really be trained to poop in specific places, which is why a lot of owners use the bathtub method. Just fill up the tub/container a bit with warm water (usually it’s enough so that they are submerged up to the base of their tail), put your dragon in, and within a few seconds to minutes, you have a freshly emptied dragon! Just drain/dump the poopy water, and you don’t have to worry about poop on your floors, blankets, yourself, etc.!

  • Justin@lemmy.jlh.nameEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    Bill their insurance for your lilies. Driving is a privilege and drivers should take responsibility for their mistakes while driving.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
      3·
      2 days ago

      Considering the damage they did to the other car involved (you can see their trunk popped open behind the wannabe monster truck), I’m sure they’ll be paying in some way or another. They’re certainly not getting away with it without significant consequences!

      I just had some grass & a few flowers torn up, so I’m very fortunate. Not looking to weaponize the system against them. Just want the folks who suffered the actual damages to get paid. Hopefully this teaches the distracted driver a valuable lesson!

  • Dicska@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 days ago

    Everybody is talking about the lizard but what about the dough (clay?) with the lamp directed at it??

    EDIT: nevermind, I’m an idiot. I had no idea it was a flat rock.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
      9·
      2 days ago

      That’s a flat rock used for basking! It’s supposed to be a bit more off-center from the heat lamp so that it doesn’t get too hot, but he loves to flatten out/pancake on a warm rock.

      • Retrograde@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        Awe :) you’re a good lizard owner. Just look at him looking up at you, like “is it okay to bask right now?”

        • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
          2·
          2 days ago

          Your kindness warms my heart. It means a lot to hear it be said. Thank you!

          He’s a brave boy, and he got to watch the pretty lights of the police cars as they directed traffic, so he was pretty pleased.

  • fitjazz@lemmyf.uk
    18·
    2 days ago

    I was eating at a restaurant one time with some people from out of town when a car drove past the window. Nobody really seemed to interested when I pointed it out until I also pointed out that there is not a road outside that window. The car had jumped the curb, threaded the needle between a stop sign and fire hydrant, and made it about 80 feet through the park before stopping. The cops were still dealing with the guy when I left the restaurant, he was clearly very inebriated.

  • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
    3·
    2 days ago

    That’s what the trees were for! But yeah, someone managed to dodge all that.

    If this was a typical thing, I probably would, but I’m not too worried about repeat instances. I also am fortunate to have a crawlspace under my home, so they’d be hitting the bricks & rebar before they get to my windows.

    However, with those larger stupid trucks I often see, neither a boulder nor a brick barrier would matter much.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
      12·
      2 days ago

      Texting and driving, I think. Please do not check/use your phone while driving!

      I believe they ran a stop sign, hit someone else, & proceeded to drive frantically up the curb. I’m very fortunate they stopped short of my home!

      • froh42@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 days ago

        Speaking for a friend, they crashed the Mini Clubman S I love… sorry, THEY loved very much because of a WhatsApp that just arrived. Some one five cars ahead or so had to slam their brakes - eyes on the street would have made the reaction time “just enough” but even looking away for one second caused the crash.

        Learn from my err friend, don’t look at your phone while driving, even for a very short time.

        Damage on the Mini was more than its worth at the time. No one was injured, but even what looks like a small fender bender can quickly get very expensive nowadays.

      • Peter1986C@lemmings.world
        5·
        2 days ago

        I regard being on the phone while driving, as practically being “under influence”. I mean there are some surprisingly similar symptoms…

        And indeed, a good thing they stopped before hitting your place.

  • VelvetStorm@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 days ago

    Loving all that natural light and those plants! Hey, quick BD question. Has yours ever pooped on its own back? My now deceased dragon, once pooped on his own back, and I have no idea how, but I’ve heard from others that they are messy poopers.

    • SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyzOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Their poop can be pretty nasty, to be sure. Never pooped on his own back directly, but he has done things like walk through it, or fall off his basking platform into it. It’s absolutely possible that your dragon fell into it while climbing.

      To be fair, if he poops in his enclosure, my dragon will run away from it and frantically claw at the glass (also called glass-surfing) until I clean it up. He HATES having poop in his enclosure!