u/The-Dragon_Queen — reddlx

Image 1 — Finally brave enough to share my enclosure with y’all!

Finally brave enough to share my enclosure with y’all!

I have put a lot of time, love and passion into creating this enclosure for my chameleon, Dracarys. Like many of us here, I had to learn a lot when I first got him. I went through 2 previous enclosures prior to this. It’s a Catio converted into this little masterpiece!

I got the Catio brand new from Amazon for just over $100. All plants and vines on the inside are live or bamboo sticks. I only use fake plants on the outside to hide ugly equipment and to give Dracarys more privacy.

I love getting feedback and kind criticism but please be kind. This is something I am very proud of and love helping others get their enclosures set up, so any questions are also welcome.

What do y’all think?

Edit: I said Costco and not Amazon lol I got the Catio from Amazon.

u/The-Dragon_Queen — 4 days ago

▲ 1 r/sleep

Overwhelmed looking for a good pillow

I have done everything I can think of for my neck pain. I’m convinced at this point it’s something with my sleep. We replaced our mattress earlier this year and I noticed a change but my neck is still so bad, tension headaches daily. Botox injections don’t help. So I started looking into pillows for side sleepers. (Whatever side I sleep on, the opposite side hurts worse) I even stole a hotel pillow while hungover cause I thought it was pure magic (gross and it was not)

So here I am looking for a good side -sleeper pillow and the options are beyond overwhelming. I’m not as worried about price, I just want relief. I’d love to get some recommendations from people who have invested in a good pillow and it paid off.

Thanks y’all!

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 21 days ago

▲ 15 r/EstrangedAdultKids

Found out mom has cancer and I laughed.

I found out last week that my estranged mother has breast cancer. (It’s not advanced or progressed at all and was caught as early as you can.) I am feeling guilty because I could not help but find it funny. Not like a silly joke but the irony is hilarious to me. I’m not sure if that makes me a bad person so let me explain.

I do reiki energy work. I focus a lot on physical alignments impacted by unaligned chakras. The irony is killing me here. The breasts are directly associated with the heart chakra, which is everything with love. Then you tie that with what breasts are intended for… feeding your child. Giving your child life.

To be diagnosed now, after 2 years estranged. In that time she has never reached out and ignored me when I have found myself weak and texted her. However, she responded to my husband in a heartbeat when we were dealing with a legal issue and she wouldn’t respond to me (she is weirdly obsessed with him and thinks he could do better)

Has anyone else learned of an estranged parent’s diagnosis and laughed? I don’t think I’m a bad person for this but I can’t help but think anyone without details would definitely label me a horrible person.

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 1 month ago

▲ 4 r/Utah

Anyone else concerned about Taylorsville Fireworks?

I’m confused. I thought Cox finally banned fireworks statewide? Nothing makes me lose confidence in this state’s leadership than seeing fireworks as we are all suffocating from smoke and have towns running out of water.

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 2 months ago

▲ 2 r/AskLawyers

TTI hired kidnappers self defense

I am in Utah but this applies to the entire US.

I am a TTI (Troubles Teen Industry) survivor. I am in groups that talk about our experiences and help others navigate their own current situation. Something came up that I can’t stop wondering about.

It’s common for parents to have staff from these places come in the middle of the night and essentially kid nap their kid to take them away.

Question: if that child keeps a knife in their bed. If they use that knife and kills the hired kidnapper. Would the child be charged or would this fall under stand your ground because the child did not know it was a hired kidnapper?

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 2 months ago

▲ 78 r/PetPeeves

Before and after photos posted wrong

This infuriates me to no end! You don’t type “before and after” then posts the pictures After and then Before!!!! This is incorrect and irks my brain so bad. When did this start? Why is this happening?

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 2 months ago

▲ 3.4k r/RecklessBen+2 crossposts

American Fork, Utah City council is grilled in regards to AFPD conduct

I edited the video to include captions. The full meeting can be found here

u/Open_Pound — 2 months ago

▲ 157 r/Utah

This groovy fish driving down redwood made my day yesterday!

u/The-Dragon_Queen — 2 months ago

▲ 11 r/Koi

Sad update

I posted recently about the 3 koi we rescued. I had shared a pic of our boy Romeo and the short story of how we found them. (I’ll edit to add that post here)previous post

As soon as we welcomed them into the pond, their personalities came out. Romeo and the smaller of the two girls (princess) became so friendly and would come to us when we put our hands in the water. The bigger girl (Queen) teases us, comes over and then swims away.

Even our other fish became more social and playful. We have a current that runs through part of our pond and they all play in the current more than they ever have.

We were pretty certain that both girls were probably ready to spawn when we got them. Well, as soon as they were happy in the pond, spawning behavior went wild. For the first time in 3 years of having a koi pond, I actually saw Princess lay eggs. I was shocked by it.

Unfortunately, the morning after, she started slowing down and staying in the shallow areas a lot. We moved her to an isolation pool with extra salt. She didn’t have any wounds or anything of that sort. By the evening she was having buoyancy issues, going to her side but not completely upside down. I made her a little swim chair with pool noodles and soft mesh for her to sit in and stay upright over night. This morning she was still good, seemed to have some more fight in her. She kept getting out of the swim chair after staying in it all night. I really thought we were in the clear. I was wrong, she passed this afternoon.

Y’all I am devastated. I know so many people would call me crazy for being a complete mess today but I’m so sad about losing her. I knew I needed to make a post cause I need people who understand the heartbreak in losing fish. I’m so attached to all my fish but some just have a way of melting my heart and she was definitely one of them.

I posted a picture of the swim chair I made. If you have feedback or if I did something wrong, please tell me but please be kind. I’m already struggling with this loss.

u/The-Dragon_Queen — 3 months ago

▲ 35 r/Koi

Grab the tissues and meet the most adorable koi you’ll ever see!

(Please excuse the algae, it’s been a battle this spring)

We just rescued three 20”-24” butterflies. We showed up and they were in a cooler. All he had and claimed they had lived in was a pond 3ft in diameter and about 1 ft deep pond…. that was in a caged in dog-run converted to a massive bird cage. With about 40 birds.

While they are beautifully stunning; they have obviously been through hell, one is missing a large part of his fin. (Don’t freak out; We treated them and quarantined them prior to introducing them to our main pond.)

When we put them in our pond, my heart broke. It reminded me of the videos you see of caged animals being released for the first time. They didn’t move and stayed at the shallow area of the pond. They finally turned around and realized the whole world behind them. Once they saw all that room, they circled the pond for hours, they would put their faces up in the waterfall. Truly dancing with each other and meeting our other fish. In that moment the entire energy of our pond changed. Fish we have had for years that have always been skittish started coming up to us.

This particular “gentle-fish” has absolutely captured my heart. He comes up to the surface and just looks at my husband and me. I know it’s cooky but I really feel like he knows we saved him and his lady friends. He looks at us and I truly feel appreciation from him.

So without further ado, I’d like to introduce Romeo, the fish with the most adorable face.

u/The-Dragon_Queen — 3 months ago

▲ 37 r/Koi

Anyone else have plecos with their koi? Also a pic of our new beast of a pleco! He is 15 inches long!!

u/The-Dragon_Queen — 3 months ago

▲ 5 r/Koi

What are these worm things that resemble tiny leaches. Found when adjusting rocks and flipped one

u/The-Dragon_Queen — 3 months ago

▲ 104 r/dashcams

Edit your videos!

Y’all! Stop uploading a 5 min video for the incident to be the last 15 seconds. No one is wants to watch you drive normal for 5 min.

Rant over.

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 3 months ago

▲ 12 r/legaladvice

Reporting a possible serious crime

Location: Utah, Okay so this is super wild and doesn’t even seem real.

About 11 years ago I knew someone who was pregnant, I happened to be pregnant at the same time. She had other kids she homeschooled and she lived off the state and benefits. She never got medical care for the baby and delivered at home. Shortly after we lost contact.

Fast forward her older child (Amy) got in touch with my child(Nikki) Both were around 10 at the time the baby was born. Amy reached out because of a legal case against her sexual abuser and asked if Nikki remembered anything that happened. Which in talking about everything Nikki asked Amy how her little sister was, referring to the baby who should now be about 10. Amy was genuinely confused and asked who Nikki was talking about. Amy was there when the baby was born, witnessed the baby being born, when she was about 9-10 years old herself. So this was obviously weird. When Nikki pushed more in a later conversation Amy claimed that the baby went crazy and now lives in a psyche ward.

I have racked my brain, I have dug online and I cannot find any information on this baby. I have a picture of myself holding my baby and the baby in question but ultimately that’s the only proof I have this baby ever existed. I can’t fight the sick feeling that the mother did something to the baby. Her lifestyle was why we parted ways, she openly did drugs while pregnant with all her kids. Just all around reckless behavior.

I don’t even know if something has been done. I don’t know what to do with the weird info I do have. I have tried to let it go but it haunts me since finding out the baby is missing. Any advice is welcome.

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u/The-Dragon_Queen — 3 months ago