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Questioner Asked: How do you clean your wings?

Most of the time I don't really have to! I will comb my wings every other day or so if it's been windy, but mostly I just give a good rinse in the shower, kind of like a bird in a bath!

Voided Asked: What are your parents like?

My mom and dad are two that try to do their best I think, although they are divorced now thanks to their different ways they think parenting should happen. My dad is very traditional Fire Thora. He tried to shape our horns and wanted my sister to join the guard. But, my mom like any Air Thora, is more free spirited. After my dad drove my sister away, she couldn't stand to be with him any more. I guess sometimes that's life.

JustQuestion Asked: Do you have a horse?

I don't own the horse, but my mother does! Her name is Halder, and she is 22 years old now! I don't own a horse myself because they are a lot of work and money to keep. I have enough time only for my dear dragon sister!

RandomQ Asked: Why do you have a wood burning stove?

Oh! You must be from the Mainland! If this is your first time visiting, here, Thorians from the homeland don't use many technologies. Here we have radio, plumbing, and some lightings. But we don't use technology where it isn't needed. We use mage powered fridges with runestones and cook with fire, magic or wood. Since I am Fire Thora, I often use magic. And yes! That means no phone. We like things not to change too much in our long lives.

Howdy! This, isn't my normal kind of post. But, I'd like to emplore any of my followers or anyone reading this post to please read below. Here, I will be talking about Nutrition for Bearded Dragons. I have no Nutrition credentials, I am not a Vet, I am not a scientist or something like that. I am just a regular fella on the internet doing my best to gather information for others to look at, and correct should I get anything wrong. Specifically, this is regarding Calcium in greens for beardies! As many beardie owners know, when you look for "greens list for bearded dragon" you'll find at least 10 websites pop up, each will have their own iteration on a list of greens, some including fruits, some including foragables. It got me wondering why none of these websites could agree. Well. TLDR. They're all just making the information up. Not a single one of them cites their sources, and all of them seem to be working on things they've heard from other people but never looked in to. So! I looked into it. Here are my primary sources of information: USDA Food Data Center, how you use this website is you type the food into the search bar. For leafy greens, like for bearded dragons, you go to the "SR Legacy" tab, and then you'll find the foods there. (This applies to any basic ingredient food). This website has nutritional breakdowns of every single food you can imagine, from Collard Greens to Taco Bell. (For branded foods be mindful of when the data was collected. It may be outdated.) And! Oxalate.org This website is put together by a Kidney Stone patient, I personally have gone through and checked their sources to the best of my ability. Many of the the links are dead unfortunately. The 1984 study cannot be taken at face value as it often vastly over-calculates the oxalate counts in several greens, Collard greens is it's most egregious case of this. If the 1984 study is the only source that comes up for a green, I have personally noted it as having No Available Data because of it's inaccuracies. Alright. Let's get into the meat of this. Bearded Dragons need greens that I will refer to as Calcium Positive. What this means, is that I want there to be more Calcium, then Phosphorous and Oxalic Acid combined. Phosphorous and Oxalic Acid prevent Calcium Absorption, and specifically, too much Oxalic Acid, also called Oxalates, will cause Kidney Stones in humans. (Thus why it's important for us to avoid high oxalate greens sometimes.) So what I want, is a green that has at LEAST two times more Calcium than Phos (Phosphorous) and Ox (Oxalates) because that'll mean your beardie is getting plenty of calcium from their greens! Here is an example of what I mean: Calcium: 20mg (milligrams) Phosphorous: 5mg Oxalate: 5mg Would mean that there is 20mg of Calcium, and, 10 mg of Phos and Ox Combined. This means, it has a Ratio, of Calcium to Phos and Ox, of 2 : 1. Another definition: "Staple green", this just means, something that you can feed your beardie every single day, this green is Calcium Positive, with a ratio of at LEAST 1.5 : 1 , as this is the lower end threshhold I see for folk who like to identify Staples. Now that we know how I'm calculating these ratios. Let's go down my source-cited list of greens I regularly, and actively recommend people feed their beardies as Staple Greens.

Ratios are Calcium : Phosphorous & Oxalate Information sourced from USDA Food Data Center and oxalate.org. Cactus Pad: 10.25 : 1 Nutrition Table Kale: 4.54 : 1 Nutrition Table Collards: 3.57 : 1 Nutrition Table Fresh Basil: 3.161 : 1 Nutrition Table Arugula: 3.057 : 1 Nutrition Table Beet Greens 2.85 : 1 Nutrition Table Dandelion Green: 2.83 : 1 Nutrition Table Parsley 2.19 : 1 Nutrition Table Turnip Green: 2.07 : 1 Nutrition Table Mustard Greens 1.85 : 1 Nutrition Table Rapini: 1.48 : 1 Nutrition Table Celery 1.48 : 1 Nutrition Table These greens are all Calcium Positive, with a minimum ratio at (or close enough to) 1.5 : 1. Please take note of the ‼️ and the note in parenthesis besides them. These are greens that should not be fed every day, but they are still Calcium Positive for greens below.

@maldefekt Asked: Can Thorians travel to other worlds?

Um, Thorians don't even really travel to other countries, let alone outside the world. I don't know if anyone can do that? I think I would have heard about it at least on the radio? I think only Voidwalker could do that, if they were even real. But that is just legends.

Questioner Asked: Why do Water and Earth Thorians have snouts, but Air and Fire don't?

I don't know, but my friend Fasrin thinks it has to do with our lifestyles from long ago. Earth Thora ate more nuts and bone for calcium. Maybe Water Thora did similar?