#pocket dragon

[oldschoolfrp]

The 3-foot long pocket dragon "is lazy and peaceful by nature. The creature shares with dragons a love of hoarding treasure, but its sense of value is not as fine as its larger cousin; its treasure often consists of broken glass and other shiny trinkets." (Pete Young, from AC09: Creature Catalogue for BECMI D&D, TSR, 1986) 

[daily-dragon-drawing]

A dragon who fits in your pocket so they can go everywhere with you?

#133 - 口袋 (kǒudài / pocket) - A conveniently sized buddy! 👀

[miss-bee-cat]

There’s five of them now.

[laurasimonsdaughter]

Dear Domestic Dragons Trust. I’m writing as I’m in need of some help with my newest companion.

I’ve recently acquired a pocket dragon from my elderly neighbors, they’ve recently gone to nursing home and couldn’t care for her any longer. She’s a beautiful little dragon with lovely rose scales. She’s been adjusting to the move well but there is one very serious problem with her, her weight. She’s extremely obese, to the point of looking like a giant pink ball. She has trouble walking and cannot fly at all. She’s always demanding food even just after being fed and worse yet is constantly demanding human food. How do I curb this food behavior and help her lose weight?

Hello!

How sad your neighbours were not able to take their little companion along, but how wonderful that you were willing to adopt her! We deal with a lot of dragons with various health conditions in our shelters and while the solution is rarely one-size-fits-all we can certainly give you some tips:

Focus on your relationship with your new dragon first. It's very good to read that she has adjusted well to the changes in her life, but dragon's tend to get very attached to their owners and it takes them time to switch those affections over to someone else. It's important that you and your dragon bond properly before you start extensively correcting her behaviour. Dragons hold grudges.

Provide enrichment and encourage exercise. Perhaps her former caretakers were not often able to play and travel with their dragon anymore. Excitement and movement are healthy for all dragons and will usually be met with much more enthusiasm than restricting their food. Different dragons like different activities, but you could try setting up a treasure hunt for her with her favourite hoard items, get her a dragon puzzle box, or build a nice lair for her in a hard to reach place. Taking her along with you when you go somewhere is a great way to add enrichment to her life as well! (Some people have enchanted toys for their dragon to chase, but we generally do not recommend this, because not all dragons are able to distinguish between a magically animated toy and actual living creatures.)

Encourage your dragon's natural diet. Most north-western pocket dragons are flying land dragons who are happiest and healthiest on a diet of fruit and cream. They are omnivores, however, and often end up liking human treats. You wrote that she demands human food a lot and that is generally not great for them. So we recommend starting out by giving her plenty of her natural diet while preventing her from eating your food.

With a bit of luck her adjusting to her new life with you, will already have a positive effect on her habits! If you are very worried and would like a proper plan to manage her health, we recommend making an appointment with an occult veterinarian once you have gained her trust. They will be able to give you more specialised advice.

Best of luck!

~ The Domestic Dragon Trust

[pumpkins-art-shenanigans]

My first time making a BJD~

I sculpted her using some Air-dry clay, and the first mistake I made with this project was starting with the head.. 😰 I wasn’t really paying attention when I was sculpting, and it turned out being ridiculously tiny.. I’ll try starting with sculpting the ball joints first from now on with any other BJD’s I’ll try making in the future.. 😅

But other than that, it was pretty fun! 🥰

I knew I wanted to paint her to look like my Pocket Dragons~ there were a few mistakes here and there.. I used an elastic thread from a sock I was throwing away, and ended up stringing her together too tightly, so she keeps curling up in a little ball. Her head doesn’t have enough of a pronounced curve to properly keep her wig on, so it’s basically just balancing on top her head. And i didn’t add enough roundness to the hands & feet joints, so they don’t really pose that well.. 😓

Oh, and her apron dress was made using an old shirt I had to get rid of because it had so many holes.. I reused the thread from the shirt too since it was already the perfect color! I also braided a couple strands of thread together to make the rope around the waist of the dress, and sewed that on with the same thread, it blends in perfectly with the braided rope so you can’t even see the stitches~ 😋

Also… she’s 17 pieces in all, that’s not including accessories… (ie: Dress & wig) I wasn’t expecting it to be that many.. 😅

[thanatosmuse]

I had been designing my OC's dragon form as of late, and came out with this little drawing~

[ectmills]

Today's prompt was Cactus

[thewhimsicalnugget]

This cleaver lil beastie is set to go to her forever home today! Her name is Nebula, she's a baby pocket dragon. Pocket Dragons will stay this size for their whole lives. So there's never a need to worry about housing them! They're quite cozy in there little enclosures, with their glow in the dark mushrooms. ~ 🍄 The Whimsical Nugget 🍄 ~