bearded dragon tips?

[siz]

Bearded Dragons are awesome pets! I have a few any really enjoy them. They can be expensive though and they eat a LOT.
You do need to get a tank. One beardie will eventually need about a 50g or 60g tank. It's better to start off with a 20g tank if you get a younger one. It puts less stress on the animal and it makes it easier for it to find food etc. This will last for a while before you will need to get it's adult enclosure.
You will need a UV light and also a heat light. Put the heat light to one side of the tank. This will create a hot side and a cool side. Beardies like warm temperatures..the hot side should be 95f to about 105f and the cool side 80f at the lowest. Buy a thermometer (preferably digital) to read the temps.

Beardies eat crickets, mealworms, superworms, hornworms, roaches etc. Crickers are a staple food you can buy at pretty much any pet store. Before you feed crickets to your dragon they should be "gut-loaded" which means you feed them healthy food so your dragon is eating a healthy, nutricious cricket. Insects should be supplemented with calcium and vitamin powder. I use ReptiVite vitamins. To supplement, you "dust" the insects by putting them in a bag or container and adding a small amount of powder and you shake 'em! (Not too hard LOL) This will lightly dust the crickets in powder. Calcium a few times a week and vitamin once or twice a week.
They also eat veggies..dark leafy greens are best. I will try and find a link to a food guide. Some veggies are bad for dragons so make sure you research.
They get their water from veggies and also from occasional tank mistings.

Ummm that's all I can think of right now...I'll give you a link to an awesome group of care sheets and if you have any other questions I'd love to help!
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OH and here are some pictures of the little fellas

[Wolfus_305]

That's some really good information!
My beardie has a piece of wood to climb on near his baking spot, he sleeps there a lot. He also has a little half-hollowed-out log that he liked to sleep in...he's too big now but he sort of lays across it now.

Awww the second picture is so cute! What character!!

Kendra

[auburn_09]

Originally Posted by siz

Bearded Dragons are awesome pets! I have a few any really enjoy them. They can be expensive though and they eat a LOT.
You do need to get a tank. One beardie will eventually need about a 50g or 60g tank. It's better to start off with a 20g tank if you get a younger one. It puts less stress on the animal and it makes it easier for it to find food etc. This will last for a while before you will need to get it's adult enclosure.
You will need a UV light and also a heat light. Put the heat light to one side of the tank. This will create a hot side and a cool side. Beardies like warm temperatures..the hot side should be 95f to about 105f and the cool side 80f at the lowest. Buy a thermometer (preferably digital) to read the temps.

Beardies eat crickets, mealworms, superworms, hornworms, roaches etc. Crickers are a staple food you can buy at pretty much any pet store. Before you feed crickets to your dragon they should be "gut-loaded" which means you feed them healthy food so your dragon is eating a healthy, nutricious cricket. Insects should be supplemented with calcium and vitamin powder. I use ReptiVite vitamins. To supplement, you "dust" the insects by putting them in a bag or container and adding a small amount of powder and you shake 'em! (Not too hard LOL) This will lightly dust the crickets in powder. Calcium a few times a week and vitamin once or twice a week.
They also eat veggies..dark leafy greens are best. I will try and find a link to a food guide. Some veggies are bad for dragons so make sure you research.
They get their water from veggies and also from occasional tank mistings.

Ummm that's all I can think of right now...I'll give you a link to an awesome group of care sheets and if you have any other questions I'd love to help!
Exclusive Dragons - Bearded Dragon Care Information Library!

By vitamins once or twice a week you mean D3?? If so, d3 should be given once, maybe even once every two weeks. Sorry thats just me and from what I have heard people say. It can be dangerous if you give too much.

The only thing you didn't touch on was substrates. Not that beardies have such a big issue with it as other reptiles, but still. Some people use uth, others prefer just the basking. honestly I don't know why people would want to give a belly burn. As I said, thats just me. Also, keep an open mind to everyones' suggestions on substrates because it is a topic that is over used and over discussed. I have heard people condem everything even paper towels, so take all advice with a grain of salt. me, for example, I use ground walnut shells (the one zilla makes) as substrate for my beardies. I love it, and I've never had issues. But you would not believe the things people say to me because they've "heard" or "read" some people's bad experiences. Which is unfortunate, but not very common in my opinion. I mean honestly, the people you actually run into on the internet that have actually had negative experiences with substrates is very small. If you notice most people that post just say they've heard. Anyway what I am trying to say is after thorough research on proper husbandry in general you can start making your own conclusions.