Care Sheet for Bearded DragonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.62 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 01/22/2007 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Bearded Dragons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Minor |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Bearded Dragon |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | N/A |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males have two hemipenes (bumbs) underneath the tail,Females have one or none.Males also have larger heads than the females. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Adults and juveniles should be placed in sand so they can dig burrows.Baby beardies should have news paper or reptile cage carpet because if the sand is digested it can tighten the digestive tracks and kill them.Once and awhile you can mist the tank with water to give little humidity but never have the humidity level high in the enclosure because they are dessert animals. |
Lighting and UVB: | Bearded dragons like very warm climates because they are dessert animals so a UVA Basking Spot bulb(100-150 watts) is needed and a reptile fixture of uva and uvb lights(100 watt). |
Temperatures and Humidity: | The temperature in the enclosure should be about from 90-110 degrees.At night the temperature should be dropped to about 60 degrees no lower.Bearded dragons never need humidity only for shedding which you can just mist the with a water. |
Heating and Equipment: | Use a porcelain lamp and a 100 or 150 watt bulb for heating.Then for sunlight a reptile fixture of uva and uvb light rays. |
Caging Provided: | Baby’s 10-20 gallon glass reptile tank
Juveniles 40 gallon glass reptile tank
Adults 50-70 gallon glass reptile tank
You can always build your own enclosure wood and cage material. |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Since bearded dragons are omnivores and insectivores it means they eat plant,animal,and insects.When feeding it is needed to sprinkle or dust Rep-Cal Calcium with Vitamin D3 so that they can get calcium to help the grow.
Water is not need because they get there water from there veggies.But you can put a bowl of water in the tank.
Veggies-collard greens,squash,Romain lettuce,carrots, dandelion greens,snow peas,turnip greens,and mustard greens.
NEVER FEED them broccoli,spinach it can bind the calcium digestion.
Insects-crickets
Never feed them wild insects from outside because they have parasites and pesticides.Also don’t feed them pinky mice,meal worms,or fire flies. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Rep-Cal Calcium with Vitamin D3 dust on crickets and veggies.Warning if you put to much you can kill your bearded dragon about a pinch of calcium is needed. |
Maintenance: | Bearded Dragons tend to be messy reptiles so you should get a reptile scooper or strainer for the sand.If you do use sand you should change it every two months.If you use news paper just replace it.If you use reptile carpet just soak it in hot water and scrub it and put it back in the tank. |
Some Words on this Species: | Bearded dragons are one of the best reptile pets to have because you can pick them and hold them.when they are little its the best to handle them because when they are older they can get use to you . |
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