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 Bearded Dragon questions

At what point can a Bearded Dragon have washed play-sand in the enclosure for substrate instead of news-paper and things like that? Also I bought a 10.0 Repti Glo spiral light and it is 26 W, is that good, or should I change it? Oh ps, the Bearded Dragon is only at the 10 inch mark, total length.

Thanks for any help, Tim.
11/01/09  08:04pm

 #2090777


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10.0 Reptiglo is NOT good. Get the ReptiSun 10. and from what I hear NO COIL BULBS, period!

MegaRay and TRex are 2 VERY good MVB bulbs, if you can find those, try them! I have a Trex, and I love the way my beardies colors shine!

Sifted play sand is good after a year old. But play with the temps, because your current light may not get the tank hot enough. Basking should be at 110 F with sand.

Put the dish on a tile area, or feed live feeders out side the tank so your beardie can not eat the sand and get impacted.

Brittany
11/01/09  08:15pm

 #2090782


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Thanks Brittany I will get a Repti-sun bulb as soon as possible, which will be another 2 weeks when payday comes around again. Also I will take away the Repti-glo bulb. I will also try and get a TRex bulb, although I will probably have to order one, and I know what you mean about the colors, when I got mine he(atleats thats what the guy told me, bought the little guy from Ben Siegel reptiles at an expo) was brightly colored not its faded because of bad lighting(uv and the like).

I am not sure on age, and since I am new to beardies, going by size to guess age doesn’t work well for me. So do you think, in your opinion, that I should try it while the little guy is only at the 9.5"/10" mark?

Thanks again, Tim.
11/01/09  08:26pm

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If you take away the ReptiGlo bulb will he have any lighting/heating at all? Someone may come by and correct this, but I think it may be best to keep that light up until you can get a ReptiSun.

What are your temps currently at? And I’m guessing you are currently using paper towel?

I ordered my Trex as well, took quite awhile to get it, so for sure get a ReptiSun in the mean time! Buying lights can become such a hassle sometimes, lol.

You mean try the sand? Well, I’m not very good at guessing age by size either, because it really depends on the beardie, sometimes some are smaller or larger than others. Can you post a pic, would love to see him!? Someone mat be able to better guess the age of your little guy :)

Best of luck!

Brittany
11/01/09  08:51pm

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   Message To: BambiRabbit   In reference to Message Id: 2090787


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Yeah he would still have a heat lamp to use.

Temps currently are at 70-75F at night and mid/high 80s during the day, and yeah paper towels or news paper.

Lol thats for sure!

Alright, I may try a little sand and see how he does over a couple of days, I would think with the right temps if he ate a little he would be alright, I am used to my monitor eating some sand/topsoil mix when he gets his roachs. As for pictures, I will take some tonight and post them sometime later.

Thanks again, Tim.
11/01/09  10:26pm

 #2090874


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Pics are here now.

Dulled out colors.



Full body shot.



Facial close-up.




11/01/09  11:59pm

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He is very handsom :)

You definately need to shut off the ReptiGlo asap. As long as he has a heat source he will be fine without UV until you get the new one. As Brittany stated, the T-Rex flood or the Megaray are the best two MVB’s on the market. They will provid heat and UVB all in one. If you are to use playsand though, you will need another dome with a regular heat bulb to get those temps up to 110f at least, no lower for sand. If his day temps are only in the 80’s right now you will need a higher wattage of bulb for right now. He will not beable to digest his food if temps are that low and may leave him impacted.

T Rex flood

MegaRay

You need at least a 40 gallon breeder tank (36x18x18) to use a MVB due to the high levels of heat and UVB they emitt. Any tank smaller can harm your beardie...

Nancy
11/02/09  06:43am

 #2090934


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Awwwwwwwww he is handsome! Cute little face on him, what a button!

Brittany
11/02/09  06:51am

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like nancy said turn off the reptiglo 4 now he will do fine without it until u get a new one but dont wait to long..but personally at his age i wouldnt do sand until he was older they do just fine on newspaper or tile but if you do like everyone said keep the the temps up



11/02/09  07:05am

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   Message To: Beardychick565   In reference to Message Id: 2090939


 Bearded Dragon questions

Thank you all! I have a 40 gallon breeder he can go into as soon as I finish a small raise up enclosure for my little Black Throat monitor. As for temps I will raise them asap as well, I thought about keeping him more like my monitor but I wasn’t sure if that was better or worse, I’m new to beardies. All I know is the little guy loves his veggies and chasing down roachs.
11/02/09  06:23pm


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