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I would just like to know what supplies and things that I would need to take care of a bearded dragon .

55 Gallon or a 40 gallon breeder are the best choices
Daylight UVA incandescent bulb & clamp light fixture
Fluorescent UVB reptile light
Children’s play sand or newspaper
Calcium supplement with D3
Vitamin supplement
Food (crickets, mealworms, fresh greens, Rep-Cal pellets)

And a lot more LOL These are just the basics.

OH and a thermometer or two!

>>I would just like to know what supplies and things that I would need to take care of a bearded dragon .
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

A good book is always a great thing to have also..

>>I would just like to know what supplies and things that I would need to take care of a bearded dragon .
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

If you are getting a baby dragon, deffinitely need the following:

20-35 gal tank
papertowel for substrate (or newsprint or butchers paper, anything except grandular substrate (ie calci sand, playsand etc.)
1000 1/4 inch crickets
mixed greens (collard, dandelion, mustard, turnup greens, enchive, escarolie)
Basking log/rock
Feed dishes (any shadow dish will do. Buy extra as you need one for the crickets food as well)
UVB tube (reptiglow 5.0 or 8.0) or mercury vapour bulb (100 or 150 Watt)
Basking light (60-75 Watts spotlight bulb from hardware/walmart type store, strength depends on cage size)
Holded light fixture, purchased rom hardware/lighting store. (just so much cheaper to get these elsewhere than petstore)
multivitamin
Calcium powder with D3 (rep cal D3 is good)
Digital thermometer with probe (walmart for around $15)
Book on Bearded Dragons (or two) and read them before getting the dragon, this way you have a basic understanding of dragon needs.

Set up the tank before getting the dragon so you can make sure the basking temperature reaches between 95-110 F (103 F is good average). One end of the tank should be cooler, about 80F during day, 70-75 F at night.

Try and get your crickets a day or two before you get the dragon so you are all set. This way you are not waiting a day or more for food after your dragon arrives.

Reread your dragon books, write down anything that you are unclear about. Post questions on this forum for additional feedback. You can also search the threads to find answers to many commonly asked questions.

If you decide to get your dragon from a petstore instead of a breeder, do not listen to anything the petstore employee says. Don't buy heat rocks, calci sand, or crickets too big to feed to your little dragon. You are better off going by what is mentioned here (most from long time bearded dragon owners and breeders)as the people here are not trying to sell anything to you just to make a buck (well the breeders are atrying to sell their dragons but 99.99% of them are more concerne their babies are going to a good home than making money...heck, if they wanted to make money, they wouldn't breed bearded dragons...there is not alot off monetary profit in the field).

Sorry for the long winded post but the proper setup and care for a dragon isn't something to be summarized into a few items.