Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Welcome to kingsnake.com's message board system. Here you may share and discuss information with others about your favorite reptile and amphibian related topics such as care and feeding, caging requirements, permits and licenses, and more. Launched in 1997, the kingsnake.com message board system is one of the oldest and largest systems on the internet.

Click for 65% off Shipping with Reptiles 2 You
Click for 65% off Shipping with Reptiles 2 You
Click here to visit Classifieds
IB Dec 27, 2008 02:34 PM

Hello All,

I've been lurking here for some time now and I've decided to post an intro as I have some questions I'd like to raise in the near future. I'm fairly new to dragons, I have had my two (an Orange German Giant x Blood male & a Lemon Ice female)dragons who I got from A1 Dragons, for about 4 months now, they're a little less than 6 months old I'd guess.

They each have a 55 gallon tank, 100W bulbs for heat and Exo-Terra Repti Glo 10.0 Compact bulbs for their UVA & UVB. Substrate is paper towels. Diet is a varied mix of kale, dandelion, radish greens, collard greens, hibiscus, carrots, squash, sweet potato and the occasional treat of chopped grapes. For insects it's 80% dried crickets then live roaches, grasshoppers, moths, whatever I catch and then dried mealworms for treats occasionally.

I am working on starting a roach breeding program but I'm having a little trouble getting off the ground. I do not have the option of having ANY live feeders shipped to me and none are sold where I live.

Both my dragons have raised basking areas (terra cottta building bricks) which put them between 8 - 12 inches from their heat source depending on where they chose to bask. Temps are 110 basking site, 90 ambient and cool side is 80ish in the days, 70-75 at nights. Their basking spot is also built into a cave which they can still stay warm in but out of direct light. Additionally there are logs for them to climb and hunt.

They eat well and are growing steadily and constantly shedding. I will post pictures in the next few days.

Like I said I have a couple of questions I'd like to ask but just thought I'd get this out of the way first.

Replies (3)

IB Dec 27, 2008 04:21 PM

Here are two pics of my male Sobe
Image, Image" alt="Image">

IB Dec 27, 2008 04:22 PM

Trying again, sorry still new at this....
Image

IB Dec 27, 2008 04:24 PM

Closer shot, his head and legs were in shed here
Image

Site Tools