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Just Got A New Beardie

blaff1990 Mar 26, 2010 08:55 PM

I just got a juvenile (I think about 7 months old) bearded dragon from someone who was moving and couldn't keep him. They have him in an aquarium with sand and a water bowl, but I think I'm going to move him to an aquarium with paper towels instead, because I read that sand is bad for young beardies.

I was wondering, though, how much and what should I feed him? I kept reading different things, and I'm not sure what the right answer is. Also, how long should I keep the UV and fluorescent lights on during the day? Please help! I want him to be healthy!

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BDlvr Mar 27, 2010 11:32 AM

How long is the BD and do you know his weight? Can you post a picture of it's setup?

Daylight should be 14on/10off. Hot side ambient (air temp) should be about 90 with a cool side ambient of 75 if possible. There should also be a basking spot(surface) temp. of 105-115.

This is a great site for BD info. It has a great nutrition guide for salads. http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/home.html

I would feed live food twice daily. And leave a salad in the enclosure in between. If you put a bottomful of water in the salad bowl the salad will stay fresh all day if kept on the cool side.

Dust each live meal except one a week with calcium powder containing D3 and no phosphorus or vitamin A. I use Repcal brand. Once a week dust live food with a vitamin powder. Crickets are your best live food choice. Feed crickets for 24hours prior to feeding them to your dragon. Pet stores sell a grain food made by Flukers which is good. The orange cubes are garbage. Use apple slices for moisture and you can also feed them salad greens. Much of the nutrition in a cricket comes from the food in it's stomach. It's called gutloading.

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