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I want a BD and i have been reading so much about than.. I have 4 anloes 2male and 2 female i have 2 in one tank and the other two in a tank.. They have 40watt light on them and i was going to get a BD but I do not want the power bill to get super high..
so I have two 40 watts lights on and i was going to build a cage for the BD.. The cage was going to be 4'long and 2'high and 2'deep what size light would i need???? so if you can help me.. thank

You shouldn't get beardeds if you're worrying about the power bill. Cos you need to be able to heat them more than a 40 watt can handle and you need UV lighting

yea you are right....

youll definatly need higher wattage bulbs to heat a 4x2 it takes me a 65 watt bulb to heat the one 2x2 i have. and one 100 wattt and one 65 watt to heat my 4x2 and like said youll need UVB lighting, and if you are raising a baby, tons of crickets each week, they go through A LOT =) when carrick was growing up he was going through sometimes almost 100 crickets a day he would eat 30, 40, sometimes even 50 small crickets in a feeding, its not bad if you buy bulk but then youll also need housing for the crickets and youll need to feed all of those crickets too. Plus you go through a lot of veggies. hope this helps a little, its not really all that expensive to raise one dragon, but its always a good idea not to go into it with just enough money, there are always extra expenses and a good back up supply for unexpected vet visits is always a good idea, cant skimp and raise a healthy dragon too =)

can some one post a pic if a cage set up for a BD thank