I have a 40 gallon breeder tank with a python in it. I want to make a bigger cage for the python and was thinking of getting a lizard for the 40 gallon. Will a bearded dragon be fine in this? Also what type of heat/lighting sorce do they need. I work at a boarding kennel and we had a bearded dragon stay with us. He was so cool!
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basic needs for beardie..i'm new
janome
May 31, 2004 06:44 AM
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Quickbeam
May 31, 2004 07:36 AM
40 gallon might be okay for a baby but he will quickly outgrow that size home (they eat like maniacs when they are little!)
Beardies run like mad to get to full size and will be 20 inches before you know it feeding the way they do. Get ready to witness cricket genocide on a daily basis, they eat an astonishing amount per sitting!
As far as heating sources go for do not use the heat rocks that many snake owners have, beardies can be burned by them. Beardies prefer basking in a nice hot light so you will need an overhead spotlight with the beam focused on a nice basking spot on one side of the enclosure and a cool end opposite so they can thermoregulate. You'll want to have a digital thermometer in the basking spot so you can be sure of a temp in the 100 degree farenheit range up to 110 or so. The beardie will pick the spot he's happiest in, I've seen mine perfectly happy in up to 118 for short stretches. They are desert animals so they need pretty warm temps.
I'm sure others wil follow with more advice. Beardies are super cool little animals with lots of personality. If properly cared for they are super pets.
QB
beardiedragon
May 31, 2004 08:01 AM
A 40 breeder is the minimum for an adult. I recoment 2'X3' minimum and 2'X4' as a great size. the extra foot gives you a better heat gradient. It is however to big to put a baby into. you would need to section it off.
For answers to common questions
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Bennett
Home Of The Florida Orange
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rjharper
May 31, 2004 11:59 AM
n/p
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Ross
0.1 Bearded Dragon (Fuego, spent the last 10 months thinking she was a he!)
2.1 Roommates (require more cleaning up after than the dragon)
beardiedragon
May 31, 2004 12:36 PM
I thought aranging it in a Q&A fashion would give people specific info that they were looking for.
If anyone doesn't see something they think should be there please shoot me an Email so I can include it in the next revision.
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Bennett
Home Of The Florida Orange
www.beardiedragon.com
