Bearded Dragon Supply List

Alright so as some of you may know I'm going to pick up a male or female adult Beardie at the reptile expo this Saturday. Now, here are the items I will get at the show, hopefully everything I need will be there:

-Branch/log (the one I have is too large to boil/dry out)
-2 digital thermometers (one for basking spot & one for cool side)
-water dish
-UVB lighting (stretches to fit across my entire 40g enclosure)
-Heat lamp (the dome heat lamp, not sure what watt basking bulb to get)
-Hide

I think there is something I'm missing, not sure what. For the greens I'm going going to put a plastic plate with the greens on it in the enclosure when I feed the Beardie greens. I also have a dish that I could put pellets in.

Here are my questions:

Am I missing anything?
Would a 75 watt bulb be ok to use, meaning, would it produce enough heat?
Do I need to use a basking bulb or would any bulb work as long as the basking temps reach the right temp?

I thought you froze the log, any ways you forgot the substrate, but i would recomend tile since it reduces the risk of impaction

What kind of substrate do you plan on using?

For substrate go with paper towel, newspaper, a non adesive shelf liner, repticarpet, or even tile, like slate tile. ABSOLUTELY NO WALNUT SHELL

What UVB bulb did you get?

Have you tried baking it?
And you could always try a bleach solution to clean the log but you have to use like a 1/4 cup of bleach to a gallon of water to dilute it. I'm pretty sure that's what it's supposed to be, I'll double check. When you do it put it in a bathtub or something with that solution and then be sure to rinse really well with water and make sure there are absolutely no traces of bleach left

Why two digital thermometers? depending on the kind you get, most will show the temperature of where the actual thing is, and where the probe is, if you get one with a probe, which i would say it best because you can stick the probe directly on the basking spot.

Any kind of bulb is ok as long as it gets to the proper temps.

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Originally Posted by Briankm

What kind of substrate do you plan on using?

For substrate go with paper towel, newspaper, a non adesive shelf liner, repticarpet, or even tile, like slate tile. ABSOLUTELY NO WALNUT SHELL

What UVB bulb did you get?

Have you tried baking it?
And you could always try a bleach solution to clean the log but you have to use like a 1/4 cup of bleach to a gallon of water to dilute it. I'm pretty sure that's what it's supposed to be, I'll double check. When you do it put it in a bathtub or something with that solution and then be sure to rinse really well with water and make sure there are absolutely no traces of bleach left

Why two digital thermometers? depending on the kind you get, most will show the temperature of where the actual thing is, and where the probe is, if you get one with a probe, which i would say it best because you can stick the probe directly on the basking spot.

Any kind of bulb is ok as long as it gets to the proper temps.

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I'm still trying to get the UVB, not sure if Petsmart would have them, but I might as well take a look. If not, I'll try to find one at the expo.

I'll try to find some bleach, but I doubt I have any here. I haven't seen any around the house.

For the substrate, I'm using paper towels. I read that playsand is alright for adults, but I'm not risking impaction. I've dealt with impaction before with a Leo I had a long time ago and the results were horrible..

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Originally Posted by Kuba

I thought you froze the log, any ways you forgot the substrate, but i would recomend tile since it reduces the risk of impaction

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I did freeze it, but still found bugs in it.

You will probably find better deals on UVB and such at the show vs. Petsmart. Good luck, Tiff.

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Originally Posted by waltah!

You will probably find better deals on UVB and such at the show vs. Petsmart. Good luck, Tiff.

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Yeah, I was thinking about just waiting until the show. Thanks Walt!

I have a 40 gallon with a beardy and 100 watt zilla spot bulbs works nicely if you clamp light on back of tank to hot if set on top of lid... gives a nice gradient if put on one end.... hope this helps

go to reptile supply print off a copy of pic and price, most petsmarts match prices or petcos match, on light i used a regular light realy doesn't matter to me, best uvb, so far for me is reptisun 10.0 if your getting an adult dragon go for a mecury vaper bulb., tile is one one of my dragons, carpet is on the other, IMO tile is better, but gf like carpet. im sure ya did your research but remember babies eat ALOT of crickets.

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

I did freeze it, but still found bugs in it.

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You crack me up:rofl:

She's not getting a baby, if you read her first post.

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Originally Posted by BOWSER11788

im sure ya did your research but remember babies eat ALOT of crickets.

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I'm not getting a baby:D
More like an adult

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Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons

You crack me up:rofl:

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LOL, how so?

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

LOL, how so?

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It's self explanatory LOL:gj:

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Originally Posted by iCandiBallPythons

It's self explanatory LOL:gj:

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LOL:D You're right.

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

I did freeze it, but still found bugs in it.

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Your supposed to leave it over night, and do you know what temperature your freezer is

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Originally Posted by Kuba

Your supposed to leave it over night, and do you know what temperature your freezer is

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I did leave it in over night LOL. I'll check on the freezer temps right now..

Well, during the night, since the log was too big the freezer door slightly opened up a bit and everything in the freezer defrosted. All the food that was in there needed to be thrown out LOL.. so, I'm not going to try the freezer thing again.. my mom got wayy to pissed at me today for that happening:P

You can skip on the hide, they dont need them.

Make sure your planning on getting a bigger tank soon, adults need at least a 4x2x2 cage.

I'm pretty sure 40 g is the minimum for adults. It can be used, but that's the smallest an adult can be housed in. Matt, she's getting an adult.

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Originally Posted by Briankm

I'm pretty sure 40 g is the minimum for adults. It can be used, but that's the smallest an adult can be housed in. Matt, she's getting an adult.

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I know, Id just dont recommend anything smaller than a 4x2x2 cage, or at least a 75 gallon tank. Just because you can house them in a 40 gallon, does mean that they will like it. Imagine your master bedroom being 6x6x8, could you like in it? Sure, would you like it? I wouldn't.

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

Imagine your master bedroom being 6x6x8, could you like in it? Sure, would you like it? I wouldn't.

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LOL, I would like it:D
I like small spaces, so it wouldn't bother me, but that's just me:D

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Originally Posted by CoolioTiffany

LOL, I would like it:D
I like small spaces, so it wouldn't bother me, but that's just me:D

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And in your case, a huge room:P

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

And in your case, a huge room:P

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The only time I would like a big room is to keep my snakes in if I didn't have a reptile room, which I don't, so the majority of my snakes & reptiles are kept in my room.:D