Was my wifes idea

She told me no more reptiles but then she goes and gets a beardie! She knew I wanted one for a while though. I'll post some pics tonight. He/She is just a little one.

We got it in a 20 gal. long. Tile for substrate, bendy vine that goes up for a basking spot close to the lamp and a big wood hideaway for a basking spot. Currently no room in our "reptile" room for it, it's staying in our bedroom temporarily.

She named him/her Toothless.

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She named him/her Toothless.

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Toothless huh? I think I scared my beardie once and he bit me and drew blood. But congrats on the new addition. Bearded dragons are great animals.:gj:

HA! I don't doubt it at all considering my leopard geckos can draw blood. Name came from the move How to train your Dragon, which we both liked.

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HA! I don't doubt it at all considering my leopard geckos can draw blood. Name came from the move How to train your Dragon, which we both liked.

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Ahhhh OK, I have not seen the move yet but I am sure it is a great name based off that.:D

I'll try and get some pics later. The ones I took of him in the viv didn't turn out so great....so here's a vid!

YouTube - Toothless - Attack from above!

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I'll try and get some pics later. The ones I took of him in the viv didn't turn out so great....so here's a vid!

YouTube - Toothless - Attack from above!

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lol i love ur beardie!

Great name!!!

Oh he is a little guy. Hard to believe mine was even smaller then that when I got him. But your dragon sure has a good appetite.

He didn't want to eat this morning. I even let his cage warm up before offering him crickets. I read somewhere that you should let them warm up before the first feeding...not sure if that's true, but I had the time to do it.

He ate all three times yesterday though, and one feeding on Sunday when we got him home. I ended up not getting anymore pictures last night, but I did get a vid of my ball eating.

my 20L tank lasted 6 weeks with my little guy. he went from 4 grams to over 40 in that amount of time. good luck with em!

got uvb, for the guy, im sure you do, but i metion it to everyone, yep he's gonna get big and become a little person instead of a pet, lol

My nephew has two dragons, so I fully read up on them back in January (I had to help him convince my sister to buy them for him).

UVB, got it!

I do have one concern though. He was a great eater Sunday when we brought him home and Monday (ate three times 3-5 crickets each time). Well yesterday he wouldn't eat a thing. And this morning he wouldn't eat. I tried the crickets, mealworms and this morning I gave him some mustard greens and turnip greens. I'm guessing it's ok for him to miss a couple days of eating? Though I have never heard either of my nephews dragons doing that. Double checked the temps, and oh yeah, he's currently shedding.

Also, I have a 40 breeder ready for him when he gets bigger. I just didn't want to set it up and heat such a large tank when I have such a small creature in it ;) I also want to make a custom top for it so I don't have the awkward lights on top of the non-sliding screen top.

He might still be getting used to his set- up, I know you said the tanks in your room, it's near a tv is it? Also no red- bulb at night. My little babies were eating like 40-65 a day. Just wait little more to see if it gets better

Also I don't think shedding has a any thing to do with it

TV is mounted on the wall. He is on a dresser away from the TV which sits on carpeting. We hardly watch TV in the bedroom though.

He will be moving into the "reptile room" this weekend. I am picking up some racking and hopefully giving away (read FREE) a hide-a-bed so I can fit said racking into the room. I'm hoping it will hold 2 40gal breeders, 10 gal, 2 20 gal longs, meal worm colony and cricket box.

On a good note, he ate this morning. 4-5 crickets, 1 medium and the rest were small. I don't believe he touched the greens from yesterday. My nephews beardies make a big mess when they eat the greens. The pile still looked neat and tidy.

Last night he seemed to have a really deep sleep. I got home around 2 AM (wife turned off the lights), I used my phone to check on him and he was sleeping under his log. I wanted to make sure he was alive so I tapped on the glass to see if I could get his attention. He didn't move at all. I thought he was dead for a minute. I pulled the screen off and that woke him up. He cocked his head and gave me the usual look. When I got up this morning he was still in the same spot sleeping. I turned the lights on and he got up and started basking and I fed him about an hour later.

I'll get some pics tonight. He's almost finished shedding. Hopefully I'll be getting a new camera this weekend also....not positive on that one yet though.

Awsome on the rack thing. So not tv. That's good. Also
on greens at that age, I wouldnt be concerned about it. Some
eat at a early age, mine nibbled but at 6 months he started eating them
like crazy. Also if you have a resonable vet near you, you could
take him to it. Mine cost 54.00 with a worm check. I try to take my
2 beardies, water dragon, and Russian every 6-8 months. Nut that's up to you, more than anything it's probley cause he's new. Beside this site, you could check out beardeddragons.org

I was all over beardeddragons.org on Monday. I can't believe all the contradicting stuff I read vs what my nephew has read and what I learned from Reptiles Magazine.

I will be mounting a tube UVB in the tank soon I guess. I think a lot of the "hype" might just be from one person having a bad experience though. And I don't believe my beardie will die if I feed it mealworms. It will definitly not be a staple, but a few a week a believe won't kill it like some of those people say. I understand they can be over protective and why risk it, but whatev.

All my reptiles will get a checkup soon at the vet. I will get a good discount for bringing them all in at once so I am trying to coordinate that. I won't stress over the greens then, I just wanted to provide them just to see. My darklings will get the rest of the greens I'm sure ;)

Sorry. I didn't see you feeding melies, sorry no-no I would feed
it all
that you have then I would just go crix till it get around 14 in then supers. The only time my Beardies get them is when my wd desnt finish hers. Trust me listen to bd.org also if you can get silk worms or petco sells them as calica worms. The are ExAaLant for them. Mealies have a to hard shell. Also go
to beautiful dragon to get a COmplete feeding chart. Hope
I'm helping lol

I hope your ordering you feeders from online, save a
ton of
cash

mealworms have hard our casing(chitin i think) which is hard for babies to digest. i switched from crickets to pheonix worms as a staple. they are high enough in calcium you dont need any dusting. only have 3% more fat then crickets and more protein. i buy from pheonixworm.com i just weighed my guy and hes 49 grams! he was 4 grams when i got him early march. you will know when he eats greens, they will be scattered all over the place lol my baby nibbles on them since day 1. its hard to get quality answers at bd.org, from my own experience. any questions feel free to ask

oops, i ment to say phoenix insted of silk, also bd, you have to weed out the good from the bad, but the way your going, you have everything set anyway

There is the same argument for leopard geckos and the mealworms. People say the supers are better for them. I breed them, so I won't be running out anytime soon ;) Cricket colony will be starting soon, though I'm currently paying a dollar for 20 so it's not killing the wallet right now. Though when this guy starts eating 20 per feeding, it will.

I'll take a look at the silk and pheonix worms. Roaches are next on my list too. Thanks guys!

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He didn't want to eat this morning. I even let his cage warm up before offering him crickets. I read somewhere that you should let them warm up before the first feeding...not sure if that's true, but I had the time to do it.

He ate all three times yesterday though, and one feeding on Sunday when we got him home. I ended up not getting anymore pictures last night, but I did get a vid of my ball eating.

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I was all over beardeddragons.org on Monday. I can't believe all the contradicting stuff I read vs what my nephew has read and what I learned from Reptiles Magazine.

I will be mounting a tube UVB in the tank soon I guess. I think a lot of the "hype" might just be from one person having a bad experience though. And I don't believe my beardie will die if I feed it mealworms. It will definitly not be a staple, but a few a week a believe won't kill it like some of those people say. I understand they can be over protective and why risk it, but whatev.

All my reptiles will get a checkup soon at the vet. I will get a good discount for bringing them all in at once so I am trying to coordinate that. I won't stress over the greens then, I just wanted to provide them just to see. My darklings will get the rest of the greens I'm sure ;)

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If you want, you can PM me with any questions you may have. I was a member for years on BD.org, along with owning them for years, so I know what contradicts what and such, and what is right and wrong from experiance ;) SO many caresheets give different information, thats why so many beardies go neglected because some recommend sand and Meal worms, and the wrong types of UVB.

Dont forget to let him settle in, about a week or so of no touching. And Also, Warm the tank up a little before you feed, but more importantly make sure he has an hour of two of lights on after you feed him so he doesnt go to sleep with a full undigested cold stomach.

New pics of Toothless. Got a new camera today. I will try and get some out-of-viv pics later this weekend. He's still a little bastard.

http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0013_.jpg
http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0014_.jpg

Oh my gosh...he is adorable. I think I need to come over and kiss him on the nose!!! Such a handsome one!!

Thank you! I found one more pic I took and forgot to upload...

http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0017_.jpg

He's still a little piggie and nippy. I saw him do a head bob the other day.

I took some pics of the setup for Matt (Beardeddragon) so he could maybe help identify if stress is causing his bad attitude.

Setup (temporary until I get my racks up...hopefully by this weekend). Slate tile substrate ReptiSun 10.0 CF UVB. I don't remember the wattage on the other light, but it gets the job done.
http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0106.JPG

Temp on the log hide:
http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0108.JPG

Temp on the branch/hammock area:
http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0109.JPG

His smug look...
http://adventurousguy.com/toothless/DSCN0110.JPG

Hi your setup looks good and he is a great looking little pooper.. I wouldn't worry about him being nippy babies tend to be all over the place as its a big scary world he will calm down after a while and some tlc... As for feeders you can also try horn worms as all my beardies go crazy for them. I would mainly stick with crickets as mealies tend to cause some problems for babies as they have a hard time digesting the chitin. Any questions feel free to ask... :D

He's still quite the little performer when I get him out. He will take mealworms from my hand though, when I get him out. Currently that's the only way he'll get them and I try to only do one or two every few days.

Now having had him for a few weeks, he's taken to carrots, he'll pick around the greens just for them. And he really seems to enjoy getting sprayed with the water bottle.