new beardie

ummmm yea i got a new beardie a week ago or so and he has been awsome as heck he is rly small now and i got him in a 20 gal tank and he has pleanty of room


but i wanted to get a tank for thim that would fit him when he gets full sized do you guys think a 40 Gal breeder would be okay for him full grown? and i dont rly know if its female or male yet.

hummmm yea that is all for now ask any questions you wanna ask i might be able to help you too :)

okay well ty in advance guys and girls

also could i put him in a 40 G breeder when he is this small or would that stress him out too much do you think ?

You could probably keep him in the 20 gal for now (how old is he? He does not look very big). A 40+ gal breeder is ok for a full grown Beardie.

he is about as long as my hand or so so probably 6 inches with tail and all but yea i was just wondering if it would be okay to put him in a bigger tank now

and idk how old of sure i think in august they said he would be a year old

The problem with such a big tank for a little Beardie is mainly that they have a hard time finding their food. Maybe you could put a divider in there until he gets a bit bigger.

yea i will probably have to do that if i get one now but it will probably be a few months untill i get the bigger tank and i hear the grow fast and by than he should be bigger
ty for your advice

You're very welcome. Any questions at all, make sure to post on here. Someone will always reply. Btw, I have 3 Beardies and I absolutely adore them. They have so much personality.

Ivy is right; keep him in the 20gal for now, and a 40gal breeder is fine for an adult. However, I have found that beardies appreciate extra room. I have my adult beardie in a 4x2x2' viv, and he uses every inch of it. As long as they can find their way around, the bigger the better with these guys. :)

kind of odd but i went to my local pet store and a 75 gallon is $10 less than the 40 breeder... so i will just get one of them eventually but i was kind of wanting to get another lizard that will be able to stay in the 20 Gallon tank after i transfer my beardie to the bigger one. i don't want anything that can climb the walls of the tank or w/e i was thinking maybe a leopard gecko but they are wayyyyyy ugly and just kind of sit there all day but they seem like the best candidate for now.

any one got any other suggestions ?

also my beardie is being awesome but hes being a little pig he lol lots of crickets. he only eats his veggies when he wakes up right away so i gotta leave them in there over night but he eats the whole plate. and he has been very healthy just wondering he turns darker and lighter sometimes any of you know that that means ?

That is weird, but your beardie will love the extra room when he's older!

I think leos are really cute! A crestie is another option. Similar in size and temperament to leos, although they have sticky feet and can (and will) climb the glass, and they look much different.

Lol, they are pigs! That's great that he eats veggies. Many baby beardies don't.

Beardies change color depending on body temperature and stress levels. When they are stressed out or cold, they turn darker (to look scarier / to warm up), and when they are comfortable and warm, they lighten up. :) It's perfectly normal, unless your beardie is non-stop dark, he's fine.

think it would be okay to just soak some small landscaping rocks in a strong bleach/water for a day than clean them off good and use them as a basking spot ? they are very porous so the bleach will work its way through them and should kill anything on them .

Yep, as long as you rinse REALLY well. I bleach too; I'm kind of paranoid about using the oven.

mkay yea i hear that rocks will explode sometimes if you put them in the oven and i figure that letting them sit in bleach for at least 12 hours will get most of the germs off them plus any bugs that would be on them shouldent live that long underwater combined with the bleach.

i will post a pic when i get the rocks in there btw and i will show you the old setup.

also i was wondering if you knew of any good websites to buy stuff for my beardie at ? the stores are really overpriced on a lot of the things i want to get but yea ty for all the help.

Sounds good. :) I would love to see pics of the setup!

I know what you mean about overpriced places.

I get everything from PetMountain.
http://www.petmountain.com/

ty much for linking that website its awesome