Adult Beardie Care

[Briankm]

Hiii, Great job on doing your research BEFORE getting a beardie, lol.

for substrate go with paper towel, newspaper, a non adesive shelf liner, repticarpet, or even tile, like slate tile. For hides you can use about anything, half logs, fake plants for the corners, or even card board boxes with a little hole cut for them to get in to...For an adult, it should be fed 3 x a week as much as it will eat in one sitting. Fresh greens every day for life no matter what the age, like mustard greens, collard greens, dandelion greens, endive, escarol, all squash, etc, and fruit for treats. Staple bugs are roaches, crickets, or silkworms, and others for treats like horn worms, supers, butters, and wax worms, but those are for a rare treat due to the fat content...Phoenix worms are also great, but since they are well.. pretty much tiny, it takes a lot of them to fill up an adult beardie
As a baby, they can go through 25-40 crickets 3 x a day, so do the math, lol, adults may eat the same, but you feed them less than babies, more like 3 x a week, once a day...

You will also need a pure calcium, without D3, and another with D3, and a multivitiman. Doses vary with age also...

You will need a digital thermometer with a probe, or a temp gun for acurate readings.

Get either the ReptiSun 10 linear tube, or a MVB, those are the best, and steer clear of compacts and coiled lighting as they have been causing health issues...

If you want the best UVB and heating, get either the Megaray MVB, or the T-Rex MVB flood, 100 watt. those provide heat and UVB all in one. If you get a MVB, no other heating will be necessary as long as the basking temps are at least 110f (for a baby) The cool end should be 80-85f. If you cannot achieve these temps, you can add a regular house hold bulb, just to help raise the temps. And with a MVB, you do not need to offer any D3 at all, as these lamps help them produce enough D3 due to the high levels of UVB they emitt...To use a MVB though, you must have at least a 40 gallon breeder tank. These lights get hot... If you get the hundred watt one you will have to have it at least 12" away

I'm pretty sure that the linear tube should run the length of the enclosure and the beardie should be able to get about 6-8 inches from it. Someone correct me if i'm wrong there.

For more veggies go to beautifuldragons.com and go to nutrition content

MegaRay

T-Rex

Feel free if you have any more questions, and congrats on getting a new beardie, they rock! Sorry if i missed anything. just ask about it


They do Not need a bulb at night as long as the temp doesnt drop below 65*