Bearded Dragons

[HadesDragons]

Originally Posted by Yourmum90

Thank you for your thoughts, i will look to get this done over the weekend.

Rich

Originally Posted by alfie reptiles

really good care sheet helped alot hpofully getting berdie soon yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh

Originally Posted by alfie reptiles

brilliant care sheet sooo much help thanks alot

Originally Posted by Tommy123

Brill care sheet! why can't every care sheet be as good as this?!!? well done mate!!

Thanks a lot - glad it's been helpful!

Originally Posted by Ada7

Really good write up and have taken lots in. Will probably have to read it a couple of times to get the gest of it all, total noob
My one concern is that i work shifts and do 12 hour day/nights. Would this be a problem when it comes to feeding?

Adam

Sorry, I completely forgot to check the replies to this until now... if it's still any use you should be able to set it up so that there is some overlap with the shifts - it might be that you feed him early morning one day and quite late the next. As long as his lights have been on for at least and hour, and will be on for another couple of hours he should be fine. Insects in the wild don't follow set patterns, so the only real problem would be making sure he has enough time to start digesting them.

[botty2k9]

got lots of great advice from this thanks

[sytry]

this is a brilliant guide helped me a lot when i got my 1st beardies.....

i do have a question though (probly obvious answer to it tbh), whats the best way to measure the night time temp??

[HadesDragons]

Thanks, I'm glad it's helped!

Originally Posted by sytry

i do have a question though (probly obvious answer to it tbh), whats the best way to measure the night time temp??

I use digital thermometers such as this one:

Thermometers4U Online Shop - product details


They have a "maximum / minimum" function, which will tell you the hottest and coldest it's been since the last time you reset it. If you reset it just before you go to bed and leave it in overnight, the "minimum" temperature recorded is the coldest that the cage or room dropped down to during the night. Things are usually colder in winter than they are in summer, so it's best to take several different readings, at different times of the year.

[sytry]

thanks for the link mate another charge to my card

[brig]

hi please can you tell me if i have to have my heat matt on all the time day and night,

cheers brig

[HadesDragons]

Originally Posted by brig

hi please can you tell me if i have to have my heat matt on all the time day and night,

cheers brig

You shouldn't really need a heat mat for beardies - they need an overhead bulb on during the day to provide heat (along with their UV) but at night they don't need any kind of heat unless the room temperature is falling below 65f or so...

[tinhead]

hia andy craig ere.i got 2 male 5 month old bearded dragons .that i bought 2 months ago .that are brothers from the same klutch . i bought the first 1 n 2 days after i picked up the brother .they are of the same size my tank is 2 ft x 2ft at the mo until i buy a 3ft or 4ft viv tank.my i jst want to knw coz they lived together from birth could they live together permanent in a bigger tank.there is no attacking eachother since iv ad them jst 1 will head bob the odd day ere or there for few seconds thats it. but has been no attacking or biting eachother .wots the chances mate.

[tinhead]

hia andy craig ere.i got 2 male 5 month old bearded dragons .that i bought 2 months ago .that are brothers from the same klutch . i bought the first 1 n 2 days after i picked up the brother .they are of the same size my tank is 2 ft x 2ft at the mo until i buy a 3ft or 4ft viv tank.my i jst want to knw coz they lived together from birth could they live together permanent in a bigger tank.there is no attacking eachother since iv ad them jst 1 will head bob the odd day ere or there for few seconds thats it. but has been no attacking or biting eachother .wots the chances mate.

[HadesDragons]

I really doubt that you'll get away with it - it's extremely rare for males (even brothers who've grown up together) to tolerate each other as adults.

Even if they did tolerate each other, you'd be putting them at risk of fighting (possibly with serious consequences) if something did change or set them off.