Your Bearded Dragon - Its habitat and Water!

[rudy691]

just check the newbie section mate lots of info there

[zero]

hi i am a newbie and this is a brilliant information source. We are trying to find out as much information on beardies. before we buy one and how to have the set up thankyou for sharing

[krisg10]

can any one help me iv just wake and cheack on my baby beadie dregon and it gone a funny brown colour i dont no what to d

[reptilerossy]

Brilliant article, couldn't have explained their habitat any better. Ive seen so much conflicting information about water bowls. I would just say it's personal preference. If you have a beady that likes drinking water then give it water. Mine don't though and I think they do just fine getting moisture from their food.

[Toma]

Most of the OP is very useful when looking to recreate the Bredl's carpet pythons natural habitat as well. Might be worth puting some of the photos in the in the natural habitats sticky in the Habitats section? Thanks for the post!

[aurora24]

my beautiful beardie pheonix, has a large water bowl as i had to get a bigger one cos she lays in it everyday, she also has a bath every couple of weeks more so if shedding and she LOVES the water, i did get advice about it after reading numerous articles and care sheets and there is nothing wrong with this!

[aurora24]

Originally Posted by krisg10

can any one help me iv just wake and cheack on my baby beadie dregon and it gone a funny brown colour i dont no what to d

mine has always changed colour different shades of brown n yellow, could be ready for a shed,

[krytes]

Originally Posted by HadesDragons

Following on from what Rick said, it may help stop them becoming fat and it may help them go to the toilet... however if you're keeping them properly they're unlikely to need any help at all to do either of those things!

A correct diet and a sufficiently-sized cage should be enough to stop them getting fat.

Correct food, a "safe" substrate and correct temperatures should mean they can go to the toilet unaided.

Remember in the wild they don't have access to water to swim in, and manage to avoid becoming fat. They also manage to go to the toilet, shed their skin, not stink of feces and do/avoid just about everything else that people have suggested baths are "vital" to ensure/prevent from happening (delete as appropriate... )

I think the bottom line is that beardies have spent millions of years evolving to cope without a great deal of water. Some "evolutionary" change may have inadvertantly occurred in those lines which adapted to captive life, but they've not been captive long enough, nor has their been sufficient selective pressure, for captive beardies to "require" baths.

If they're kept correctly, in a way which mimics their natural habitat, they should rarely - if ever - need baths.

You could say the same for humans. lol.
I have read that in the wild, a bearded dragon is lucky if it exceeds one year old. I think that wild heart's photo's and description kind of show that beardies can afford themselves the comparative luxury of access to water and live beyond the average number of years. The evidence is there. The OP is flawed on several levels and I find it a shame that it is being presented as absolute fact rather than a perspective that is open for discussion.

[Linkj93]

Thats really cool, verry good information, reaserched allot.

[atnas666]

love this thread