I had never thought about the water but come to think of it i have never seen my beardie drink although she has layed in her water bowl. Regards to the hide i bought one for my beardie and she spent all day in it, after reading this i am giving her the hide at night to sleep in but removing it in the day.

I just put a water bowl down the cool end so it doesn't affect the humidity and so even if my beardies don't use it the crickets and locusts always seem to have a drink and at the end of the day the only way your beardies can get water from there live food is if they've had a drink. But anyway good post really helpful

so are we saying dont put a water bowl in viv at all? surly its better to have one just in case? i know mine has never drunk from hers (expent once when she was ouside in the sunshine she had a play and drink), is at the cool end so dont raise humidity

wouldnt not putting water in go against the AWA?

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If you read the last line of my article you'll see that I do say "put a small bowl of water in...".


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i put a small water bowl in my viv but i allow them a bath a few times a week as they apparently absorb a huge amount of water through the vent,, just to keep them hydrated.

I must rush out and tell all our wild dragons to go and sit in the water next time they want a drink!


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Do you know. us beardie parents spend a lot of time reading about the do's and the donts. This is a great post and we should all strive to keep our little ones in as close as possible to natural environment as possible.
Now to my point.
Its the time old discussion about substrate. i am not sure about sand and stones. Maybe its me but I have seen an impacted BD and it is not a happy sight.
I try to use 'rocks' (big ones) and childrens washed play sand which I heve never had problems with. This along with sturdy climbing branches and some thick artificial foliage that creates the shady bit but doesnt affect the ambient temps and also gives the UV a chance to shine through the branches.

Babies, on kitchen roll or reptile carpet only. They get so excited when the food comes they will swallow anything.

Hi agian,

I give my beardies a weekly bath in the bath at baby temperature.
It helps with hydration and if they do want a drink they will drink.
Some do and some dont.
The other thing it helps with is the pooing. You can pretty much guarantee that once the BD has been in the bath (3-4 inches deep) for a few minutes he/she will reward you with a present.
They seem to like it too.

I feel i have read loads and are so excited i am getting my first baby beardie tomorrow. I do want to lower the temp at night and was thinking of 20oC. I will need to see what the breeder has done so i dont shock the dragon. Have you any advise on what salad you feed. I read turnip greens and squash are good. Any lettuce?

I heard Romaine lettuce is pretty much the only type you can feed a beardie, but its not really that good nutritionally. My beardie doesn't show much interest in it so I feed it to crickets instead