Bearded Dragons by Tundra Dragons

Bearded Dragon Care Sheet

Habitat

Bearded Dragons need a lot of room to move around. The habitat also should be larger on the bottom than it is vertically. A 40 breeder aquarium should be a minimum, with a larger tank being recommended. a glass aquarium style tank is sufficient for Bearded Dragons, if a screen top is provided, however a custom built wood or wire screen is preferred. we use 4'x2'x2' melamine cages for Pairs of females and 3'x2'x18" vivs for our males. juvenile and adult Male bearded dragons should NEVER be housed together, stress fighting and death can and do happen!

For a substrate you can use newspaper, paper towel, or lizard carpet for babies. For adults we recommend newspaper or tile. We do not recommend sand as it can cause impaction and death in bearded dragons.

Food

Bearded Dragons are omnivorous, meaning they eat both vegetables and meat. Leafy greens and small pieces of fruit should make up the majority of their diet, with a few insect meals per week. For insects; crickets, mealworms, silkworms, butterworms (teboworms), superworms, and dubia roaches. we do not recommend wild caught insects. As a dragon gets older their diet should swing from mainly insects to mainly greens.

For baby Bearded Dragons, dust their food, vegetables or insects with a calcium/multi-vitamin supplement every feeding. For juvenile or adult bearded dragons, dust their food two or three times a week.

Dragons need a dry habitat to live in, but need plenty of water. Wild Bearded Dragons get the majority of their water from licking the dew of plants in the morning. Misting the habitat stimulates this behavior. For baby bearded dragons, it is recommended to spray the top of their heads until they stop licking the water up, twice daily. For adult bearded dragons It is also important to spray their vegetables, as they will get the water as they eat. Some Bearded Dragons will learn to drink from a dish, so this can be provided. Make sure you change and clean the water dish daily. If you live in a humid area, the water dish can make the humidity levels too high. We give our Bearded dragons weekly Bathers and they will drink from their bath as well.

Lighting, Temperature and Humidity

You must provide a basking area at one end of the terrarium, providing a contact temperature of 100-110 degrees F. You need to create a gradient, so make sure there are levels the Bearded Dragon can bask at. Provide a cool area (at the other end of the habitat) that is kept at 75 - 85 degrees F. so the dragon can thermoregulate. If your night temperatures can fall below 65 degrees in your home, be use to offer some form of night heat. we recommend ceramic heat emitters for this purpose. At night, do not let the temperature drop below 65 degrees F.

Safe humidity levels is normally 40%. If you live in a dry area, keeping a water dish in the habitat should take care of this. Fluorescent lighting should be offered to provide the bearded Dragon with needed UVB rays. This is probably the single most important part of your bearded dragons care! you must use a desert rated UVB bulb! We recommend the reptisun 10.0 bulb A broad-spectrum heat bulb should also be used at the top. At night time, use of a CHE is recommend if your temps can fall below recommend levels.

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