how this for a habitat

[Ilovemybeardedragon]

 

[KatieKat]

Its a nice setup, but where is his UVB? And what substrate is that?

 

[Dementeddogz]

Its a nice setup, but where is his UVB? And what substrate is that?

Exactly what i was going to ask :shock: Love the castle though

 

[Ilovemybeardedragon]

I don't have one because he usually out side and it a like cover top called la Nile its used to on out side balcony so bugs don't get but I had some spare so I used it for that it has little holes for air to ventilate the cage by what do u mean by subtrate and thanks for the comment about the castle it's actually a bird house that I found at a store and I made the hole bigger for him ad he loves it !

 

[ChrisAndCharlie]

Do you live in outback Australia? If not he still needs a UVB light even if he's outdoors a lot.

 

[bdalton]

You do need to get a UVB. Screen blocks out alot of UVB, and the substrate looks like crushed walnut shell which poses a serious risk for impaction in your baby.

 

[ShannyBeard]

That castle is totally EPIC - he looks so proud of himself sitting up top there. That is a happy face. Just make sure to get that UVB that everyone is talking about. We have our dragons on 12 hours UVB a day. Dragons either get the proper kind and amount of UVB every day or they get sick, diseased and die. :shock:

 

[Ilovemybeardedragon]

O OK THANKS GUYS that's very helpfull

 

[Ilovemybeardedragon]

The substrate is like a kind of sand or tree stuff refined to little pebbles but there are small

 

[ShannyBeard]

It is such a bummer, but bearded dragons are at risk for ingesting the sand and particulate substrates and they can get impacted. We bought killer orange calci-sand for our first beardie but then we heard of people whose beardies had either surgery or died from sand impaction so we never used it and got Repti-carpet. :shock:

I saw an xray from a gecko that was sand impacted. It was a post-mortem exam because the gecko died. I was amazed at how much sand was in his body...! I would have never believed it except it was right there on xray. :shock:

 

[Ilovemybeardedragon]

Wow

 

[KatieKat]

Yes, I'd switch that out too, since it's loose, he could easily ingest it. You can use tiles, or reptile carpet, or even plain paper towels. I;d get on that UVB ASAP. Just so you don't buy a dud, the ReptiSun 10.0 is one of the best, make sure it's a long coil bulb, not a compact! Or the Arcadia D3 12%

 

[ShannyBeard]

YEP the Repti-Sun 10.0 would be the long tube that would go in a fixture, not the compact coil. The Zoo-Med website even has a place for you to register your bulb and they will send you a reminder when it needs to be replaced! Pretty cool.

 

[Ilovemybeardedragon]

That's cool