I'm getting a BABY!!!!

A baby beardie. I have lyme disease, and life is really hard. My bearded dragon moose is brumating (or something like that. He's quite strange). So I asked my parents if they would let me trade my cornsnake for a baby beardie (I'm more a lizard person) and they said yes!!!!! I was quite surprised, because of all the trips to the vet and the reptile specialists just to figure out that nothing was wrong besides the fact that he is different.....

SOOOO, yes. I am so happy. I'm going to look today, and hopefully will find one. It is all happening so quickly, but I thought I'd post here, and ask for some tips on raising babies. I've only had an adult. I've don't LOTS of research in the past, and I still do. I will do some research on the specifics of baby care, but any ideas would be appreciated.

-Draba

A baby. Thats so great!! Congrats. Remember they are alot more work than the adults. Make sure the food is the right size. To big can be very bad. No sand for babys. Remove live food that has not been eaten as it may bug your baby. Above all dont under estimate your babys appitite they are very hungry and are growing very fast. My baby beardy started out 4" long eating 50 two week old crickets a day. They are all different and your baby will tell you when he is full. Just keep feeding till he does.

ps. Your adult beardy may think hes food!!

One of my good friends has a Corn snake. They poop way to much for snakes and I don't like snakes. I have a phobia or something. The minute he takes it out....I am gone.

Congratulations!
Can't wait to see the beardie you end up getting.

Congrats on becoming a beardie parent again!

As already noted, babies require a bit more than adults. It sounds like you have done your homework. Good for you! Here's a quick hit list. I've left out temps and stuff since you are a bd parent already:

- food should be no bigger than the space between his/her eyes.
- salad should be offered daily, prefertaly in the morning.
- protein, typically crickets for babies, should be offered daily.
- remove uneaten crickets after 10-15 minutes. babies will eat anywhere from 10 - 50 crickets a day.
- use a baby friendly substrate, such asuse papertowels or reptile carpet as substrate.

Hope this helps! Let us know when you have your baby.

Babies are expensive to feed! I seriously spend more feeding my beardie than my horse.

Did you get your new baby yet? If so I realy hope your enjoying him/her. Just thought I would mention though it is really helpful if you keep a growth chart of both length and waight. This can tell your vet allot about him and its fun to see how fast they grow. Dont forget to make note of each shed,cage temps, daylight hours, how much he eats and what? 8) Dont forget to enjoy. I am so jealous.