Fred

Just some pics of Fred being Fred.

He looks really happy

Fred is a real boss dragon. Almost looks like he took a few selfies.

so here is what i feel will be the final adjustment to Fred's viv... gonna stay with T8 on right side (10.0 reptisun in reflective hood, PAR 38 flood on left... gonna put a small bulb center just for light and general heat...
slate tile floors, red brick for supports and as filler... hammock on left and right, left is more for shade/hide and right gets him within 6 inches of UVB... temp on left is usually around 98 F, UTH on left side keeps the rest of that side at high 90s also... yes he has sand, never had a problem and his fav spot for sleep... 40 gal breeder, screen top, hinged at center. Diet is dubia, however he's been picky and hasn't wanted to eat lately so had to do some crickets which he ate a few of. He hates anything green (maybe he's allergic to green stuff :evil: ) so that's a work in progress, however he is pretty stable with his mass and is still active. Humidity inside tank goes from high 30s to 50 (been real humid out lately). temp/humidity are checked with probes and IR gun. I am welcome to all opinions and criticisms so please let me have it.

Looks good. Very elaborate. It may become a pain to clean if he messes it up but that's the tradeoff for having a setup like that. UVB distance is good. What are the temps in the cool area? I'd shoot for having the basking area being 100-105 with the 90s around it that you mentioned and a cool side around 75-80 or so if you can manage it.

cool side is average 79 F, he poos outside in the grass, hasn't done a mess inside about 10 months. The floor tiles are all small pieces, 2"X4" slabs so if he ever does i can just pull those out. I can definitely bump the temps up on basking, got it on a dimmer switch. thanks for the input

I would love to take mine outside to poop! That would be so awesome. However, out grass has fertilizer on it and it would be bad for them. Fred is super cute!

Anyone else have any comments/concerns/suggestions?

I really like his setup

Thanks, originally wanted front opening doors for him but the wife wouldnt have it... was afraid he would get his leg caught in it somehow when my son would close it... so top access tank it is...

Fred finally ate something today, i swear its been weeks since he last ate something that i saw... he's currently 17.5 inches and about 420 g... he ate a hornworm, first he's ever tried, so at least he got something in his belly. Still active and basking, not sure what was up with him before.

A hornworm would be a good sized meal too.
Good job Fred.

Yeah hornworm should be pretty filling. Good job Fred!

Fred hunted down and devoured a wild western fence lizard yesterday... ive always been impressed with Fred's jaw strength, this time is was able to see how sharp those "teeth" are. It about sliced halfway through the prey in the first good bite, after positioning it for the killing bite. utterly savage i might add.

Poor fence lizard =(. Fairly natural prey for them though, I suppose. At least it sounds like a quick end for him.