NEED HELP- What enclosure is best to buy?

beardedfred · Sep 8, 2017

I live in the UK, and have a chance to upgrade my beardies home in the next couple weeks. Now I want to know what is the best lighting and heating I can get here, as well as the best enclosure for my beardie.

If you could help me that would be great!

The reason I'm updating his home is because the home he came with is not as good, its glass and I prefer to have him in a wooden enclosure...

CooperDragon · Sep 8, 2017

You can get some really good stuff in the UK. I'm envious of the options available. For an enclosure I suggest one of the XL sized front opening wooden vivs like this https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/vivexotic-repti-home-maxi-vivarium-xl-oak/ There are several wood options to choose from.

They used to carry a desert UVB kit that was good. Not sure where that went but here are the components.

24w T5 tube https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/arcadia-d3-reptile-lamp-t5-12-uvb/
24w T5 controller https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/arcadia-t5-controller/
24w T5 reflector https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/arcadia-t5-reflectors/

Set that up over the basking side and you'll be in good shape. For basking I'd go with a halogen flood light. I use the ones from a hardware store and they're fine. They are similar to this https://www.reptiles.swelluk.com/arcadia-halogen-basking-spot/ I would hook it up to either a manual lamp dimmer or one of the habistat (or similar) dimmable thermostats to help keep the temps in check.

NEED HELP- What enclosure is best to buy?

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