new beardie need some help please

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i just got a beardie yesterday and i love it .. i got a 30 gallon tank with a 100 watt light on the left and i have his cool on the right .. now i have the light on the screen and i have wood going up only about 4 inches of the substrate the themother i have says 100and on the cool side it says 80 .. i also have tex rex sand which digestable . i have his water bowl on the right side.. and two hiding places one on the and on the right am i doiing anything right or wrong and he didnt eat yesterday ... help please
 
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Even though the sand SAYS it's digestable, it more than likely isn't. How old is your dragon? If he's a baby, you probably shouldn't use any kind of sand. If he's older clean, sifted playsand is the best, if you insist on sand. As far as a water dish goes, if he's a baby you don't want to leave a dish that he could drown in. How close can he get to his light? He doesn't really need a hiding place. If he's hiding he can't get to his heat and UVB. What are you feeding him? If you can answer some of these ? we can guide you a little easier. Good luck :!:
 
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hes about 4- 6 months old the water dish is not big it small with a like inch inch deep water and the he cant get that close to the light at all . its just there to chill
 
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i tried to feed him greens and carrots .. if i feed him crickets should i feed him live or dead if live how can i clean them up they are pesky lil critters
 
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You actually want him to get close to the lights. Probably within 6". Some beardies never do eat their greens. I wouldn't stop trying though. As far as crickets go, I feed live. My guys love anything that moves. I order mine online and keep them in a 10 gallon aquarium. Of course I have 3 beardies and a frog that eat them. I just pull out as many as I need at a time. You don't want to put too many in the tank at a time. Only about as many as he can eat in @10-15 min. The water dish should be fine. You still want to mist him everyday and bathe several times a week. Out of my 3 beardies only one of them actually drinks from a dish.
 
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