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Unfourtunately the way the cage is built I don't have a way to build in another lighting source. The basking spot is in the high 90's to low 100's but the ambient is only in the 70's. I use a digital probe thermometer so I'm confident in the accuracy of the temps

okay we have a large cage for bindi. it is four feet by two feet by two and a half feet tall. the lighting fixture are mounted inside. with a normal basking light (wide beam and i think 75 watt) he is about two feet away from the light. it has small vents all around the back top and to...

this is the best i could get. you can see the basking spt on the left. its not very high. and i usually place it so the low side is directly under the light not the high side and on the right is the 24 in uvb bulb.

that's the problem. my inclosure has the light fixtures built in i can't put another one in i have no way to ad a new fixture.it hitting about 74 on the cool side basking not sure at the moment i was temping it earlier but usually runs between 100 and 105

okay so heres my delima. the cage we have (custom built) is a large cage 2ft/ 8 1/4ft by 2 ft tall. plexiglass front sliding doors and made of wood. the lighting is fixed on the inside of the cage. the problem is that the basking temp is great! but the ambiant temp (cool side is just too...

thanks so much for this! Though i could have used it three months ago. my bindi just woke up from a 2 month brumation. In the summer! we tried everything we could think of for helping him eat and be active again. changing uvb bulb, heat lamps, syringe feeding, ect. . . then i was told...

It's been a few days since I read the petition and you can ignore this if it's already been addressed but you should put in a suggested limit to the number of dragons in a habitat. I just saw at our local chain store 10 to 15 hatchlings in a maybe 10 gallon enclosure. I saw the same at a petco...

it's said that you are more likely to get salmonella from your cat then a beardie there was a big up roar some time ago because young kids were getting it from turtles so they stopped selling turtle under 4 inches cause bigger then that and they are hard for kids to fit in there mouths lol...

up to adulthood they should get about 50 a day or some say as many as they will eat in ten munutes two to 3 times a day. after adulthood 50 a week is best

my best advice would be to read all the care sheets on this site but a few things would be about him closing his eyes its a contentment thing your petting him and he likes it and he trusts you enough to close his eyes. and i would give him a bath he would probably like it. clean or you tub...

if you are worried about not getting all the crickets out at night i would suggest getting a feeder cage. basically a tank or rubbermaid container that you can put your beardie in then put in the crickets. i started doing this with my beardie after a horrable incident that i was trying to dig...

first off you said you bought a heat rock, please don't use it! beardies sense heat from above but not below. he can burn his belly cause he doesn't know how hot it is underneath him. and the florescent light, do you know if its a uv or not. they need the uv to digest there food properly...

a 30 gallon will do for now but you need to invest in a tank that is at least 8 square feet 4 ft x2 ftx 2ft is the recommended minimum for a bearded dragon. the heat is definatly not good enough what are the demensions of your tank. it could be that you may need to get an extra heat lamp or...

first off congrates with the new job and good luck with the beardie. i'll help as much as i can i've been a proud beardie owner for only five months but that was after 3 months of research and even that didn't prepare me for the rings that dragons as made me jump through i swear! but this is...

you sound like your getting all the stuff together. it's awesome that he's eating greens so well aready it was a month long battle with me to get bindi to eat his greens. a question about your feeding habits. crickets are mean little buggers you want to make sure you don't leave any in his...