My girlfriend and I are the proud owners of a baby bearded dragon not sure of the age but ~3 months, and 8 1/2" long (with nip tail, -1/2). We've had him for about 4 weeks, and although he is in a 10 gallons (I know this is a sin but we don't have anything larger, AND I am almost done building a new cage 3 1/2' x 2'x 2') he does not leave his log.
His set up:
10 gallon (SORRY )
Zilla Desert UVB tube (Sorry, we have a 36" Repti Sun 10.0 were going to put in the new cage) in the back
1 40 Watt heat lamp in 5in ceramic dome (on dimmer so spot is ~100 +/-5) font
1 Coil bulb in 8 1/2in dome (to raise temp on cold side to ~80)font
Repti Carpet (Hes getting tile in new cage)
All lights on at 8:00am all lights off at 8:15pm
Log runs back corner to front middle and height at the top is 4" from top.
Eating and pooping fine.
The only reason he will come down is for crickets, he will eat a lot more crickets if the log is out. He has never willing left the log other than to eat and poop. (Funny story, he pooped on the log where he normally sits, and when I came home he looked so mad at me for not cleaning his poop, so he could bask up there.)
The cage will be complete shortly, just wanted to know if this was normal behavior for a baby.
Also when we take him out, he will run around.
Thanks in advance for any responses
His set up:
10 gallon (SORRY )
Zilla Desert UVB tube (Sorry, we have a 36" Repti Sun 10.0 were going to put in the new cage) in the back
1 40 Watt heat lamp in 5in ceramic dome (on dimmer so spot is ~100 +/-5) font
1 Coil bulb in 8 1/2in dome (to raise temp on cold side to ~80)font
Repti Carpet (Hes getting tile in new cage)
All lights on at 8:00am all lights off at 8:15pm
Log runs back corner to front middle and height at the top is 4" from top.
Eating and pooping fine.
The only reason he will come down is for crickets, he will eat a lot more crickets if the log is out. He has never willing left the log other than to eat and poop. (Funny story, he pooped on the log where he normally sits, and when I came home he looked so mad at me for not cleaning his poop, so he could bask up there.)
The cage will be complete shortly, just wanted to know if this was normal behavior for a baby.
Also when we take him out, he will run around.
Thanks in advance for any responses