Hello everyone,
i brought home my sons bearded dragon yesterday. he is approx. 12" in length and we have housed him in a 40 gal. breeder. I tried to do as much research as possible before buying him, but found a lot of conflicting information, on-line, from the breeder, and even in books. The breeder we got him from said to use crushed walnut shells as a substrate, and sold us an all-in-one compact UVB/heat bulb. We set it up in the corner of his tank and it lights the whole tank well. "Bandit" ate within hours (crickets). this morning he ate greens, green beans, and some mango, and then more greens this afternoon, but refused butternut squash. Upon wandering on this site, i realized he should be getting crickets daily (conflicting what breeder told us) along with veggies, fruit(?) and greens. He has yet to poo. He is on a 12 on/12 off lighting schedule (which we are slowly adjusting to our schedule). Am I doing everything right? the more i read, the more confused i get. HELP!! thank you!!!
i brought home my sons bearded dragon yesterday. he is approx. 12" in length and we have housed him in a 40 gal. breeder. I tried to do as much research as possible before buying him, but found a lot of conflicting information, on-line, from the breeder, and even in books. The breeder we got him from said to use crushed walnut shells as a substrate, and sold us an all-in-one compact UVB/heat bulb. We set it up in the corner of his tank and it lights the whole tank well. "Bandit" ate within hours (crickets). this morning he ate greens, green beans, and some mango, and then more greens this afternoon, but refused butternut squash. Upon wandering on this site, i realized he should be getting crickets daily (conflicting what breeder told us) along with veggies, fruit(?) and greens. He has yet to poo. He is on a 12 on/12 off lighting schedule (which we are slowly adjusting to our schedule). Am I doing everything right? the more i read, the more confused i get. HELP!! thank you!!!