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NCSUCarrie
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Welcome to the site ! Let us know about your current set up (tank size, substrate, lighting, what you are feeding, etc) and we can help out some with what seems to work best. There are some really good care sheets on the site as well you can check out to get you started. We'd love to see some pictures too! Again, welcome and hope we can help out !!
thanks for the warm welcome lol having trouble sleeping at the moment lol keep looking over to make sure my little guy is ok 
but right now i am useing a 40 gal tank with two lights got the UVb like with is from Zilla it is a 18" T8 desert 50 Uvb light and the heat/baskt light is a clamp on lamb with a 75 watt bulb and for feeding i am useing the Juvie food the dragon food and i also got the meal worms and all anything more you wuold like from my part looking to make this a long lasting thing seeing all the people here having great stroys and all would like to be a part of that
( and pics will be up soon )
but right now i am useing a 40 gal tank with two lights got the UVb like with is from Zilla it is a 18" T8 desert 50 Uvb light and the heat/baskt light is a clamp on lamb with a 75 watt bulb and for feeding i am useing the Juvie food the dragon food and i also got the meal worms and all anything more you wuold like from my part looking to make this a long lasting thing seeing all the people here having great stroys and all would like to be a part of that ( and pics will be up soon )
kelseyinchains
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Welcome and congrats!
Just a few tips - I'm not too familiar with the Zilla UVB, but most people on here seem to have the Repti-Sun 10.0 tube UVB (including myself) and swear by it. In case you want to get one, you can buy one cheap from here - http://www.petmountain.com/
Also, meal worms are not a good food for beardiesm as their exoskeleton is hard for them to digest. You never really stated the age/size of your little one. Also, don't feed him superworms till he's at least 16 inches long. Until that size, there's a kink in their intestine and they can't digest it properly which can lead to impaction.
What substrate are you using?
Oh and what's his name?!
And yes, we want pictures!
Just a few tips - I'm not too familiar with the Zilla UVB, but most people on here seem to have the Repti-Sun 10.0 tube UVB (including myself) and swear by it. In case you want to get one, you can buy one cheap from here - http://www.petmountain.com/
Also, meal worms are not a good food for beardiesm as their exoskeleton is hard for them to digest. You never really stated the age/size of your little one. Also, don't feed him superworms till he's at least 16 inches long. Until that size, there's a kink in their intestine and they can't digest it properly which can lead to impaction.
What substrate are you using?
Oh and what's his name?!
And yes, we want pictures!
NCSUCarrie
Juvie Member
I'll 2nd and 3rd that Mealworms aren't good for any beardie. There isn't much nutrition in them and the small amount that is in them is hard to digest because of that hard shell. Superworms are better - more gushy nutrition v/s hard chitin than the mealworms. BUT, like already mentioned, superworms aren't very safe to feed small younger dragons. If he's over 16 inches you can offer one or two to start with and make sure he can digest them properly. If you've got a smaller, younger dragon, calcium dusted crickets (no bigger than the space between the eyes) or phoenix worms are what most people feed daily. Smaller silkworms would work too.
As for the UVB - despite claims on the box and claims from some petstore representatives, the Zilla lights don't actually produce that much UVB light - people have done testing with UVB meters and verified this. The best bulb is the Reptisun 10-0 longer tube fluorescent and some people like the Mercury Vapor Bulbs as well. But I would personally only go with one of those options. There are some issues to be careful of with the MVB's, but there are several articles on here talking about that - so read through those if you wanted to pursue that option. UVB is one of the most critical things for your beardie - the uvb activates your Vit D which allows them to actually use the calcium, otherwise serious problems like metabolic bone disease could develop!
Good luck and looking forward to some pictures and more details about the little beardie !
Mealworms aren't good for any beardie. There isn't much nutrition in them and the small amount that is in them is hard to digest because of that hard shell. Superworms are better - more gushy nutrition v/s hard chitin than the mealworms. BUT, like already mentioned, superworms aren't very safe to feed small younger dragons. If he's over 16 inches you can offer one or two to start with and make sure he can digest them properly. If you've got a smaller, younger dragon, calcium dusted crickets (no bigger than the space between the eyes) or phoenix worms are what most people feed daily. Smaller silkworms would work too. As for the UVB - despite claims on the box and claims from some petstore representatives, the Zilla lights don't actually produce that much UVB light - people have done testing with UVB meters and verified this. The best bulb is the Reptisun 10-0 longer tube fluorescent and some people like the Mercury Vapor Bulbs as well. But I would personally only go with one of those options. There are some issues to be careful of with the MVB's, but there are several articles on here talking about that - so read through those if you wanted to pursue that option. UVB is one of the most critical things for your beardie - the uvb activates your Vit D which allows them to actually use the calcium, otherwise serious problems like metabolic bone disease could develop!
Good luck and looking forward to some pictures and more details about the little beardie !
Heere are some pics and yea i have not fed him any meal worms at all got to get some greens and stuff today for him but here is one pic i need to get some more of him and he name is spikey http://s1220.photobucket.com/albums/dd446/rizzle251/
NCSUCarrie
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Spike's a cutie Hope he likes his greens!
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