Hi Everyone Meet my New guy Rock'O

[Bummblebee]

Hello everyone I am new to your forum and a new owner of a beardie Rock'O. Im realy lucky in how I got him I was in a local pet store letting my son look at all the cool animals and this guy walks up w a beardie I asked if that was his pet and he said yea but Im looking to get rid of her (Which turns out to be a him) I said O Id love to have her he handed her to me and walked away I was like no way. So anyway I brought him home did some research and here we are me Rock'O and the family lol
Any info and suggestions will be greatly appreciated Im attaching some photos please tell me what u think about his set up do's and don'ts u see and corrections u see that need made.

Also I am getting two more beardies that are 8 months old with a 75 gallon aquarium from a family who can no longer care for them so my beardie family will grow on sunday Im excited but I want to make sure I care for them properly so help me out. Im also not sure how old Rock'O is but maybe theres a way to tell. Ill search the forum

Meet Rock'O
https://picasaweb.google.com/Bummblebee/RockO

Also pics of Torch and JuJu https://picasaweb.google.com/102535732356664493806/RockOTorchAndJuJu

 

[NightmareDisco]

Nice enclosure. My only concern would be monitoring the humidity closely because of all the plants. Do you keep water in there?

He's a cutie

 

[Bummblebee]

Hi well i actually removed all the fake plants because I have only had Rock'O three days now and he has not eaten but yesterday he tried to eat the fake plant so I removed them to encourge him to eat the real stuff I figured this would take away the confusion.

I have a rock water fall in the far left of his tank to incourage drinking before it was a yellow container he could submerg in I have removed this I will update the pic soon

 

[SlimeCounty]

Yeah, I would be freaking out about the humidity as well, HE'S A DESERT DWELLER, NOT A JUNGLE CRAWLER! ...lol
they say 35-40 % humidity is optimal, but 45-50 % is sufficient, so I would be careful. Good luck. Grab yourself a cheap hygrometer.

 

[NightmareDisco]

I would highly suggest ditching the waterfall and just going with baths for hydration. Too much humidity can cause a respiratory infection. I don't put water in my viv at all.

 

[thanybeauty1]

What a beautiful dragon! I agree with the previous posters. waterfalls and plants create too much humidity. I do not know what kind of help you are seeking but I can tell you what I've learned through this website. Beautifuldragons.org has a list of foods that are good for the dragons. Digital thermometers with a probe are the most accurate. Coil uvb bulbs are bad for dragons and can cause eye problems and the only safe uvb bulb on the market right now is reptisun 10.0. It is a long tub bulb. Dragons need a warm side of the tank and a cool side plus a basking spot. Basking spot should be between 100 and 104 degrees and cool side should be around 80 degrees. I may be a couple of degrees off on that so I'd check a care sheet. There are specific inches away from the bulbs that dragons need however I'm not sure on those. You should get a fecal done on all three of your dragons and they should not be housed together. Bathing helps hydrate dragons and also helps them poop. I bathe my dragons every other day. Sand used for substrate causes impaction and even death so tiles or repticarpet is best. Your dragons may get relocation stress which might last a few days or even a few weeks which may affect their appetite and energy. Use the care sheet and other articles to help guide you. I honestly love this forum and have learned so much from the people here so keep coming back. I look forward to seeing more pics of all of your babies and congrats on becoming a beardie owner.

 

[Bummblebee]

Thank everyone I have removed H2O water fall from Rocko's inclosure and plants I think hes doing well still not eating a whole lot I got my other two dragons the other day her is an updated pic of everyones set up

Rock'O dont know age was told 1 yr but I was also told he was female and hes actualy male. Lives in a 75 g aquarium

Torch 8months from what I was told. Male currently lives in a 55g aquarium with JuJu but Im in the process of hooking up my other 55 g aquarium so I can seperate.

JuJu Female 8 m housed with torch untill 55 g gets set up

Click to see updated pics of everyone
https://picasaweb.google.com/102535732356664493806/RockOTorchAndJuJu

 

[NightmareDisco]

Pic number 3 is ADORABLE

 

[Bummblebee]

Thanx we sure are enjoying them sooooo much they are by far one of the coolest lizards we have owned.