Is this enclosure good?

[Jerryrune]

Hi I'm getting a bearded dragon soon once my licence arrives, just wondering if my enclosure looks ok or if it's missing anything
I have a food and water bowl they just aren't in the tank in the picture

 

[xp29]

Hi I'm getting a bearded dragon soon once my licence arrives, just wondering if my enclosure looks ok or if it's missing anything
I have a food and water bowl they just aren't in the tank in the picture View attachment 96095

Looks pretty good

 

[ChileanTaco]

Yes, looks pretty good Btw: I like naturalistic setups with wood, sand etc. I'm sure your dragon will enjoy it.

Regarding the water bowl: Normally it's not necessary, maybe your dragon drinks from it - but don't worry if your dragon never does. For safety reasons, please use a shallow water bowl.

Is the plant a real one? I have good experience with keeping at least one real live plant in the enclosure. I have a "golliwog" plant (callisia repens), that is a succulent that's safe for reptiles and provides good nutrition. I think it's great thing to have one, as it always provides the dragon with some fresh green to eat all day long and even when we humans are away for a few days.
My dragon eats a lot from it, and in fact I have now multiple plants so I can always let one regrow on the balcony when my dragon has "harvested" a lot and then the other plant is put into my dragon's enclosure.

Btw., as you mention a "license": Does it have something to do with the dragon you will get, i.e. a keeper's license and you are maybe in Australia? Or is the license you mention unrelated to this?
I'm just asking as sometimes it can be helpful to know where somebody is (which country) regarding availability of products, and when are which seasons (Southern vs. Northern hemisphere).

 

[Jerryrune]

Yes, looks pretty good Btw: I like naturalistic setups with wood, sand etc. I'm sure your dragon will enjoy it.

Regarding the water bowl: Normally it's not necessary, maybe your dragon drinks from it - but don't worry if your dragon never does. For safety reasons, please use a shallow water bowl.

Is the plant a real one? I have good experience with keeping at least one real live plant in the enclosure. I have a "golliwog" plant (callisia repens), that is a succulent that's safe for reptiles and provides good nutrition. I think it's great thing to have one, as it always provides the dragon with some fresh green to eat all day long and even when we humans are away for a few days.
My dragon eats a lot from it, and in fact I have now multiple plants so I can always let one regrow on the balcony when my dragon has "harvested" a lot and then the other plant is put into my dragon's enclosure.

Btw., as you mention a "license": Does it have something to do with the dragon you will get, i.e. a keeper's license and you are maybe in Australia? Or is the license you mention unrelated to this?
I'm just asking as sometimes it can be helpful to know where somebody is (which country) regarding availability of products, and when are which seasons (Southern vs. Northern hemisphere).

Thank you, I was going for a more natural look with the best I could get

I did hear that about the water bowl so I made sure I got just a small one

The plant is a fake one unfortunately but I might look into getting a real one

I live in Australia which is why I need to get a licence to keep a bearded dragon

 

[ChileanTaco]

I live in Australia which is why I need to get a licence to keep a bearded dragon

I thought so by mentioning the licence, just wanted to make sure it's this.

Btw.: I'm also on the Southern hemisphere, but I'm in Chile (No licence required here, but I just mention this as the seasons are the same and this sometimes makes sense when talking about stuff for grown-up beardies like brumation )

 

[Jerryrune]

I thought so by mentioning the licence, just wanted to make sure it's this.

Btw.: I'm also on the Southern hemisphere, but I'm in Chile (No licence required here, but I just mention this as the seasons are the same and this sometimes makes sense when talking about stuff for grown-up beardies like brumation )

cool cool, I'm not sure if mine will go into brumation here because in winter the coldest it gets to is only 15°c, in summer the average day is 30-45°c

 

[ChileanTaco]

cool cool, I'm not sure if mine will go into brumation here because in winter the coldest it gets to is only 15°c, in summer the average day is 30-45°c

Mine went into brumation - coldest winter temperature is here about 20 °C during day, 15 °C during night. Summers are well above 30 °C and 40 is not rare. (All outside temperatures, of course; enclosure is hotter.) We're here in the Atacama desert, close to Paranal observatory. So the climate here should be similar to yours.

Many dragons sense the change in daylight length, and the relative temperatures (that it got a bit colder than previously). My dragon also hides for 2 - 3 days when it is, on a rare occasion, cloudy or windy. It's not very cloudy or windy here, but just sometimes a bit of overcast instead of the usual super clear skies, a bit of rough sea (we live by the coast) and then he's gone for a few days.
Last year, Taco was about 9 - 10 months old, he did a 3 month brumation. Despite it was warm and sunny, and it would have been warm enough to take him out (on the balcony), no "need" to brumate. But yes, of course our winters are also a bit lower temp than the summers and the daylight is shorter. And then... Taco went out of brumation the day after winter solstice - I bet he sensed days now getting a bit longer.
As I keep my dragon in an all-glass enclosure just in front of a room corner of two windows, he can see very well what's going on outside, like daylight length, and this might make him react quite a lot to seasons and weather.

 

[Jerryrune]

Mine went into brumation - coldest winter temperature is here about 20 °C during day, 15 °C during night. Summers are well above 30 °C and 40 is not rare. (All outside temperatures, of course; enclosure is hotter.) We're here in the Atacama desert, close to Paranal observatory. So the climate here should be similar to yours.

Many dragons sense the change in daylight length, and the relative temperatures (that it got a bit colder than previously). My dragon also hides for 2 - 3 days when it is, on a rare occasion, cloudy or windy. It's not very cloudy or windy here, but just a bit of overcast, a bit of rough sea (we live by the coast) and he's gone for a few days.
Last year, Taco was about 9 - 10 months old, he did a 3 month brumation. Despite it was warm and sunny, and it would have been warm enough to take him out (on the balcony), no "need" to brumate. But yes, of course our winters are also a bit lower temp than the summers and the daylight is shorter. And then... Taco went out of brumation the day after winter solstice - I bet he sensed days now getting a bit longer.
As I keep my dragon in an all-glass enclosure just in front of a room corner of two windows, he can see very well what's going on outside, like daylight length, and this might make him react quite a lot to seasons and weather.

Thank you for this information that's really cool, I will see what happens with mine!