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[QUOTE="Taterbug, post: 1665545, member: 71213"] Hi there, have you read the guides on this page? It will help you with the basics of food, supplements etc. it's very good of you to take her in, once you are setup properly it will be much less confusing :) For your lights, a household bulb should work fine, but it may be worth getting a different thermometer. I like the IR temp guns, they are quick and easy way to measure surface temp. Your accurite will be good for ambient temps. Unless your house temps are fluctuating that much I'm guessing the thermometer or its location is the culprit. Sometimes they need to equalize to read properly, or the housing can influence the reading. For UVB I recomend the T5 HO linear florescent, reptisun 10.0 and arcadia 12% are both great bulbs, I get my reptisuns on Amazon. The T5 has more versitility (it can be mounted outside the tank) and power (it can be outside the screen top) A 22" is suitable for most smaller tanks. The fixtures are sold for aquariums or plant growing. A 55 gallon is a narrow tank, I wouldn't go smaller that a 40 breeder (36x18x18). A 40g breeder has a better foot print for a dragon (it's wider) but it's still small IMO. As for the falling, a healthy dragon should be ok... But I wonder if the behavior is for some health reason... Maybe she can't climb or jump as well as in her younger days. I would make sure the areas she lands are soft if possible, or that she has a down ramp that she doesn't need to turn around to use. My first dragon would do this (he was a rescue too, at 6) and eventually hurt his back when he fell wrong. He probably had other problems too but the hard floor certainly didn't help :( [/QUOTE]
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