My First Beardie

[DaiMasters]

I don't have a name yet. He/she hatched on June 15th, so it's 30 days old. I met the parents and siblings the day I bought him. The mother is a Red Citrus and the father is a Sandfire. They both were very healthy and gorgeous animals.

This is my first beardie, I got him 2 days ago and he has a great appetite for greens. He gets Turnip and Dandelion greens with a couple of bits of red and yellow bellpepper. He also eaten quite a few small crickets since bringing him home as well.

I'm debating whether or not to put a water dish in the enclosure because I live in Southeast Texas, not far from the Gulf Coast and it's pretty humid here. Also in the room he is in I have 3 aquariums so it's a humid room.

Should I just bathe him daily instead of keeping a water dish in his enclosure?

 

[Spikeshuman]

Definitely bathe him instead of adding water. Is the humidity in the room really high? Anything over 40% is bad. Between 20-30 is good.

 

[DaiMasters]

The room is like 40%. In his tank it's around 30% without a water dish. Outside today it's 75% XD Should I bathe him once or twice a day?

 

[millerracing81]

Great looking dragon!

I agree, bathe him regularly (every couple of days), don't necessarily add water. What I do for water aside from bathing is that I'll mix a little water with his greens so that they stay moist all day.

I haven't tried peppers with mine yet, maybe I'll give that a shot today.

 

[DaiMasters]

So don't bathe everyday?

 

[Mistyck]

Babies dehydrate quickly and need to be bathed every day, if not a couple times a day.

 

[DaiMasters]

Babies dehydrate quickly and need to be bathed every day, if not a couple times a day.

Ok Cool. I've been bathing him once a day. He doesn't seem dehydrated and really seems to enjoy his baths. But I can easily bump it up to twice a day.

 

[Spikeshuman]

Is his bath time at least 20 minutes long? If he enjoys it .. leave him in for 20-30 minutes. It will really help not just with keeping him hydrated.. but because babies shed sooo often.. it will help with that too.

 

[DaiMasters]

It's been 10-15 minutes everyday. But I'll bump it up to 20.

 

[zandi202]

He's a little cutie! Such a poser too!