StephyJ_83
Member
Hey everyone!!! I'm so excited to be here! :wave: I just got
a baby bearded dragon a week ago, and I found this site on
Google and I've been referring to it ever since. My best friend's
two little sisters each have their own Beardies, and I love them,
so I finally went and got one for myself. I am pretty excited.
Anywho, here's the stats on my beardie and the set up:
*Almost 6 inches long (including tail)- I can't tell the sex yet.
I don't wanna hurt him/her trying to check myself, so I'll just
call it a him for now.
*15 gallon terrarium with reptile carpet, rock, and grapevine thing.
*I have a combo light on the hood with Zoo Med Reptisun 5.0
flourescent light, Exo-Terra Sun-Glo Tight Beam and Night-Glo that
are set on a timer for 14-hours of daylight and 10-hours of nightlight.
*I have a shallow water dish, and a dish that always has collard
greens, spinach leaves, and parsley dusted with Rep Cal. I also
have another dish that has at least three mealworms in there.
I also feed him small crickets at least twice a day and I have
stuff that I am now starting to dust them with, in addition to
gut-loading them.
*I've read about the 'bath' thing, and I've done it once so far.
*I had a digital thermometer in there and one of those dial
things that are really cheep at the pet store, but I wanted
something more acurate so I just ordered a TempGun today.
I've been trying to do my homework on my new beardie, because
I finally did my homework last year on my 30+ year old box turtle,
and it made all the difference in her health, appetite, and personality.
I had my beardie on a pinkish Vita-Sand substrate from the pet store
for about four days, then I found a lot of literature in books and on
the internet saying that sand can be bad for little ones and cause
impaction, so I quickly changed the substrate to reptile carpet.
That stupid sand left my beardie's legs and tail pink. Grrrr...
Here are a couple of my questions:
*What can I use to put on the sides of the tank? My beardie
saw his reflection in the glass and did a little arm wave at it.
It was cute until he decided to jump to the rock that he saw
the "other beardie" on. It was funny once I realized he was
okay, but I'd hate for him to hurt himself by doing that. I tried
putting white paper on the insides of the glass, but then the
crickets climbed up it and away from my hungry baby so I
took it out. Any suggestions here?
*Also, how much is too much handling on a baby? My best
friend's little sister has a beardie that is older, but I'm used
to him just hanging out on my shoulder while I walk around
with him and hold him. However, my little one is so fast that
I'm afraid he'll try to jump off. Also, today I was holding him
and he bit my finger. It didn't hurt or anything, but it surprised
me and made me laugh. Maybe he was hungry, or stressed,
or both, or just wanted to see how I tasted? I dunno. I want
him to be used to me and good with people, cause I know
my nieces and nephews will want to handle him (when I
deem him big enough to be handled by anyone other than
me or his vet). However, I don't want him to be stressed out by me.
I just took some pictures of him a little bit ago. I'll post them
below. However, my last plea for advice is advice on a name.
Here are the ones that I have been thinking about:
*Barbudo - which means 'bearded' in Spanish, but I would call
him Budo for short.
*Smaug - the name of the dragon in Tolkien's 'The Hobbit.'
*Puzzle - the name of the donkey from C.S. Lewis' 'The Chronicles
of Narnia' and also for the designs on his back.
*Frodo - from 'Lord of the Rings.' My friend from work likes that one.
*Jadis - the name of the White Witch from 'The Chronicles of Narnia.'
*Horntail - from 'Harry Potter' - the type of dragon he fights in Book 4.
*Norbert - from 'Harry Potter.' (Can you tell I like my Tolkien, Lewis, & Rowling? hehehe...)
The two I'm leaning toward the most are Puzzle or Budo, but this preference changes
almost daily. Any other name suggestions that come to your mind when you look at his pictures, please post them.
Thanks a bunch, and I'm excited to get to know all of you!
a baby bearded dragon a week ago, and I found this site on
Google and I've been referring to it ever since. My best friend's
two little sisters each have their own Beardies, and I love them,
so I finally went and got one for myself. I am pretty excited.
Anywho, here's the stats on my beardie and the set up:
*Almost 6 inches long (including tail)- I can't tell the sex yet.
I don't wanna hurt him/her trying to check myself, so I'll just
call it a him for now.
*15 gallon terrarium with reptile carpet, rock, and grapevine thing.
*I have a combo light on the hood with Zoo Med Reptisun 5.0
flourescent light, Exo-Terra Sun-Glo Tight Beam and Night-Glo that
are set on a timer for 14-hours of daylight and 10-hours of nightlight.
*I have a shallow water dish, and a dish that always has collard
greens, spinach leaves, and parsley dusted with Rep Cal. I also
have another dish that has at least three mealworms in there.
I also feed him small crickets at least twice a day and I have
stuff that I am now starting to dust them with, in addition to
gut-loading them.
*I've read about the 'bath' thing, and I've done it once so far.
*I had a digital thermometer in there and one of those dial
things that are really cheep at the pet store, but I wanted
something more acurate so I just ordered a TempGun today.
I've been trying to do my homework on my new beardie, because
I finally did my homework last year on my 30+ year old box turtle,
and it made all the difference in her health, appetite, and personality.
I had my beardie on a pinkish Vita-Sand substrate from the pet store
for about four days, then I found a lot of literature in books and on
the internet saying that sand can be bad for little ones and cause
impaction, so I quickly changed the substrate to reptile carpet.
That stupid sand left my beardie's legs and tail pink. Grrrr...
Here are a couple of my questions:
*What can I use to put on the sides of the tank? My beardie
saw his reflection in the glass and did a little arm wave at it.
It was cute until he decided to jump to the rock that he saw
the "other beardie" on. It was funny once I realized he was
okay, but I'd hate for him to hurt himself by doing that. I tried
putting white paper on the insides of the glass, but then the
crickets climbed up it and away from my hungry baby so I
took it out. Any suggestions here?
*Also, how much is too much handling on a baby? My best
friend's little sister has a beardie that is older, but I'm used
to him just hanging out on my shoulder while I walk around
with him and hold him. However, my little one is so fast that
I'm afraid he'll try to jump off. Also, today I was holding him
and he bit my finger. It didn't hurt or anything, but it surprised
me and made me laugh. Maybe he was hungry, or stressed,
or both, or just wanted to see how I tasted? I dunno. I want
him to be used to me and good with people, cause I know
my nieces and nephews will want to handle him (when I
deem him big enough to be handled by anyone other than
me or his vet). However, I don't want him to be stressed out by me.
I just took some pictures of him a little bit ago. I'll post them
below. However, my last plea for advice is advice on a name.
Here are the ones that I have been thinking about:
*Barbudo - which means 'bearded' in Spanish, but I would call
him Budo for short.
*Smaug - the name of the dragon in Tolkien's 'The Hobbit.'
*Puzzle - the name of the donkey from C.S. Lewis' 'The Chronicles
of Narnia' and also for the designs on his back.
*Frodo - from 'Lord of the Rings.' My friend from work likes that one.
*Jadis - the name of the White Witch from 'The Chronicles of Narnia.'
*Horntail - from 'Harry Potter' - the type of dragon he fights in Book 4.
*Norbert - from 'Harry Potter.' (Can you tell I like my Tolkien, Lewis, & Rowling? hehehe...)
The two I'm leaning toward the most are Puzzle or Budo, but this preference changes
almost daily. Any other name suggestions that come to your mind when you look at his pictures, please post them.
Thanks a bunch, and I'm excited to get to know all of you!