Yep, Big Chief is my hubby. :mrgreen: And yep we do have 17 reptiles right now
Whirleeq":2th319h0 said:Too much cuteness.... I just went and put a deposit on an 11 month old female to join my Cato with Stars Dragons... We are going to name her Clove. My kids are "hunger games" fans.
Menolly07":1i4rb8ay said:Trillion!!! You have geckos named after Pern dragons??? We MUST be friends now! It is known!
Draco is very handsome. That cricket is... Um.... A very becoming accessory choice. I hear that all the fashionable Rankins are wearing them this season....
kab":3uz002md said:Hi guys,
i've just joined this forum to gain some knowledge and equally share my experiences.
I bought 2 rankin bearded dragons on saturday (3 months old) and they are adorable (Leigh and George). I have been feeding them small/medium brown crickets about 3 times a day and feed as much as they want to eat. I remove any crickets before bed time. I've tried to get them to eat 'wild rocket salad' which looks like dandelion leaves and is a good staple diet for them. They dont really show much notice though and just love the crickets! I'll keep trying to get them to eat their greens.
I've been gut-loading the crickets on the 'wild rocket' and fish flakes so hopefully this helps. I also add calcium powder to the crickets 5 times a week and vitamins on the other 2 days.
Their basking spot is 110degrees and the cool end is 85degrees. I have an arcadia d3+ 12% uvb flouresscent which runs the length of the viv and the rankins can get really close to. At night the
whole viv drops to about 75 degrees
I haven't ever kept bearded dragons or any other lizzard before but these rankins are amazing. Really alert and sociable. They are young so i'm not handling them too much but they love any company.
At night they sleep on the floor but riggle to try and get comfortable before finding a position. I'm
using newspaper as a substrate to prevent the risk of impaction and as they get older i will use wood
chips or sand.
Which substrate do you use for rankins?
I'll post pictures soon of Leigh and George.
kab":1970g61q said:Thanks for that info, i'm glad i'm not using wood or sand!
I think i'll go for reptile carpet, similar to what you're using. Would prebably be best.
They bask under the lamp for a short time then either stay on the edge of the rock (just out of the main light beam) or head up the java wood and bask under the UV where it is most intense. They haven't opened their mouths whilst basking so i dont think they are too hot. I've linked the basking lamp to a thermostat so if the ambient tank temp gets too high the thermostat would stop the basking lamp and leave only the UV (reducing temp of basking spot and ambient temp for a short spell). This is more of a precaution just incase the tank gets too hot during the summer. I'd then use a bulb with lower wattage as i understand the UVA produced by the basking lamb is very important.
I'll have to try out silk worms and cockroaches, i'm sure they like anything that moves!
Leigh and George are about 7" at the moment and I guess they'll reach 10-12". Do you know hoe long this might take?
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