Dafelsheim
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Hey, guys! I'm a first time bearded dragon owner. I got him from Petsmart two months ago. I did some basic research before hand but was ignorantly lulled into trusting the employee attending me. He said he had a beardie and an iguana, so I figured he wouldn't steer me wrong. Boy did he. I've been struggling to remedy things since. Hours of googling, paying for beardie kindle books and so on.
For starters, my beardie, Godzilla, is now about six inches long. He was about three when I bought him. Clearly he was way too young to sell. The terrarium set I bought (with his prompting) was for a gecko. The bulbs in the dome lamps were only 75 watts.. And were blue and red. It took me a few weeks to figure out that despite my setup matching the schematic in the beardie primer, things were all wrong.
Since then I've been trying to set things right bit by bit, as money allows. I added a second thermometer and hydrometer. Then swapped out the bulbs for a 100 w basking lamp and a 100 w red night lamp. I've been keeping his tank beneath a tall window hoping that the UV would penetrate the wire top, and have dedicated all three of the sun lamps in my study to shining down into the enclosure. This setup seemed to really perk him up and made him far more active until recently.
The basking lamp blew about a week ago so I've had to use the old 75 w blue bulb as a temp. I'll be replacing the basking lamp tomorrow.
My main concern is whether the 27w sun lamps emit sufficient Uvb.
I'll provide pictures of the setup and Godzilla later today. I appreciate and and all input!
For starters, my beardie, Godzilla, is now about six inches long. He was about three when I bought him. Clearly he was way too young to sell. The terrarium set I bought (with his prompting) was for a gecko. The bulbs in the dome lamps were only 75 watts.. And were blue and red. It took me a few weeks to figure out that despite my setup matching the schematic in the beardie primer, things were all wrong.
Since then I've been trying to set things right bit by bit, as money allows. I added a second thermometer and hydrometer. Then swapped out the bulbs for a 100 w basking lamp and a 100 w red night lamp. I've been keeping his tank beneath a tall window hoping that the UV would penetrate the wire top, and have dedicated all three of the sun lamps in my study to shining down into the enclosure. This setup seemed to really perk him up and made him far more active until recently.
The basking lamp blew about a week ago so I've had to use the old 75 w blue bulb as a temp. I'll be replacing the basking lamp tomorrow.
My main concern is whether the 27w sun lamps emit sufficient Uvb.
I'll provide pictures of the setup and Godzilla later today. I appreciate and and all input!