Survey - please help!

[elliegriff]

I am currently doing a project on Bearded dragon housing for my college course and would greatly appreciate it if you could answer a few questions on your own vivariums.
1. What style vivarium do you have?
- glass
-wooden
-custom
-other (please specify)

2. What substrate do you use?
- sand
- wood chip
- newspaper
- reptile carpet
- other (please specify)

3. What heat equipment do you own?
- heat mat
- hot rocks
- lamps
- none/surroundings

4. What lighting do you use?
- lamp
- spot bulb
- natural/surroundings

5. What decorations do you use?
- rocks/large stones
- branches/logs
- other (please specify)

6. D you use plastic or living plants in your vivarium?
- plastic
- Living (please specify)
- none

7. How long have you owned bearded dragons?

8. How old are your bearded dragons/s?
- under a year old
- 1-2 years
- 3-4 years
- 5-6 years
- 7-8 years
- 9-10 years
- 11-12 years
- 12 years +

many thanks to all who complete this survey !

 

[Lindz0518]

1. Glass
2. Tile (sand and woodchips should never be used)
3&4 Lamp, uvb and halogen (heat rocks and heat mats are a no no)
5. Rocks, branches
6. Plastic
7. 5 weeks (reptiles in general over 4 years)
8. Spyro is about 4 months old

 

[elliegriff]

thanks for your reply - i bet hes sooo tiny! :3

i know heat mats and heat rocks should never be used - they malfunction so easily! :/

and sand and wood chip not for babys, once their big enough its fine. my 8 month old is on wood chip and he always spit it out if he misses his cricket/roach!!

 

[Goodtruant]

1. Wood
2. Rock slabs & paper towels
3. Heat lamp (75w ZooMed), Secondary heat (75w household bulb), Ceramic Heat Emitter
4. Reptisun 10.0 tube UVB = (see above)
5. Large rocks (collected on hikes), branches, reptile cave
6. No plants
7. About 1 year
8. About 1 year old

 

[Spikey92]

1. What style vivarium do you have?
- glass

2. What substrate do you use?
- other : Tiles

3. What heat equipment do you own?
- lamps


4. What lighting do you use?
- lamp
- spot bulb
- natural/surroundings

5. What decorations do you use?
- rocks/large stones
- branches/logs
- other : Stuffies, a little wooden bed, hammock

6. D you use plastic or living plants
- none

7. How long have you owned bearded dragons?
5 months

8. How old are your bearded dragons/s?
- under a year old

 

[bumblebee]

1. glass
2. non-adhesive shelf liner
3. lamp with clear household light bulb for basking
4. basking light & Repti-sun 10.0 tube
5. driftwood, hammock
6. none
7. about 8 months
8. almost 1 year

 

[Lindz0518]

thanks for your reply - i bet hes sooo tiny! :3

i know heat mats and heat rocks should never be used - they malfunction so easily! :/

and sand and wood chip not for babys, once their big enough its fine. my 8 month old is on wood chip and he always spit it out if he misses his cricket/roach!!

Actually the wood chips can hold humidity and can cause respiratory infections and can grow bacteria. Plug wood chips into the search function and you will see they are not good, Sand can cause impaction even in adults.
http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=132151

 

[Amy2]

1. What style vivarium do you have?
40 Gallon Breeder Aquarium

2. What substrate do you use?
Ceramic Tile

3. What heat equipment do you own?
None - Use a lightbulb

4. What lighting do you use?
UVB Tube light (ReptiSun 10.0)
Household light for heat

5. What decorations do you use?
Rocks
Branches

6. D you use plastic or living plants in your vivarium?
Plastic

7. How long have you owned bearded dragons?
6 Years

8. How old are your bearded dragon?
Under a year old - 11 months old

 

[carlisv]

Richard is 2 1/2 (we got him when he was 7 months old) and is in a 40-gallon breeder with tile floor. He has a styrofoam cube covered with burlap as his basking platform, with a cork bark bridge that goes to another platform, 2 driftwood logs, a log hide, his favorite rock, and a plastic plant. He has a ReptiSun 10.0 tube UVB light, a hanging light with (right now) a 75 watt household bulb in it for heat, and the other end has a fluorescent bulb just to brighten it up.

Dubs is in a converted corner aquarium that is 36 per side with a rounded front. He has a repticarpet surface, a big styrofoam cube covered with burlap as a basking spot, several cork bark bridges, half a coconut, and a small dog bed. His favorite thing on earth is his 12" tall concrete yard gnome, which he sleeps on, hugs, climbs, and wraps himself around. He has a SolarGlo 160 MVB (he HATED the ReptiSun tube I got him - freaked out for days, had to take it out) and a 125 watt halogen basking bulb. He's also 2 1/2, although they're not related. We got him as a teeny baby.

They're our first beardies. Probably not our last though . . .

 

[sweetpea1981]

I have 2 dragons and 2 tanks

1. What style vivarium do you have?
- glass

2. What substrate do you use?
- other (Glazed Porcelain Tile)

3. What heat equipment do you own?
- lamps, plus a space heater for the room for night time temps


4. What lighting do you use?
- spot bulb, plus my uvb which is a reptisun 10.0 florescent tube


5. What decorations do you use?
- rocks/large stones
- branches/logs
- other (lizard hammocks, a cave, dig boxes, fake cactus, sock monkeys)

6. D you use plastic or living plants in your vivarium?
- plastic fake cactus

7. How long have you owned bearded dragons?
2-3 months

8. How old are your bearded dragons/s?
- under a year old

 

[dragonov]

1. What style vivarium do you have?
-custom (wood and glass sliding doors)


2. What substrate do you use?
- sand

3. What heat equipment do you own?
- lamps

4. What lighting do you use?
- lamps
- spot bulbs

5. What decorations do you use?
- other (custom fake rock background)

6. D you use plastic or living plants in your vivarium?
- plastic

7. How long have you owned bearded dragons?
- one month

8. How old are your bearded dragons/s?
- 3-4 years

many thanks to all who complete this survey !
- you're welcome

 

[elliegriff]

thanks for your reply - i bet hes sooo tiny! :3

i know heat mats and heat rocks should never be used - they malfunction so easily! :/

and sand and wood chip not for babys, once their big enough its fine. my 8 month old is on wood chip and he always spit it out if he misses his cricket/roach!!

Actually the wood chips can hold humidity and can cause respiratory infections and can grow bacteria. Plug wood chips into the search function and you will see they are not good, Sand can cause impaction even in adults.
http://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=132151

Hi Lindsey,
im currently at an animal college, and our tutors have always taught us "all in moderation", so yes, wood chip could higher the humidity etc etc, but im not spraying water onto his wood chip or letting them get soggy thus they have no water to hold, evaporation and in turn, higher the humidity. i remove poop etc daily and replace surrounding wood chip so that reduces risk of bacteria immensly. problem i find on every single online site is they are convinced pretty much everything will KILL YOUR DRAGON!! yes there are risks involved with everything, but its like saying, never leave your house you might get run over, murdered, catch a disease, get cold and die of hyperthermia so on so forth! so i take everything with common sence. i agree even an adult beard dragon could get impacted with sand, but were talking huge mouthfuls of sand swallowed daily, not just a few grains here and their, if they can pass a pinkie or a locust, or several crickets, im sure a few grains of sand isnt going to harm them that much! if i were to noticed my grown beardy shovvling the stuff in, obviously id change substrate and seek advice as to why my dragon is trying to eat sand ie calcium deficiency??
sorry that turned into a bit of a essay there, but i just get so fed up of everybody being convinced that everything will kill their dragon in an instant!!!

 

[elliegriff]

BIIIIIIIIGGGGG thankyou to everyone whos has replied, from this site and others i have now over 50 completed surveys!!! im overwhelmed XD

so before my computer crashes with all the glorious info youve all helped me with id like to say thanks for the help but i think i have enough now!

many MANY thankies
Ellie xxx