SmaugsStepMom
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Hi everyone! My name is Melissa and my boyfriend and I have recently adopted a 5-year-old adult bearded dragon named Smaug. She lived with him when she was a juvenile, and since then has changed hands several times. Unfortunately, her last humans were not responsible for her, so she has come to live with us (hopefully permanently, this time.)
I am an utter rookie when it comes to lizard care so I am hoping to get lots of information from this site! I already bought her a bigger tank and some better heating and lighting because when she came to us she was in a little aquarium with insufficient heat and no UVB source . I've been reading about beardies and I think I still have to change a few things about her set up, but she seems much happier. She spent the whole first day we had her basking as close to the lights as she could get (to the extent that she would climb to the highest edge of the hammock, push herself up, and lean over the edge to stretch her head INTO the lamps.... We had to rearrange) but now is spending some time lower down and chasing crickets around.
Her is (an attempt at uploading) a picture of our cranky little lady <3 <3 <3
I am an utter rookie when it comes to lizard care so I am hoping to get lots of information from this site! I already bought her a bigger tank and some better heating and lighting because when she came to us she was in a little aquarium with insufficient heat and no UVB source . I've been reading about beardies and I think I still have to change a few things about her set up, but she seems much happier. She spent the whole first day we had her basking as close to the lights as she could get (to the extent that she would climb to the highest edge of the hammock, push herself up, and lean over the edge to stretch her head INTO the lamps.... We had to rearrange) but now is spending some time lower down and chasing crickets around.
Her is (an attempt at uploading) a picture of our cranky little lady <3 <3 <3