Welcome to this site & the world of beardies :wave: :wave:
You've never mentioned what type of UVB light you're using. I'm not sure where you live, in the USA it's easy to order a Reptisun 10.0 tube, it's the best tube. It's not expensive online, petmountain.com has them for inexpensive, also Lightyourreptile.com. I use power suns, they're mercury vapour bulbs & they last longer than the Reptisun, but you have to get a dome to screw them into & a lampstand to hold them up, gets expensive. The Reptisun screws into a flourescent holder. It's VERY important that beardies get the right type of UVB, it can cause serious illness if not under the right type. So let us know what you have. For basking you can use any household bright white light. The temps sound good, my beardies don't like to be more than 95F (I have four adult males).
As for eating, as mentioned repti-worms, also called phoenix worms or calci worms are great feeders. They're also full of calcium. Crickets if they're not longer than the space between your beardie's eyes & make sure they're gutloaded (fed) and you can feed them the greens you feed your beardie. Check this site for a long list of beardie food, good & bad @ www.beautifuldragons.com, I've been using this list since I got my first beardie in 2006. And yes, he's too little to eat supers.
I'm so glad you found him, he needs fattening up & he doesn't look as old as the previous owner said. I'd say more like 9 mo old, so he should grow longer for you.
And also I use newspaper, it's easily found, really easy to change & my beardies have no problems with it. I've been using newspaper for 4 years now. Or as mentioned shelf liner, tiles, there are many solid substrates you can use. Just please get rid of the sand. Dragons lick all the time, to check their surroundings, when they lick this type of sand it clumps in their stomachs & can make them very sick. I used to use it the first year I had a beardie until I found this site & realized how bad it is for beardies.
Hope all this information is helping you, once you get your set up right, your beardie will flourish.
You've never mentioned what type of UVB light you're using. I'm not sure where you live, in the USA it's easy to order a Reptisun 10.0 tube, it's the best tube. It's not expensive online, petmountain.com has them for inexpensive, also Lightyourreptile.com. I use power suns, they're mercury vapour bulbs & they last longer than the Reptisun, but you have to get a dome to screw them into & a lampstand to hold them up, gets expensive. The Reptisun screws into a flourescent holder. It's VERY important that beardies get the right type of UVB, it can cause serious illness if not under the right type. So let us know what you have. For basking you can use any household bright white light. The temps sound good, my beardies don't like to be more than 95F (I have four adult males).
As for eating, as mentioned repti-worms, also called phoenix worms or calci worms are great feeders. They're also full of calcium. Crickets if they're not longer than the space between your beardie's eyes & make sure they're gutloaded (fed) and you can feed them the greens you feed your beardie. Check this site for a long list of beardie food, good & bad @ www.beautifuldragons.com, I've been using this list since I got my first beardie in 2006. And yes, he's too little to eat supers.
I'm so glad you found him, he needs fattening up & he doesn't look as old as the previous owner said. I'd say more like 9 mo old, so he should grow longer for you.
And also I use newspaper, it's easily found, really easy to change & my beardies have no problems with it. I've been using newspaper for 4 years now. Or as mentioned shelf liner, tiles, there are many solid substrates you can use. Just please get rid of the sand. Dragons lick all the time, to check their surroundings, when they lick this type of sand it clumps in their stomachs & can make them very sick. I used to use it the first year I had a beardie until I found this site & realized how bad it is for beardies.
Hope all this information is helping you, once you get your set up right, your beardie will flourish.
