There are indeed some amazing vivs out there, great pictures everyone!
I think mine needs some life other then my lizard, I'm thinking what really brings a lot of the vivs to life from the pictures in this thread is the plants inside. And with that, I would assume you'd want to buy fake plants so the beardie doesn't eat it and also so it requires less maintenance hmm?
I am sooo jealous and in awe about how many great vivs everyone has. As a new owner I am def. going to strive to make mine a wonderful enclosure. My fiance is a great handy man so I might have him take a look at the false rock building. I know he mentioned about a custom viv for our new little guy. Ours is below. We just got him so its plain and a little bare. ITs ugly acutally lol I def. need to get more things but it'll be a few days.
Wanted to share the progress of my enclosure. Furniture is just temporary until I figure something else out. Also plan on moving one of basking lamps to the left side of cage and leaving one in the center.
Wow. A very high standard in beardie homes has been set by on this forum for us newbies! I have set up a tank for our new arrival - I hope to get my kids a beardie this weekend so have been diligently reading books, YouTube, discussions etc. this forum has been fantastic. So I would like feedback on if I have "done good" - cuz if not I have some time to do some fixin' before we get a beardie. I will add pictures as I figure out how to post them ("newbie" goes well beyond just having a lizard as a pet for the first time!)
Basking area is 106.6 f from a100w ZooMed basking lamp. I am using a Reptile sun 10.0 UVB 18" tube. I have had to add a 75w zoomed basking lamp to raise the temp in the "cool"side of the tank from71 f to 81f. But do I need shade? Does my beardie to be need a hide or does it take up too much room - ie. will he need more free floor space for "run room". The tank itself is a 36"w by 19" deep by 20" tall glass tank with sliding front doors and screen mesh in the front(small) and the whole top. I am tracking the temps with ZooMed digital thermometer with probes. I have a large bowl (water or should I use it as a "dig pit" and fill it with something like millet?" And a small bowl (food). I expect we will get a 4 month-ish beardie and switch bowl purposes (due to size) after he is about a year. I wish we had room for a bigger tank but we are size constrained (and I can't find the smaller Rankins Dragons in Canada). Most of our supplies are repurposed off kijiji so I don't think I did too bad for our space size and budget. Substrate is carpet (new !) but may change to tile while he is younger. Would LOVE feedback and suggestions for improvement before our beardie comes! We anticipate misting food/beardie each day (they might like dryness but our part of the world rivals Oz! And hardwood flooring sucks up the rest ) and bathing weekly. (Ok I can't figure out how to get a picture on here - any suggestions/links? I am using my iPad or iPhone for my photo...). Thanks muchly!
Here are some pictures of my "kids" viv for their new to be beardie (ok so it's really for me, what can I say :wink: ). Have I done ok? What should I fix/change before we pick up our new guy this weekend? (Description of set up in post above)
Thanks all for you input to be - and for the wonderful help I have garnered on this site!