Would this be alright an alright habitat for a Bearded Dragon?

Question

* Wooden 4ft Vivarium with sliding glass doors (vents)

* Door Lock

* Red Calci-Sand

* Small water bowl

* Small food bowl

* Hollow rock (basking spot/ hiding spot)

* Fake Plant

* Thermometers

* Habba Hut (http://www.reptilesupply.com/images/hh_s_habba_hut.jpg)

* Arcadian Fluorescent Lighting Controller 36-38watt 42"-48"x1"tubes

* Arcadia D3 reptile lamp , 36watt 48" 1200mm

* Blue daylight spot. 100 watts. OR 100 watts Sun Glo (Neodymium daylight lamp) ???

* Habistat (dimming thermostat)

Is this alright and is there anything else i need?

Answer 1

it sounds perfect to me I hope your beared dragon enjoys its home       :-)

Answer 2

Everything sounds good, except for the calci-sand, the blue light, and no supplements.

Bearded dragons should NEVER be housed on calci-sand; it causes impaction, which can be fatal. All sand, and other loose particle substrates (crushed walnut, bed a beast, etc) are VERY dangerous to beardies, and should NOT be used. Besides the impaction risk with sand, it is very germy. Even after you "scoop" the p**p, the germs stay in the sand, which is in the tank.  The best substrates are paper towel, newspaper, slate or ceramic tile (don't glue it down), and non-stick shelf liner. They are cheap, sanitary, easy for daily spot cleaning, and can't cause impaction. If you use either of the papers, you just take out the soiled piece, trash it, and put in a clean piece. If you use tile or shelf liner, you just take out the soiled tile and wash it (use reptile-safe disinfectant, not soap), or take out the shelf liner and wash it.

With the basking light, it should be white. Bearded dragons do NOT do well under colored light; whether it's blue, red, or black. The light should be white. You can use a white reptile basking bulb, or a regular (white) household bulb. This is a good bulb for beardies http://www.petmountain.com/product/incan...

Also, you can't have a dimmer for the UVB light, that causes the UV rays to diminish faster. You MUST replace flourescent tubes at least every 6 months. You can use a dimmer for the regular heat bulb though

For the thermometers, make sure you get the digital ones with a probe. Do NOT get the cheap stick on ones, they can be off up to 20 degrees!

Also, make sure you get calcium and multi-vitamin powder for your beardies. If you use a flourescent tube UVB, you need Repcal calcium+D3, and Herptivite multi-vitamin. If you get an MVB bulb, you need Repcal calcium NO D3, and Herptivite. A baby needs calcium 5x a week (only on one feeding; so if you feed 3x a day, only put calcium on the first feeding) and herptivite on 2x a week (only on one feeding that day). An adult needs calcium 2x a week, and Herptivite 1x a week.

http://www.petmountain.com/product/suppl...

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If you get a hollow log, make sure the beardie will be able to get out if they get in it. Beardies have been known to get stuck in things like that. You can use aquarium sealent to close up holes; let it dry overnight before putting it in the cage.

Also, if you want, the water dish can be big enough for the beardie to get in it. A lot of the time beardies like to soak and p**p in their water.

Here is a site that has everything a beardie can&can't eat http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.co...

And here is a site if you need more advice: http://www.beardeddragon.org/bjive/

Good Luck!

Answer 3

yeah sounds like your on your way to an awesome set up. Depending on the age of the dragon I would avoid sand. They are ferocious eaters and often times they get sand stuck in their mouth and eat it. They can get impacted and die if they get too much in their mouth so be careful with that

Answer 4

***NO*** - to red calci sand. NEVER use calci sand, it actually causes impactions as it... in this xray, the white is calci sand:

http://images.beardeddragon.org/images/a...

***NO*** - to any sand. Playsand is not known to cause impactions but it habours bacteria (smell) and is really not necessary or natural. Not all deserts are like the Sahara - bearded dragons actually live in regions of hard baked compacted earth... no sand.

As an alternative, i suggest repti-carpet. I use it and i think it looks great... like a natural surface with the colour. Easy to clean by just picking up the p**p and spraying some reptile friendly antibacterial and wiping it away.

Never use a loose substrate.

***NO*** to any fake plants. There have been several reports of leaves falling off and being ingested. If that happens you'd be looking at £60 xray and £300 surgery.

I personally don't like plastic hides and rocks... i have two large pieces of bogwood and a small slab of sandstone in my viv and i create my own platforms and caves with them (making sure they are secure).

The rest is ok.

Please - take my advice.

Answer 5

Unless it's a baby, I would go with play sand over the Calci sand.  Yes they say it's good, but I've heard of more impactions form cacli or repti sand than play sand, also the red color of the sand will stain your dragon red until it's next shed.  Be careful with the fake plant, since beardies eat plants you don't want him to choke on a fake leaf or anything. Everything else sounds good.

Answer 6

good

Answer 7

NEVER USE ANY KIND OF SAND!

if the beardie eats the sand it can cause impactions which is expensive to rectify at the vets!!...

i have 2 beardies and the only lights they have is the uv light and a standard house hold bulb (for heat) as reccomended by the breader we got them from.. the breader also reccomended to remove the thermostate and leave the heat light on for the same times as the uv light.. as this tends to make the beardies happier as they know when the heat goes off its bed time!!

fake plants are ok.. so long as the leaves are too big for it to eat.. if u notice any loose leaves just remove them as soon as u see them.

Answer 8

sounds good just it depends on how old the bearded dragon is if its a juvinile you might want to switch to repticarpet

Answer 9

How bearded is he?