Are bearded dragons easy to take care of?

Question

I have been wanting one for an extremely long time. Are they easy maintenance?

Answer 1

I Got one as a christmas present last year, I named her Leon.

I swear to you she is the easiest pet i've ever had, but she does get only the best.

Now There is only 2 downsides. When you first get a baby like I did, they eat A LOT and grow so quickly. Mine when I got it was 4 inches in a month was 6 inches, not kidding.

Now I started leon in a ten gallon tank with indoor out door carpeting as the cage liner, I washed it off everyday, and a hard rock to help when shedding, and a half coconut hiding place, and a branch to climb up to her basking light. The basking bulb makes necessary temp the 105 degrees farenheit, ahe also had UVA/UVB lighting all across the cage. I use reptisun 5.0, she had a water dish and was fed small crickets and meal worms 2-3 times a day as many as she would eat, and she was offered chopped romaine lettuce and grated carrots as well. The crickets and other prey items are dusted with calcium because the bones grow quickly at this stage. She is misted 2wice a day in the morning and in the evening.

When she was 10 inches long I moved her to her perminant tank a 40 gallon tank ( I do plan to get a bigger one in the not too distant future) with indoor outdoor carpeting as a cage liner still washed daily, she has a larger hiding place its a retile hubba hut. She has the same lighting requirements, and has larger branches underneath her basking light as she should, she is more herbivorous now, she loves, grated carrots, chopped cellery, sliced romaine lettuce, mustard greens, turnip greens, and dandelion greens, as well as straw berrries, mango and grapes. The fruit is offered once a week and in small portions. She has a water dish 2wice her size and loves to soak in it for hours. She eats 3 dozen crickets and mealworms once a week, as well as calcium supplements. dusted on every other feeding. She is misted once a week.

She is now 16 inches long and her prey items are dusted every 3 feedings and this is how it will be for supplements, unless I plan to breed her one day, and she will need calcium at every feeding.

She will reach an adult size of between 18-24 inches long although some people have bigger ones.

She is extremely tame and seems to enjoy being handled and watching tv with me.

She is the most easy to care for and delightful pet I have.

I wish you luck raising your own beardie and have fun with it.

Answer 2

Lizards in general are not particularly simple to take care of. They require special housing and temperature maintenance, you need to consider where you will keep it, are there drafts in the winter? Does it get really hot in the summer? Care of one would also include handling insects and baby mice, as they are omnivores and will eat insects and pinky mice. My suggestion would be to either pick up a book on Bearded Dragons or search the internet for a few different bearded dragon care sites. The key is to thoroughly educate yourself before you get any kind of pet.

Answer 3

Well, the day to day care is not hard. Pick up the poo, clean the water bowl, mist him with a spray bottle, and his daily feeding. The set-up is the expensive part. I would get a 50 gal short aquarium, a 150 watt ceramic heat bulb and holder, and a desert UV light and holder. Some sticks, fake foilage and you are set. They don't have high humidity requirements but need a good amout of heat.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

yeh.. we were going to get too at once. they can grow very big. but they are easy to care for. they can become very tame as well.. the man at the pet store had 3 and 2 of them used to be able to be held. and he used to let them around the house .. he just ensured he kept a good eye on them. look them up and buy a book,

Answer 6

Yes, my cousin has two of them they are very easy to take care of, just feed them insects (from the local pet store) and a salad of lettuce, carrots, squash, and other veggies. They are very sweet and can be handled easily.

Answer 7

I believe so. But I'm biased.

http://www.anapsid.org/bearded.html

Bearded dragons make great reptile pets. Babies may be a little bit of a challenge for beginner.

Answer 8

They are VERY high maintenance!!! I have 2 and they need fresh water, greens & crickets every morning & evening. They need proper lighting & tanks as well! So I do not agree with anyone who says they are "easy". But they are worth every bit of the work!!! We LOVE ours.....

Answer 9

I don't know what a bearded dragon is. I have heard of bearded mussels, and bearded clams, though.

Answer 10

yea they are.

the require minimal care..

feeding once a week..crickets..and veggies (lettuce)