Can anyone tell me how to look after a dwarf bearded dragon like what they eat ect. and tell me some internet sites i can look at please!!
2007-01-08 17:57:23 · 9 answers · asked by Pam 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
An excellent website is :
http://www.beardeddragon.org/articles/caresheet/
They have the caresheet and there is also a very busy forum with lots of people who can give you any advice you need. I was considering getting a beardie a few months ago and these guys were great and the caresheet I've linked gave me all the info I needed.
Hope that helps! Good luck!
2007-01-09 06:13:50 · answer #1 · answered by Shona 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dwarf Bearded Dragon
2016-11-14 20:50:45 · answer #2 · answered by stanier 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bearded Dragon Care Sheet
2017-01-01 04:48:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dwarf dragon.... You might be talking about a Lawsons Dragon also known missnamed a Rankins Dragon. You should care for it almost the same as a normal Bearded Dragon. If you are looking for a care sheet www.southfloridadragons.mfbiz.com is my site I have a care sheet and Reptile Rooms has a more indepth Care sheet http://www.reptilerooms.com/Sections+index-req-listarticles-secid-1.html If you have questions after you read the care sheets. you can go to the forums on reptile rooms and people will help you.
2007-01-09 00:30:00 · answer #4 · answered by RobertII 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok, i have a large collection of snakes and lizards amongst all of my reptiles i have got 2 species of bearded dragon. the coastal & the central. the easiest thing to do is get live cricket from your local pet shop once it is eating those every day you can phase in chopped up Fruit n veg or those cat food singles. if you can go to your pet shop & get some vitamin and calcium powder and sprinkle it on the food just make sure you have a place for them to bask under a heat sorce (easiest way is a lamp with a 60w spot bulb facing straight onto the ground 30cm high so that you dont burn them make sure there is an area from them to escape the heat if the cage gets to hot (above 35c) turn the light off as for the site go to google and type in the name of the species that you want to know about and your off like a lizard drinking
2007-01-08 20:05:43 · answer #5 · answered by stevieglenwright 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bearded dragon
Pogona minor
SUBFAMILY
Agaminae
TAXONOMY
Pogona minor Sternfeld, 1919, Hermannsburg, Northern Territory, Australia.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
None known.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The bearded dragon is a medium-size, grayish to dark gray lizard with splotches of cream.
DISTRIBUTION
It is distributed through the central deserts of Australia.
HABITAT
These lizards occur in a variety of habitats, including red sandy deserts and shrub acacia woodlands.
BEHAVIOR
Bearded dragons are semiarboreal, often using perches as basking sites and vantage points. They have a distinctive throat pouch, which is extended in defensive displays, but they do not appear to defend territories.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
These sit-and-wait ambush foragers prey on grasshoppers, beetles, termites, and insect larvae.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
The average clutch size of 73 females was reported as 7.6 eggs.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
Bearded dragons are popular in the pet trade and often are kept and bred in captivity.
2007-01-08 20:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by Krazycricket 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Housing A 36" x 18" x 24" is big enough to house a pair of rankins. The more you keep then obviously the bigger the tank needs to be. They like to climb so make sure to put some logs or branches in the tank and some rocks for them to bask on. They also love to dig so a substrate like Calci sand is ideal. Several basking sites should be provided under the hot spot and the UV lighting. Rankins Dragons need to bask and they need high temperatures to help with the digestive process. Basking area should be about 100 degrees Fahrenheit with an ambient temperature of 75F and then dropping to about 65F at nighttime. Rankins Dragons need to have UV running along the top of the tank. In the wild they bask in the sun to absorb the vitamins from their food. Obviously in a tank they won't receive much sun so a UV will act as the sun. Rankins Dragons need to tell the difference between night and day, to do this you need to have your UV bulb on for 12 hours and off for 12 hours. The UV must be within 12" of the dragon to enable it to get the full benefit of the UV bulb. Your UV bulb will need to be changed once a year as it loses its efficiency. You will need a ceramic heating bulb and a pulse thermostat to control the temperature of the tank. You will also need a thermometer inside the tank so that you can check they are being kept at the right temperature. Some people use 2 thermometers, one at the cooler end and one at the hotter end to monitor the temperature range. If you use only one thermometer then place it in the middle of the tank towards the bottom. Never use hot rocks, as they are widely known to cause belly burns. Feeding Rankins Dragons like fruit and vegetables as well as meat. They like a large variety of live insects, which include black and brown crickets, locusts, mealworms and wax worms. A good measure of the size of live insects to feed is that they must not be bigger than the size of the dragon's head. Do not feed mealworms to baby dragons as they contain chitilin which is hard to digest. Do not feed them insects from your garden, as you do not know if they have been sprayed with anything that can be harmful to your dragon. Fresh fruit and vegetables must be offered daily and remember that they like variety. Try to avoid spinach and kale as they are calcium binders and affect the dragon's bones. Another thing to avoid is iceberg lettuce, as this has no nutritional value to the dragon. Make sure to chop the food into small bite size pieces to avoid choking. Rankins Dragons require extra calcium for their bones to remain strong and to develop at the normal rates. They also need extra Vitamin D3; this vitamin is needed just as much as calcium. This vitamin is needed for your dragon's body to absorb the calcium. All you need to do to maintain your Rankins Dragon is to dust your live food every other day with a vitamin and mineral supplement like Nutrobal. Some Rankins love water so offer fresh water daily in a shallow bowl. If they do not drink from the bowl then offer them a spray of water on the end of their nose until they finish drinking. Also give the cage a mist spray once a day.
2016-03-17 23:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well they eat crickets. and just go on google and google dwarf bearded dragons. oh yeah how big do they get i had a lizard tho it died so how big!!!! please
2007-01-08 18:06:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋