Need HELP WITH LIZARDS PLEASE TELL ME ALL YOU KNOW!!!?

Question

please tell me all you know about leopard geckos or bearded dragons!!! tell me everything!!! ive done alot of research but i need to know from real peple not the internet. please also tell me about any lizard/ reptile that is up to 24 inches!!! and also tell me about some MEdium lizards about 15 inches please let me know everything soon!!!

and would a 40 gallon tank be big enough for an adult bearded dragon???

Answer 1

for bearded dragons:
HOUSING:

Baby/Juvenile (0-12 months)
A Minimum of a 20 gallon long (30 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 12 3/4) tank is needed is achieve a reasonable gradient of temperatures. Aggressive tendencies, injuries and other complications such as the loss of limbs and tails and even death have been noted when attempting to house more than one dragon together.

Adult (12 months +)
A minimum size of 36"x 18", with 48"x 24" or larger being preferable, and a height between 18"and 24" is required to house one adult.
Bearded dragons are not social creatures by nature and only gather together for mating purposes. Aggressive tendencies, injuries and other complications have been noted when attempting to house more than one dragon together.


SUBSTRATES:

Substrates are a highly debated topic among experienced owners, keepers and breeders. Opinions vary with experience and skill.
With that said......babies are safely raised on a non particle substrate material such as reptile carpet, shelf liner, butcher paper, paper towels, or ceramic tiles. Non particle substrates hold no chance of contributing to impaction.

Adults may use any of the above mentioned substrates and can also safely live on sifted washed playsand purchased from your local retail store or hardware store. Avoid all pet store substrates.

When fed on particle substrates, the new owner should understand that the consumption of substrate material is possible and all live prey should be fed in a separate container.

FEEDING:

Baby/Juvenile
They should be fed a ratio of 80% protein and 20% greens. This breaks down to feeding a baby 2-3x a day as many crix as they can eat in 10 minutes. The crix should be no bigger than the space between a beardie's eyes. If feeding in the same tank as the beardie is living in, all uneaten crix should be removed. Make sure that one feeding a day (6 days) is dusted with a calcium dust. This dust should have d3 and should be phosphorus free. On the 7th day make sure you dust one feeding of crix with a multi-vitamin. Offer a fresh variety of greens daily. Examples of greens...dandelions, chikory, bok choy, swiss chard, escarole, there are many more. NO lettuce of any kind should be fed. Fruits can be given as a treat once a week. NO citric. It usually take a while for babies to adjust to greens, keep trying as they will eventually eat them.

Adult
Their ratio should be 80% greens 20% protein. This breaks down to about 15-25 crix a week. You can feed them all in one day or broken up between a couple, whichever is better for the owner and dragon. Dust with calcium one week then dust with a multivitamin the next. Offer a fresh variety of greens. The same as above, but they should be eating much more. Make sure that there is enough greens for an adult beardie.

LIGHTING/HEAT/TEMPERATURES:

Baby/Juvenile
UVA lighting provides heat in the form of indoor flood lights, reptile bulbs or typical household bulbs. The wattage of the bulb required to reach proper basking temperatures of 105-110F (measured with a digital thermometer) for a baby depends on the size of the tank, the ambient temperature inside your house, cage decor and it's proximity to the basking site. Heat bulbs and UVB bulbs should be set up by a timer available at your local hardware store. They should be set for a basic 14/10 day. There should be a good gradient temp between the basking site and the cool end. The ambient temperature for the cool side should be 70-85* with the temp closer to 85* for a baby.

UVB lighting provides rays essential for good physical and mental health. UVB fixtures should be no less than 18 inches long and should be placed directly on top of the screen top so that the dragon can get within 6-8 inches of the light. Longer fixtures reaching the length of the tank will help ensure good exposure. Some fixtures come with a plastic lens over the bulb that should be removed before using.

Adult
UVA lighting provides heat in the form of indoor flood lights, reptile bulbs or typical household bulbs. The wattage of the bulb required to reach proper basking temperatures of 100-105F (measured with a digital thermometer) for a dragon depends on the size of the tank, the ambient temperature inside your house, cage decor and it's proximity to the basking site. Heat bulbs and UVB bulbs should be set up by a timer available at your local hardware store. They should be set for a basic 14/10 day. There should be a good gradient temp between the basking site and the cool end. The ambient temperature of the cool side should be 70-85* with the temp being closer to 80* for an adult.

UVB lighting provides rays essential for good physical and mental health. UVB fixtures should be no less than 18 inches long and should be placed directly on top of the screen top so that the dragon can get within 6-8 inches of the light. Longer fixtures reaching the length of the tank will help ensure good exposure. Some fixtures come with a plastic lens over the bulb that should be removed before using.

All temperatures should be accurately measured with a digital thermometer or temp gun. All other forms of measurement may be as much as 20 degrees off.

UVB LIGHTING SUGGESTIONS:

Repti Sun 10.0
Repti Glo 8.0
Mercury Vapor Bulbs


SUPPLEMENT SUGGESTIONS:

Calcium
Rep-cal Phosphate free w/d3
Absolute Calcium
Minerall
Calypso

Multivitamin
Herptivite
Reptivite

Parasite control
Parazap
disregard what the above poster says- a 10 gallon is nowhere near the size of even the minemum- a 40 gallon breeder is the minemum. i keep mine in 4x2x2 hand built vivariums

Answer 2

Well beardies dont need a whole lot to be happy. Just give them plenty of food, water, room, a nice warm place to bask, and a shady place to cool off. A 40 gallon would be fine but you have to remember that unless you are breeding beardies, never keep more than one to a tank. This will result in fighting and the bigger lizard will eat all of the food and the smaller won't get any. Also, about the tank thing, the bigger the tank you can get the better. I have a male beardy (who is about to turn 3 by the way) in a 90 gallon tank. That may seem a bit excessive but hey i needed a bigger tank and i found a 100 dollar bill in a grocery store. So I decided what the heck might as well. And he loves the tank.So yeah the bigger the better. Oh and as for substrate i recommend calcium carbonate sand. Its sand thats basically ground up calcium so even if the lizard eats the sand theres no risk of impaction because it will absorb all of the calcium.

Answer 3

well I have 2 Iguanas a water dragon and 2 anoles. I love my Iggys they are friendly, tame, and personable. although they grow to be 6 ft!!! so a 40 gal defiantly wouldnt do it. Iggys are also strict vegetarians, which I like. Water dragons get to be about 3 ft so again a 40 wouldnt cut it but they are also neat lizards, very easy to tame!! they eat crickets, meal worms, wax worms and also veggies. I would recommend a reptarium instead of an aquarium for air circulation, all lizards need a heat lamp and a UVB/UVA light as well, which helps them digest food and produce calcium. I do not own a bearded dragon but I know that they are hardy lizards that make great pets. I hope I was of some help to you! Good luck!!

Answer 4

Holy crap!!! 40 gallons thats like a bathtub my brother had a couple leopard geckos and bearded dragons.He has tons of lizards.I think he has 3 bearded dragons in a 10 gallon tank so your 40 gallon will be more than enough. And in one corner of his house he has a caged off greenhouse thing for his more tropic lizards like geckos,water dragons, and stuff.Im not sure what you want to know though...they both eat smaller crickets and they dont fight one another....so I need to know what you need to know.

Answer 5

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

This link pretty sums it up as far as care. The author is an expert. Many internet sites give wrong information so trust this one.

Beardies, if handled while they are young are docile and easy to handle. They do have personality. I have a smaller male in a 40 gallon tank. They generally just like to bask most of the day

Despite what the poster below says, Beardies do not need a friend in with them. I have my Beardie for 6 years and he is happy and healthy in his 40 gallon tank. If you end up with a larger Beardie, you may want to consider a larger tank but like I said..for the most part, adults are thrilled to bask on a branch most of the day.

Answer 6

I think you would need a bigger tank than 40 gallons, but right now I have my two baby bearded dragons and we keep them in a ten gallon (altho they are starting to get bigger so we are going to seperate them soon). Bearded dragons are really easy to take care of, we buy enough crickets for them to last a week, once a week and keep a cricket rock and let them eat crickets whenever, and chop up fresh veggitables once a day for them to eat.

Answer 7

NO, it would NOT be enough for an adult BD. They are social and the females should be in same sex pairs, males should be alone only. Of course there are differing opinions on this.

If you searched the net then you should have found these sites
www.kingsnake.com
www.ssnakess.com
www.reptilescanada.com

go ask them. I'm tired of answering the same basic reptile questions that can be answered on the net.

and yes, the net is fine, it is the same thing as HERE, people who own reptiles telling you about them! *gasp* and just like here, you have to figure out for yourself who of them is telling the truth!