how much is the set up and keeping cost of bearded dragons?

Question

want to know as getting them as pets

Answer 1

it cost me £350 for a nice brand new tank for a breeding pair of bearded dragons. the dragons were £80 each.
Bearded Dragons need little care, beyond daily maintenance, once they are established in/acclimated to their new environment. Care should certainly be taken to emulate their natural setting to reduce stress to the animal... As should a schedule be developed for lighting and feeding for the same purposes.
Feeding your Bearded Dragon will require handling bugs. Yes, i said BUGS... Crickets, mealworms, wax worms, oh! And possibly pinkies. Bearded Dragons are omnivores, meaning that they will eat veggies and small animals. Insects should be a daily staple of your Dragons diet and greens should be available at all times.Another 'must' for Beardies is a Calcium supplement - I use Rep-Cal Calcium - with Vitamin D3 and occasionally Miner-All. The dust can be placed into a baggie and crickets 'shake -n- baked' in it before feeding... and the liquid can be sprayed onto their greens. The form of the calcium is a preference, but its presence is definitely a must. At least 1 feeding every other day should be calcium supplemented. **One day a week, we supplement with a multivitamin such as Herptivite. Caution should be exercised when using a multi-vitamin supplement, as reptiles are susceptible to vitamin A toxicity.

so as you can see its really easy for a setup!!

good luck

Answer 2

The VERY first thing you should do is go to the book store or library and do some research . Reptiles are a lot of fun and are easy to take care of ONCE you know what you are doing. you will need a "reptile light". This is a must or you will slowly kill your lizard. It has to do with the absorption of vitamin D and calcium. Just putting it where the sun shines on him is not enough. The windows and cage block out the vitamin D it would absorb from the sun's rays. They need this so they can process the calcium in the food they eat, other wise their bodies will take it from their bones. This Is life threatening because it will make their bones brittle and they get rickets. Rickets can cause nerve damage and they can become paralyzed.

There are magazines you can get at the pet or book store that have good info on all kinds of reptiles. you can get a subscription and learn more. But first and foremost, buy a book on the care of reptiles. This way you'll have all the info you need for the health and care of your reptile.

Answer 3

I see youv'e gotten tons of answers on the price thing so I just want to mention that if you are getting 2 then you will need 2 seperate enclosures. It is not recommended that you keep 2 of any sex together. Two of the same sex will have territorial issues and dominace issues can cause one to stop eating not to mention the possibility of fights which could be the end of one of your loved pets. Two of differing sexes pose their own problems in addition to the possible problems listed above with same sex. They can and will mate, from one mating, a female can lay a clutch of 15-30 eggs per month for up to a year. That's a LOT of eggs to deal with. If they are brother and sister or otherwise related in any way you will also have to deal with health issue and possible deformaties in the babies. If you are getting them when young, they will undoubtedly mate when the female is too young and not strong enough, large enough, heavy enough to deal with egg laying on tha magnitude. Females should be at least a year and a half and 350 grams before mating is even considered. Males are able to become fathers as early as 4 months so you can see what I mean.

Answer 4

it depends on what you want in it try to buy second hand the stat is expensive with the minimum, size viv begin 36 by 18 by 18 inches you wont need a heat mat, with the heat bulb try and by repti-glo and the uva-uvb tube begin miminum out put of 8.0 which will be a lot better for your dragons the cost depends on the age of the dragon the older they are the less live food they will need. i,ve just set a viv up and it cost me £180 - 200 that was by buying second hand and shoping around the net is cheap good luck.

Answer 5

300 pounds is over $600. I would get a 40 gallon terrerium which cost about $100. It will cost between $150-$200 for everything else. It's cheaper if you can find packages or buy used stuff. A bearded dragon will cost around $60. I would buy reptile carpet, a water dish, food dish, a branch, a flat basking rock, wallpaper, UVB light, heat lamp, heating pad, and temperature gauge just for starters.

Answer 6

You will require a 5 foot tank, which is high cost around £90.00, a heat bulb, reflector, aluminium mesh to cover the reflector, cost £45.00.
A thermostat with night time drop function + timer about £80.00.
A digital thermometer, + water bowl about £20.00.
Total cost around £235.00.
You may be able to ask your dad to build you a wooden Vivarium which he could do saving a few pounds, and some shops sell second hand vivariums/tanks/equipment which could save yuo some money.
The next most important thing to buy before you get your pet would be a good book on them.
The above tank should hold 2 lizards.
I hope that this is useful.

Wesley

Answer 7

It depends where ur buying them from a guess. my pair cost $80 AUD each as juvies, the tank was free cos we made it. Then all the accessoroes (sand, lights (heat and fluro), light covers, vitamins, water bowl and inital food source) all up cost around $300 AUD. We purchased a small amount of roaches to breed for their food - this is the best way to go - we put them in large plastic storage container with a mesh lid, some egg cartons for them to hide in and just feed them our vege scraps- now we literally have millions! we still buy mealworms and crickets occasionally for variety but having our own supply cuts the cost big time. Also dont let the pet shop talk u into buying a hole heap of crap that you dont need! The rocks and things they sell are rediculiously overpriced and you can get them from the bush! (just make sure you clean them throughly with warm soapy water and leave them in the sun to dry) also make sure you buy a good book on them, especially if its the first time you've kept them it will really come in handy!
Good luck!

Answer 8

Think the above answers cover the costs. I was lucky - I inherited my beardie from a cousin complete with vivarium etc. The website below will give you a price list for everything you need. You can pick up stuff secondhand from papers, ebay etc. If you do get anything secondhand make sure you clean it thoroughly with a specialist reptile disinfectant. If you want more than one beardie only get one male! The second website is a general caresheet for these cute little critters! Enjoy your new pets!

Answer 9

allright. im gonna give you the needed items and the appox price my pet store sells them for, we dont do package prices unless people donate a bearded dragon, we give em a pretty good deal ( and the beardie comes free!)
full grown it will need at least a 55 gallon tank= 69.00
untouched desert sand= 3.99 x 3 bags
coconut fiber= 2.99
hiding cove= 9.99
climbing areas= ~9.99
water dish=3.99
food dish=3.99
crickets ( 15 a day when young )= .10 a piece
veggies=5.00 a week ( there veggie intake should increase when they get older)
bulb fixture=39.99
basking bulb=5.99
red heat bulb=6.99 ( use this with other 3 each day, and just this at night)
uvb/uva bulb=27.99 ( yes this is alot, but it lasts over a year, then you need to replace it.
i hope im not forgetting anything...
oh yeah. vitamin supplaments=4.99

Answer 10

around 300 pounds for a full setup which can be bought as 1 item, shops should sell a full setup, bearded dragon will cost you around 50 to 80 pounds, but there are lots of added costs such as live food, also your live food has to have somewere to live and your live food will need to be fed, so you will have to be willing to pay quite a bit.
hope this helps, trust me its soooooooo worth it.