flaminhotcheeto
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hi! New beardie mom here looking for some ideas for more decor/enrichment items for my lil' Cheeto's current enclosure. This tank is 40 gal right now as Cheeto is still a tiny baby; I will be DIYing a 120 gal (or larger) enclosure to switch to, so any cool DIY enclosure ideas are also welcome (especially if they involve upcycling old furniture)!
The current setup is:
- textured ceramic tiles as flooring (not slippery, Cheeto has no issue getting around on them)
- Zoo Med T5 HO ReptiSun 10.0 UVB, covers about 2/3 of the tank
- Zoo Med Basking Spot Lamp 100W
- Ignore the stick-on thermometers, I know they are inaccurate, I just cannot get them off of the glass. I use 2 digital probe thermometer/hygrometers (not pictured because I had just finished deep cleaning everything and took this before putting them back
) and an IR thermometer gun to be extra sure the temps are correct.
- Basking rock surface stays around 107-110F, hot side stays around 98-101F, and the cool side stays around 80-85F. Humidity on the hot side stays around 30% and 40% on the cool side.
**I WILL NOT be switching to entirely loose substrate, I know there is a lot of conflicting information about loose substrate, and I am just not willing to risk the chance of impaction or bacteria growth right now while Cheeto is so young. I am, however, willing to provide a dig box if that is recommended; I'd love some advice on to dig box or not to dig box!
Looking to add some things for Cheeto to climb, and possibly a hammock (worried about the mesh and rope-looking ones, though, because I don't want Cheeto to injure his little toes). Just wanna make my little guy's home as cozy and enjoyable as possible, so please give me any and all ideas!! Pictures of y'all's enclosures for inspiration are also very welcome.
Here is Cheeto at his vet checkup after he learned he is perfectly healthy and parasite free (don't worry, the little red spot by his one nail was, in fact, blackberry, not an injury as I feared)
Thank you in advance
The current setup is:
- textured ceramic tiles as flooring (not slippery, Cheeto has no issue getting around on them)
- Zoo Med T5 HO ReptiSun 10.0 UVB, covers about 2/3 of the tank
- Zoo Med Basking Spot Lamp 100W
- Ignore the stick-on thermometers, I know they are inaccurate, I just cannot get them off of the glass. I use 2 digital probe thermometer/hygrometers (not pictured because I had just finished deep cleaning everything and took this before putting them back
) and an IR thermometer gun to be extra sure the temps are correct. - Basking rock surface stays around 107-110F, hot side stays around 98-101F, and the cool side stays around 80-85F. Humidity on the hot side stays around 30% and 40% on the cool side.
**I WILL NOT be switching to entirely loose substrate, I know there is a lot of conflicting information about loose substrate, and I am just not willing to risk the chance of impaction or bacteria growth right now while Cheeto is so young. I am, however, willing to provide a dig box if that is recommended; I'd love some advice on to dig box or not to dig box!
Looking to add some things for Cheeto to climb, and possibly a hammock (worried about the mesh and rope-looking ones, though, because I don't want Cheeto to injure his little toes). Just wanna make my little guy's home as cozy and enjoyable as possible, so please give me any and all ideas!! Pictures of y'all's enclosures for inspiration are also very welcome.
Here is Cheeto at his vet checkup after he learned he is perfectly healthy and parasite free
(don't worry, the little red spot by his one nail was, in fact, blackberry, not an injury as I feared)Thank you in advance
