I AM THINKING OF BECOMING A BEARDED DRAGON OWNER.

[willwak90]

HI I AM Wanting to become a bearded dragon owner. I will keeping the dragon in my room, I am in the forces and travel home about 3 weekends of the month. would this be ok to be left alone. if I am away for any longer period of time I can have someone look in and handle and feed the beardie. am I better to get from a baby?

I will work mon-fri 8:30 till around 17;00 but will be In the room and could handle and feed between 12-13;30

and then after work all night


all advice welcome

thanks in advance

 

[BeardedDragon's°For°Life]

It's Complicated what you said but, you have to be able to feed your beardie once every morning and Night. Get him all of his needs, and he has to be taken out occasionally. And clean his tank out once it gets very dirty. You also have to provide water. (only like every couple days is what I do) they live in the desert and get most of there water from there food. So only if you have time for your beardie you should buy one. Goodluck! (And BTW you have to go bye crickets once a week)

 

[PatsyB]

If you really want one I you should get an adult especially if you need to be gone on the weekends. Babies need to eat protein at least 2 times a day, 3 is ideal and they eat A LOT. Mine would eat about 60-70 small crickets a day! Adults should be eating more salad so bugs maybe every couple of days once a day. If you are feeding at night, you want to make sure they eat at least 2 hours before their lights go out to give them time to digest what they've eaten. They should be on a light cycle like 12 hours of light 12 hours of dark. I personally do 14 hours of light and 10 hours of dark. Their lights go on at 6pm and they have some time to warm up before I give them breakfast and then their lights go out at 8pm so that when I get home from work I can take them out for play or baths.