Whats uppppp!!!

[lshotbambi]

Just received a leather back hypo translucent bearded dragon for my bday yesterday. We went to a reptile convention and I picked out this female. Definitely the best looking one in that container. The better ones were up in the $250 range but I'm extremely happy with this one. I've never owned a BD before so I may bomb this forum with multiple questions. Is misting the tank as well as the BD necessary? I heard it hydrates them as well as helps them shed and they will drink the water drops off the glass. How many crickets should I feed her daily? should I mix up the diet with other bugs than crickets and greens? Is taking her out of the tank everyday bad for her? Is it ok if I put her romaine lettuce in the water so when she eats she consumes water as well?
The picture isn't great at all. I have a sh**** phone. But is does give you an idea of how big she is. Can anyone tell me how old she is roughly? oh, and her name is Hailey or Wolf Hailey.

 

[Bill]

Happy Birthday and Welcome to the Forum ..can you tell us what size tank you have her in and what kind of lighting you have this is a good site for food http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html to try to get the age we need a weight and length .Ask all the questions you want we like to help.

 

[Bill]

What are your temp in the tank

 

[lshotbambi]

It's temporarily in a 10 gallon tank. I plan on moving her to my 29 gallon tank which is taken up by my fish at the moment. She is about 8 1/2 inches counting the tail. Hopefully her moving around a lot in the tank means she's healthy?

 

[lshotbambi]

oh and I have a 60w for the heat lamp and a 26w 10.0 UVB that takes up over half of the top cage cover

 

[Bill]

Ok she may be moving to try to cool down need them temps a 29 is only going to be ok for a month or so as far as age 8 to 12 weeks old depends on how she was fed

 

[Bill]

Take a look at some of these http://www.beardeddragonforum.com/index.php?threads/show-us-your-enclosures.4037/#axzz1WN7fzib2

 

[lshotbambi]

I don't have a temperature gauge. Just bought what I could yesterday. How many crickets should I feed her a day? My friend is telling me 5. Don't you let them eat until they are full and stop eating?

 

[Bill]

As many as she can eat in 15 min

 

[Bill]

Also feed greens every day

 

[Exile Skimmer]

thats a good way to start i always give them 5 at a time and if they eat all 5 then give them 2 more and so on and see where they stop eating and if they dont eat all 5 then that will give you a good start of where you should be at feeding them... also they might not eat as much b/c of all the changes going on with new surroundings and stuff... and it might take them a min to eat my beardie eats really slow mabe 1 every 3 mins and my friend east 3 every min...

 

[Bill]

What size crickets are you feeding they should be no bigger then the space between his eyes

 

[lshotbambi]

The first day I got her she was on my shoulder for a good 4-5 hours as we went to different stores to buy supplies and she ate 4 crickets within roughly 30-40 seconds. After we put her in an empty tank and ate 4 more. Eating the first 3 in about to same time. The last one took a while for her to catch

 

[lshotbambi]

yes, they aren't very big. A little bit smaller than a finger nail, if not the same size

 

[Exile Skimmer]

hate to be this guy but Bill i cant find any crickets around me at pet stores that sell them that small but i get the smallest i can and she eats them is that ok?

 

[Bill]

Just keep an eye out for impaction did you try and ask if they can order you in smaller crickets a lot of private owned shops will do that

 

[Brett]

If that doesnt work there is always online cricket farms you can order from.