Dragons!

These are our bearded dragons - they have grown a fair bit since this pic was taken. They love eating salad, crickets and locusts. The one looking at the camera is Ramira and the one in the background is Smaug

Sheena

And blueberries hehe

And blueberries... Mr smarty pants

What size tank do you have them in?

As you may...or possibly may not know...As they get older, they will become extremely territorial so they will need to be separated.

cool pic. I'll nominate it for ptom. I like how it has a shallow depth of feald (focused in the front, but fuzzy in the back).

Mrs jflowers said:

And blueberries... Mr smarty pants

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Ok Ok lets not have a domestic here! hehe

The tank is about 3'x1'x2' but even though I am a maths teacher I am no good at guessing lengths it's probably bigger than that! I am sure Jon will correct me later. We were told when we bought them that as long as we got them out of the cage and let them run about plenty - this vivarium would last them their entire life. They are about 6 months old now and seem to get along fine together though we don't know if they are male/female.

guppy fan said:

cool pic. I'll nominate it for ptom. I like how it has a shallow depth of feald (focused in the front, but fuzzy in the back).

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My stepson Jake (gimli on here) took the photo. He is getting good at close ups. He takes a lot of close ups of his warhammer stuff so has had a lot of practice!!
He was particularly proud of this one though

Sheena

The viv really isn't big enough...

beardies should really have about 8 square feet of floorspace..... so 4ft x 3ft would be a good size..

Also, i would really recommend separating them. If you dont have the room for two vivs, I'd get rid of one . Even females can, and will, fight. There are also dominance issues, which may affect feeding.

Also, get your beardies off that substrate straight away. They easily swallow wood chippings, which leads to impaction. which WILL kill them.

Warning, graphic image! <---- this is what will happen to your pets if you keep them on the wood.

The best substrate is kitchen towels. However, if you think this looks crappy (which it does, but hey - your beardies wont die), then you can tile the floor with some rough, natural looking tiles (better for them to be rough or your beardies will slide everywhere) or even secure some Astroturf down.

What temperatures do you keep them at? Do you use a UV bulb?

They do actually have a 4 foot tank I have since been corrected by hubby. Thank you for your concerns and comments. I certainly don't claim to be a beardie expert but we have followed the advice of the place where we bought them and they seem to be thriving as they are. If they need separating at a later date we will cross that bridge when we come to it but our beardies are certainly happy and content cohabiting at the moment.

Sheena

Mrs jflowers said:

They do actually have a 4 foot tank I have since been corrected by hubby. Thank you for your concerns and comments. I certainly don't claim to be a beardie expert but we have followed the advice of the place where we bought them and they seem to be thriving as they are. If they need separating at a later date we will cross that bridge when we come to it but our beardies are certainly happy and content cohabiting at the moment.

Sheena

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Ahh cool. Are you going to change the substrate, though? Are you heating the viv? UV?

We are using a UV bulb and heat to about 28 degrees. We also have a heat mat in there for them. We haven't had any problems with the substrate so far but I will keep an eye on them, particularly at feeding time.

Mrs jflowers said:

We are using a UV bulb and heat to about 28 degrees. We also have a heat mat in there for them. We haven't had any problems with the substrate so far but I will keep an eye on them, particularly at feeding time.

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Ah right, that's good then.

But i'd strongly suggest changing the substrate ASAP... even if they swallow one a week which you dont see... in a year that's more then 50 bits of bark in their stomach... it will kill them.

It doesnt take much to just pull it all out and throw some kitchen roll down, does it?

2 lovely beardies
beardies need a 4x2 viv for a pair and as long as its 2 females or a male /female pair there is no reason why they cant live together for life.
I wouldnt advise having wood chips for a substrate though and a heat mat should not be used for beardies.
The basking bulb and UV is all they need and providing your house is not freezing cold on a night you can switch all of the lights off

Thank you for your post We need to order more substrate so are going to have a look what's about when we order more live food. We have a beardie book that recommends using a heat mat and that kind of substrate - being beardie novice's we just took this as the right thing to do. Also when we bought them the viv came with a "beardie kit" which included the heat mat. Our house has storage heaters so its usually hotter at night than during the day in the winter months! (Which is a pain) so we do turn all the lights off at night. We aren't sure of the sex of our beardies - in our book it gives a guide but seems incredibly difficult to tell. Hopefully it isn't a male/female pair as I don't know what we would do if we ended up with beardie eggs!!

Sheena

Using a heatmatt is fine, just to keep the temperatures up. it shouldnt be used as a main source of heat though, which it isnt.