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[chamili]

My friend has 4ft tank and a male bearded dragon that he had no time to take care of him so he just gave it too me as gift

Do we dust dragons food just the way we dust for our chams ? and do i need to get him 5.0 UVB ?

 

[Vegas Chad]

A dragon you can give a 10.0 bulb, however it looks on the larger size so a 5.0 will work fine. Other than that I would suggest ditching the wood chip substrate and use some newspaper or some sand. Also, dust the bugs as you would a chameleon and they will also eat greens too.

 

[kinyonga]

Nice looking dragon and cage!
One comment though...I put the basking light at one end of the cage so the cage has a wider range of temperatures...but then along with the basking light, I also use a long linear Repti-sun 5.0 fluorescent UVB light that runs along the whole cage length.

(My last dragon to die was with me from about 2 weeks of age to over 11 years of age.)

 

[JaxyGirl]

Wow..that's a great deal with a nice looking dragon I have two females. I use a 10.0 linear RebtiSun from zoomed and I also dust crickets every day same as a cham. Good luck with your new addition!!

 

[FroggtheCham]

What a honey!!! I have a very large soft spot for dragons!!!

 

[chamili]

A dragon you can give a 10.0 bulb, however it looks on the larger size so a 5.0 will work fine. Other than that I would suggest ditching the wood chip substrate and use some newspaper or some sand. Also, dust the bugs as you would a chameleon and they will also eat greens too.

thanks i gave him some greens and banana today and he loved it . His been with my friend for over 4 months and his using 100w UV light bulb and he looks normal with just that bulb .

 

[draetish]

thanks i gave him some greens and banana today and he loved it . His been with my friend for over 4 months and his using 100w UV light bulb and he looks normal with just that bulb .

So is it a coil 100 w UVB or just plain light bulb? He needs UVB just like a cham.