Most healthy bearded dragons have almost no smell of their own. So when a real odour starts to follow your dragon around the room, something specific is usually behind it. If your bearded dragon smells bad, the cause is nearly always one of two things. Either there is a mess in the enclosure, or there…
Spot your bearded dragon gaping nonstop, digging at the glass, or glued to its water bowl, and the first question is simple. Is this normal basking behaviour, or bearded dragon overheating? Most of the time it’s an easy fix once you know what to check. Occasionally it’s the start of a real emergency. Here are…
Most beardie owners I know never planned to buy one. They watched a friend’s dragon flatten out under its basking lamp, decided it was the best thing they had ever seen, and started pricing tanks that night. So, are bearded dragons good pets for beginners? Yes, and they earn the reputation. The animal itself is…
Walk past the tank an hour after lights-out and your beardie is already flat on the substrate, pale as sand and barely moving. How much do bearded dragons sleep is one of the first questions new owners ask, usually because their dragon sleeps far more than they expected. A healthy adult sleeps 8–12 hours a…
Most owners go weeks without ever seeing their dragon drink, then start wondering whether the dish in the corner is doing anything at all. One forum says pull it because of humidity. The next says removing it invites dehydration, and both sides sound completely certain. So do bearded dragons need a water bowl? In most…
Plenty of starter kits still ship with an under-tank heat mat in the box, sometimes next to a coil bulb that belongs in a drawer. So do bearded dragons need heat mats? No, and running one adds risk without solving anything. Bearded dragons take their heat from above. In the wild they bask under direct…
Let’s cut right to the chase: if you are expecting the kind of affectionate cuddles you’d get from a golden retriever, a bearded dragon is going to disappoint you. They are solitary desert reptiles, and their brains simply aren’t wired to crave physical touch from another living thing. So, do bearded dragons actually like being…
A rescue with no paperwork. A pet-shop dragon sold vaguely as “a few months old.” A hand-me-down from a friend who never wrote anything down. These are the dragons whose age nobody actually knows. If you are asking how old is my bearded dragon, the honest answer is that you can estimate it, not confirm…
A new bearded dragon that bolts to the far corner the second your hand nears the glass is doing exactly what its instincts tell it to do. Fear is the default setting for these animals, not a personality flaw. Knowing how to tame a scared bearded dragon starts there. Nothing is broken. Most dragons that…