A bearded dragon thermostat is not optional for most setups — but the type you need depends entirely on which heat source you are running, and getting that match wrong causes problems that most keepers never connect back to the thermostat at all. Bulbs failing early, basking spots that never hold temperature, dragons overheating in…
You buy a lush houseplant, drop it into your bearded dragon’s tank, and within 48 hours, it is either scorched brown by the heat lamp or trampled into a pulp. If the heat does not kill it, your scaly bulldozer will try to eat it. Finding live plants that work in this enclosure means solving…
The substrate you choose for your bearded dragon’s tank can literally mean the difference between life and death. Many of the “calcium sands” and reptile carpets sold in standard pet store starter kits are actually responsible for severe bacterial infections, lost toes, and fatal intestinal blockages. There is no single “perfect” substrate for every dragon….
Bearded dragon basking spot temperature is the most consequential number in any enclosure setup, and it is also the one most commonly verified with the wrong tool in the wrong place. The dragon eats, moves around, looks alert. But sluggish digestion and suppressed immune function build quietly over weeks, and most keepers only notice when…
Raw dĂ©cor from the garden or the pet shop carries more than dirt. Bacteria, fungal spores, and parasites can survive on porous surfaces for weeks, and a bearded dragon pressed against a contaminated basking rock all afternoon has plenty of time to ingest whatever is living on it. Knowing how to sanitize wood and rocks…
Picking decor for a beardie enclosure feels simple until you’re standing in a garden centre holding a piece of flagstone and wondering whether it will overheat under the basking lamp, or eyeing a fallen oak branch in the backyard and wondering whether it needs any preparation first. Finding safe wood and rocks for bearded dragons…
Bioactive keeping has gone mainstream, and bearded dragon bioactive setup questions are among the most common searches new owners run into. Most guides, though, were written for tropical species. Beardies come from arid scrubland and semi-desert in central Australia. The rules for setting one up correctly are fundamentally different from tropical bioactives, and most of…
Most starter kits sold for bearded dragons contain at least one item that will harm the animal over time. The coil UVB bulb in those all-in-one boxes cannot prevent bone disease at normal basking height. The sand substrate causes impaction. The enclosure is too small for an adult by the time they hit 12 months….
Most first-time owners come home with a 40-gallon. The pet store sells it as the standard setup, it ships in starter kits with a basking bulb and a thermometer, and it looks enormous next to a 6-inch hatchling. By the time that hatchling hits 16 inches, the problem is obvious. A 40-gallon is not adequate…