Care Instructions for a Bearded Dragon

This lizard's natural habitat is a forested, semi-desert environment in Australia. Bearded dragons prefer to spend their time on branches or on the ground and are semi-arboreal.

They have simple care requirements; they require:

Heat is provided by a UVB lamp and an infrared lamp.
A diet consisting of insects and leafy vegetables.
A 36-foot-tall glass cage

Enclosure and Reptile Tank
A Bearded Dragon's enclosure should be made of glass with a screen on top. Their tank should be four to six feet long, two feet wide, and two to three feet tall.

This lizard will fit in a tank of this size, and it will also keep the tank from overheating. The larger the tank, in general, the better.

To better mimic their natural environment, there should be rocks and branches in the tank to provide them with places to hide as well as shade to cool off after spending time in the warm lights.

Heating and lighting
Bearded dragons are a diurnal lizard, meaning they are awake and active during the day. They should have 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness per day.

Bearded Dragons require ultraviolet light to thrive (and when combined with calcium supplements helps to prevent Nutritional Secondary Hyperparathyroidism and Metabolic Bone Disease).

What Does A Bearded Dragon Eat?
Bearded dragons are omnivores that eat a variety of live insects and plant material. Bearded dragons in captivity should be fed a variety of live foods as well as fruits and vegetables. Hatchling and juvenile dragons eat more live food than vegetables, while sub-adult and adult dragons eat more vegetables.
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Crickets, woodies, black soldier fly larvae, mealworms (in moderation), and silkworms are all good live foods for bearded dragons. Before serving, all live foods should be dusted with a calcium and multivitamin powder. Insects should be no bigger than the distance between the lizard's eyes. Bearded dragon fruits and vegetables include kale, endive, parsley, Asian greens, apple, carrot, beans, broccoli, zucchini, and squash.

To supplement the dragon's nutrition, commercially available lizard pellets can be mixed into the chopped fruits and vegetables. Juvenile dragons should be fed every day (live food twice a day for very young hatchlings), and adults can be fed every other day.

The dragon should always have access to fresh water, which should be changed on a daily basis. Young hatchlings also enjoy a light misting of water on hot summer days and frequently drink droplets of water from