jennyk523
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Ok im a newer beardie mom. So be easy on me because I am so confused and theirs no reptile stores near me so ive been using google a lot... which i found had a lot of misonformation on it. I have a 6 month old male beardie named "rj the 4th"(my 5 year olds pet and he named him after himself lol) we have had him since he was 2 months old. He was great in a 20 gallon tank. Ate his veggies and crickets great. We soon had to move him because of how fast he was growing. So he got moved to a 55 gallon tank ( see pic) the local petstore told me to buy zoomed repti basking light 150w and that should sufice. So i did since i didnt no what i was doing. Had 1 light on hot side. I had noticed the last month my beardie slowed down and acted like he was going to brumate. But i never heard them this young brumating.Didnt want to eat. Hasnt touched crickets in 3 months. He lives on greens and mealworms because thats all he will eat. I finally took a stand and friday night ordered a heat gun. Got it yday measured his temps ... hot side is only 88 degrees and cool was 72. I met a nice lady who is also a beardie owner when i went back to pet store (petsupplies plus)yday to get a higher watt bulb. We were talking and i showed her setup and she asked where uvb bulb was.. im like idk what your talking about. She explained i needed uvb bulb so i bought reptisun 10 while i was there. Told me if i have basking light i dont need a day bulb. My question in with the 2 lights i have temp is still at 88 degrees. Should i go back and get a day heat bulb too? I heard u can use a refular house bulb but at this point i dont know what to believe. I just know my beardie temps arent right and i feel like a slumlord for not knowing what i know now. So any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated because he is the coolest pet we ever had and i want to keep him alive for a long time. So please help.