Question regarding light and heating for baby beardie

[Fiamma]

Hi...got my baby yesterday and he/she is in a visionarium while small. I have a Reptile One 20W which produces UVA and UVB, it's a fan heat light. This is the size recommeded by the guy at All Things Slimey. Do I leave it on 24/7? Should I have the heat mat on that sits under the tank? Temp atm is 36C with just the light.
Cheers :? He/she hasn't eaten yet but I'm hoping that's due to the new home.

 

[EmDown]

Where are you located? does it get cold at night there?

Dragons will go to sleep at night when you turn the light off. If the lights on all the time they tend to get stressed. The temp isn't 36C throughout the whole tank is it, they need a temp gradient, a cooler area to go to.

If it get cold maybe get a mat but if not they should be fine. Try living some veges in the tank during the day.. finely grated carrot, mine love parsley. no iceburge lettuce or citrus.

And for the love of all thing holey. do not leave crickets in the enclosure over night... they really do eat off little toes... i feed mine in a feeding bucket... it trained them to jump in it when we need to get them out of the cage as well.

also feeding them in a bucket allows you to count how much they are actually eating so you can quickly spot if they stop or anything.

 

[the jungle guy]

there is so many threads about this atm im over answering all of them best thing to do is buy a book called the bearded dragon manual very helpfull cheers

first off use a exo terra UVB 10.0 bulb keep it within 12inchs of your reptiles secondly basking light keep the spot around 40 degree warm side around 32 and cooler side 28 use a thermostat regaurdless of what anyone tells you always use one, thirdly they dont need heat at night unless you live in snow, the desert gets very cold at night doesnt it! dont have any light on at night timer use a time so they can estabilsh a pattern daily when they are young dont use any substrate as they are curious and will taste especailly the red reptile sand they will sell you at shops and say how great it is, and its nautaural it will cause impactation fast

offer fresh water and food daily, add calcium and vitamen powder 2-3 times a week

 

[Fiamma]

Located on the central coast, quite mild at night. I turned the light off last night as I could see he was asleep. So they're not nocturnal? My son has a python.

I have finely grated carrot and endive in a bowl. Will try parsley, thanks. I have a little dish that was given to me by the lady I bought him off, she used for feeding. I just now put some woodies in it, went away a minute and came back to find him in it and a couple gone, he's now half in his hidey log and I can't see any woodies. I will remember that crickets eat little toes, thanks.

He's definitely looking happier, I'm probably worrying too much.

Thanks so much for your reply

 

[Fiamma]

Thanks 'the jungle guy', got a thermostat and have newspaper on the tank floor.......so excited just watched him eat a couple of woodies.

Thanks

 

[ingie]

Hi - I just noticed this thread and see that you are using a reptile one heat fan/light as your source of UV.... I think that product does some dangerous advertising and will result in a lot of people's reptiles ending up with MBD! They barely put out ANY UVB rays at all... The other day I used a Zoo Med UVB output reader to measure the UVB.... It was a cloudy day and outside the reading was nearly 300.... Under the heat fan the reading was 30. This should be used for heating only and an additional UVB source is needed.