Bearded Dragon Supplies Every Beardie Owner Needs

When you're stocking up on bearded dragon supplies, you want to make sure you get the right kind of food. These pets tend to eat very little or stop eating altogether if everything's not just right for them.

There are different foods you can feed your bearded dragon. They love crickets, but don't catch them in your yard and feed them to them because they might harm your pet. Buy them from a pet store instead - your bearded dragon will want many each day.

You want to also include certain kinds of green vegetables like collards or mustard greens - but verify which kinds of foods are okay before you start a new regimen. Most over the counter bearded dragon supplies for food items will be soft or even wet (moist) food pellets. They're normally designed to have the same flavor as the Prickley Pear Cactus (something that thrives in their natural habitat) and they're colored similarly too. You want to make sure that whatever food items you buy, they're fortified with minerals and vitamins that your pet bearded dragon needs.

The comforts of home for your pet bearded dragon will be easy for you to provide, but you have to strike a perfect balance for it. The bearded dragon supplies you'll need for this task are ensuring your pet is properly groomed and has a warm, comfortable habitat to thrive in.

You're going to need to trim the claws of your bearded dragon. Their claws would naturally file down if it was running around out in the desert chasing prey, but they won't have that type of exercise, so it's vital that you do it instead.

Bearded dragons also need baths! You'll want to make sure you provide conditioned water for both bathing and drinking purposes. This removes contaminates like chlorine and ammonia that could harm your pet. You can't just use regular soap - your pet will need special bathing supplies.

Getting an adult Bearded Dragon has both pros and cons. If you choose to take an older Beardie, whatever treatment-good or bad-he's received from his previous owner has helped to develop his temperament. Even the most docile of lizards will display the same kind of attitude he's been subjected to. So if you have a Beardie who's been treated like a pet and loved and cared for, he'll make a wonderful pet for you. But if you find a Beardie that's been mistreated, he may be more apt to bite, he won't like it if you reach for him and he may even see you as an enemy. You may never develop a bond with a Beardie that's been mistreated.

This doesn't mean that you should avoid getting an adult Bearded Dragon, just that you should use caution. You should know the kind of life he's lived before you came along. One of the ways you can tell if the Beardie has been well treated is to check out his health before you take him home. Is he thinner than he should be? Is he active or does he simply lie around the cage?

An adult Bearded Dragon that's been cared for and is healthy would make not only a great pet for yourself but also as a gift for someone you love. Older Beardies are stronger than the younger ones. Plus, when you select an older Beardie, the sex of the lizard can easily be determined which you cannot do when getting a young juvenile Beardie.