Is the diet of a baby and a adult bearded dragon hard to keep up with? and can they die easily? i am a first time pet owner and bearded dragons sounded good but i dont want it to die because i dont have any experience
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Bearded Dragons need little care, beyond daily maintenance, once they are established in/acclimated to their new environment. Care should certainly be taken to emulate their natural setting to reduce stress to the animal... As should a schedule be developed for lighting and feeding for the same purposes.
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Before buying any animal (but especially reptiles) you need to do some research. Its very important you get their habitat perfect, and you have everything ready to care for them. Feeding is probably the easiest part, but please do some research before getting one
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Bearded dragons are very hearty and do not die easily, however I can give you some tips. I have a full grown beardie and a baby in side by side tanks. Juveniles need to eat a diet of mainly bugs and should be slowly introduced to vegetables as they get bigger. A full grown beardie will need a diet of mostly greens and veggies (no romaine, lettuce, or spinach) and bugs a few times a week. I spend probably 20 bucks a week at petco for crickets, wormies etc. The main thing I cannot stress enough is the calcium and vitamins you shake onto their food. Developing beardies needs LOTS of calcium, otherwise you will find your beardie laying with its wrists bent funny and fingers all twitching from calcium deficiency. The bones will not form right, and if it is a female its chances of laying eggs without harm to itself are low. Just make sure you are coating everything with calcium for your young ones. The older ones need it as well, but it is not as dire as with the younguns.
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