| The entire concept of a bearded dragon vivarium is | | | | isn't that bad in any way. |
| to try as best as feasible to reproduce its natural | | | | Naturally an alternative choice if you're handy with |
| environment. It must be a mini eco-system permitting | | | | home workman tools, would be to have all of the |
| your pet to live as naturally as he would in natural | | | | materials (glass and timber) cut to size, and then |
| habitats, and this is the reason why the vivarium is a | | | | construct it yourself at home. This would save some |
| touch more specialised than simply employing a | | | | cash, but I suspect nowadays it wouldn't save lots of |
| hamster or rabbit hutch as your pet's home. | | | | money, and you'd need to have the resources and |
| You'll need a massive vivarium for your pet, and | | | | talents to put it together as it should be. |
| ideally for a single adult your bearded dragon vivarium | | | | So with all the other enclosures and habitats it makes |
| should actually be around five feet long, by two feet | | | | better sense to have your bearded dragon vivarium |
| wide, and 2 feet high. This guarantees that your pet | | | | established with all the lighting and heating wants, |
| has lots of room to move round the enclosure and | | | | before bringing your pet home from the breeder. If |
| climb to the highest point he will be able to, without | | | | you do this, then all of the dragon has to do is settle |
| getting cramped up or scraping his nose in the midst. | | | | in to his new environment, without repeatedly being |
| The vivarium should be found somewhere in your | | | | interrupted by you adding new items to the |
| home, that (a) has the space required for you to | | | | environment. |
| easily access it, and (b) where it isn't going to be in | | | | You'll need to be sure that you've got the |
| the light for twenty-four hours per day. So if you're | | | | temperatures set precisely in your bearded dragon |
| considering placing it in the middle of the dining area | | | | vivarium, as they need to be so that your dragon |
| where the daylight comes in all day, and where the | | | | has the very best chance from the start. These |
| lights are on almost all of the night, this wouldn't be a | | | | reptiles are local to Australia, and are used to the |
| brilliant idea. | | | | Australian sun, so heating control is important for |
| It'll possibly cost a touch more to purchase a | | | | your pet to reach adulthood healthy and without |
| specialised bearded dragon vivarium, versus the | | | | illness. If you see your dragon gaping breathing with |
| straightforward rabbit hutch or aquarium, but the | | | | his mouth open, you know he's too hot, and at that |
| results will be worthwhile when you factor in that | | | | point the temperature should be reduced by |
| they'll be nearer to the pet's natural environment you | | | | switching off the lights, and gently misting the |
| can get, the better possibilities of having a long | | | | enclosure with clean water. |
| healthy and cheerful relationship with your pet. | | | | To learn and understand more about the best way |
| I think when you think about that your dragon should | | | | to set up your bearded dragon vivarium, check out |
| be with you for a minimum of eight to ten years, | | | | what info you can about the natural environment in |
| and you're employed the price (say $250) of the | | | | the deserts of Australia. This is what you're going to |
| vivarium over that period of time, the yearly cost | | | | try to mimic for your new pet. |