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"Pet Bearded Dragon Care & Information (Pogona vitticeps)"

Bearded Dragon Needs

It was mentioned in a few different ways on a few different pages already that Bearded dragons are easy pets to keep in captivity. BUT, there's a few conditions to this. Remember that we are taking these animals from their Bearded dragon natural environment and we put them in a man mage vivarium with commercial cage furniture and artificial heat and light.

What A Bearded Dragon Needs:

Upon searching various sources of literature you will come upon various recommendations for Bearded cage sizes. The best answer to the question is, bigger is always better. But because this is not always possible due to economical and spatial constrictions, the smallest recommended space is often used.

How big a cage DOES a Bearded dragon need? As you can think for yourself, the recommended Bearded dragon cage size is based upon what worked in previous and popular setups. A lot of literature suggest the cage sizes the author was using as basis for his / her article or paper, based upon (what he / she perceived as) the well being and happiness of the animal. Bearded dragon cage sizes are also dependant on what is commercially available, i.e. the average sized tank / aquarium or in the case of South Africa the average sized reptile cabinet.

A floor space of at least (90 x 35) cm / (35 x 14) " for a single Bearded dragon, and at least (130 x 42) cm / (50 x 17) " for an adult pair. A 40 gal / 150 ℓ / (91 x 46 x 43) cm / (36 x 18 x 17) " tank / aquarium, should be large enough for a single adult Bearded dragon and a 55 gal / 200 ℓ / (122 x 33 x 53) cm / (48 x 13 x 21) " tank should be adequate for an adult pair. The floor space should increase by at least 25% for every Bearded dragon added after that.

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