to big?

[gecko geek]

i am thinking about getting a BD and was wondering if a 125g tank is to big?? (72''long x18''wide x24''tall) could i put a juvie in that??

 

[Euphoric]

To catch food yes.
If your taking about a baby its way to big and will stress him out,
a dragon 6in and up it may be fine but catching food will be too difficult you will need to feed separately.

 

[Echostatic]

this is a great size for an adult, though you may want to feed live prey in a seperate container. some will not eat in a seperate enclosure, though, and you will need to feed in the big one. in order to do so effectively the tank will need to be sparsely decorated so the crickets cant hide. my bearded dragon enclosure has only a basking platform and food bowl for veggies, both are removed when its feeding time so she can easily catch her food.

it sounds like a great amount of space though. and if you feed silkworms as a staple (only acceptable feeder worm) you dont have to worry about the above as they can simply be fed out of a bowl.

 

[gecko geek]

if you have pics of you beardie cage can you post pics?? also how difficult are the to keep?? i have only had experience with noctornal species that only eat insects. Thanks in advance

 

[ILoveGreen]

I have one of my Juvi BD is a 75 gallon and the other in a 50 gallon. When they were babies I had both in the 75 gallon with a divider up.
With your tank being extra big you could always add in a divider until your dragon is bigger. If that's not a option then I'd say add lots of hides/fake plants/driftwood for cover. You could also cover 3 sides of the tank to make the BD feel more secure.
I always feed my Dragons in their tank...in glass/hard plastic dishes so that the crickets can't climb out.

 

[Lena]

The more space the better. Besides, catching food shouldn't be a problem, I generally offer the prey right to him so very few get 'lost'. I don't like to leave things like crickets in the enclosure because they can get hungry and nibble on my little one.

 

[ILoveGreen]

If your worried about crickets biting him you can always add a peice of carrot or patato for the crickets to eat

 

[clear]

IMO the tank is fine, what stresses the dragon out is not being able to find and catch the food. I would feed in a different enclosure or tub to start with.

 

[Echostatic]

If your worried about crickets biting him you can always add a peice of carrot or patato for the crickets to eat

this is not a good idea as there is no guarantee that the crickets still wont bite your beardie. at the very least, the crickets walking around and on your beardie will stress him out. all crickets HAVE to be removed from the enclosure after feeding.

 

[ILoveGreen]

I feed in a glass dish But if you think there might be a stray cricket or so I'd rather add a peice of carrot to be on the saff side....you can't always get them all unless you take your setup all apart.

 

[Echostatic]

im sorry but adding cricket food to the dragons tank to keep stray crickets from biting your beardie really isnt being on the safe side. feeding a few cricket at a time and keeping track of them would be the safe thing to do. if you have to disassemble parts of your enclosure to retreive a cricket, then thats what you have to do. a cricket bite can cause an infection which can cause a lot of problems. leaving your enclosure simple and sparse makes it easy to maintain and keep track of live prey.