with some species of lizards i can understand a grow out tank. for a bearded dragon thats ridiculous. they are pigs. he is also talking about starting off with a well started juvi. beardies dont have probs like other lizards finding food. they dont stress out either by having a larger tank. give them a good uv/heat bulb and food and watch them grow like weeds.
Bearded dragon questions
- Thread starter rrcoolj
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look I have my black and white Tegu in a 40B and they can reach 3ft in under a year. Yeah I could have just built his permanent cage but I like to "get to know" my lizard before then because working with a brand new lizard in a big cage might be a bit challenging. Also If a small lizard gets sick or I have to get him quickly in a big cage might be a bit of a problem. There is also the feeding thing but Im a little less conscerned about that. IF you look at it almost every common lizard anything from leopard geckos to savannah monitors reach around full size in a year or so.
On kingsnake there are adult beardys for adoption very often, you skip the cricket thing all together and you give a nice home to a animal that needs it.