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[19dan2010]

hi everyone looking at buying a 4month old male beardy of the net with full set up, want to get him a friend straight away will they get on as they havnt been 2geva since they were babies? and are they expensive to keep/look after? fanx alot.   replies would be much appreciated.....

[perfectly_flawed]

Getting him a "friend" isn't a great idea at any time. Beardies are solitary animals that do best housed alone. Housing together leads to intimidation, failure to thrive, nipped toes and tails, and often times fights to the death of one or both dragons.

[19dan2010]

fanks for that answer my question. so how hard are they to keep and look after?

[Thibor]

Once you have the initial setup and equipment (which CAN be pricey) they are quite cheap to look after.
As for ease of looking after, I think it's quite easy, but you have to just keep making sure their conditions as in temps etc are kept spot on.
There's a caresheet here, have a look at it and you'll be able to gauge for yourself

[19dan2010]

im looking on the net and found a dragon with 4ft viv and really nice set up for about 250-300 is this a fair price all brand new 4 months ago.........

[*~* ßêR *~*]

it really depends on what the set up is tho, if it's just stuff for show and not stuff they really need, then i'd say no.  because after paying the 250-300, you're still going to have to shell out more money to get the stuff thats needed for it.

[19dan2010]

so would you recomend buying brand new, just so you no you have ended up with everything you will need?

[cinlyn]

I bought everything brand new for our Beardie baby Dude. Ironically the weekend before we bought him I was at a Pet Bird auction and they had tons of lights,sand,encloures etc for a tenth of the cost new. I would rather buy new and know everything works and has not been contaminated in some way. Dude was on sale at Petsmart for $39 and we spent well over $400 to set him up.

Cindy Lynn

[*~* ßêR *~*]

well the viv all you'd have to do is sanitize it.  but with the light bulbs, i'd say yes, buy brand new.  the fixtures you could get used as long as you know they work. 

[19dan2010]

so does any1 no any good websites to get bits and bobs from for a good price. also wheres the best place to get a decent 4 or 5 ft viv on the net? fanx every1 your answers have helped alot.