Scovone Star Magazine 2018-2019 | Page 12

FUN,COOL,WEIRD playing in the grass watch TV letting them watch you play video games Snuggling playing copycat (means to copy what your Bearded Dragon is doing) • take your beardie for a walk (might want a lizard leash from your local pet store) Bearded dragons. For example they won’t eat certain foods they don’t like, they expect you to get different types. They were introduced to the USA in the 1990s that’s probably why they’re prissy. First humans give them free food then, they put tiny clothes on them. Now they get giant tanks with heaters. They go from get what you get I want it now to I expect everything perfect. That even happens with humans but that's not what we're talking about. So that’s what you should look out for. Don’t start off giving them an all you can eat, 10 by 3 cage work your way up so their not prissy from the start. • • • • • In the fall beardies slow down activities so feel free to take naps with your Bearded Dragon. Not that much stuff but feel free to come up with your own fun things. Next, is the stuff to really convince you. Bearded dragons recognize their owners, so if they can do that they can sometimes come when you call. Isn’t that nice to save the hassle. beardies like you, you heard me. They like to be with you, that cool because lizards aren’t usually smart. Also they recognize owner’s voice which goes with the come to call thing. MATERIALS Now that you know about the good stuff, let's start with materials. First are the needs. Some foods people don't like to touch such as creepy crawly. So feel free to buy live bugs in a bag. Now for the lights and stuff. • Under tank heater • Vitamins and Minerals • Uvb light • Heat lamp • Mealworms Did you know that there’s practically nothing you can’t do with beardies. Here’s some ideas: • digging in sandboxes A bearded Dragon chilling in the sand needpix.com A Bearded dragon licking a apple commons.wikimedia.org 11