The bearded dragon is a reptile currently more popular in Italy and abroad. The species that are most frequently imported is Pogona vitticeps , but the genre Pogona it includes at least eight, and two other Pogona barbata Pogona henrylawsoni and are easily available on the market. The bearded dragon, as it is commonly called by fans, is a agamide widespread in desert and semi-desert of Australia, and get up to a size of 60 cm, including tail, about a pound of weight.
Because of these properties requires a terrarium at least one meter in length (of course if it is longer is better) for about 60 cm high. Most important is the horizontal development of the shrine, because although our friend loves to climb, mainly lives in contact with the ground.
Even if you buy a young specimen must also consider buying a terrarium with the correct size, because the young fish grow rapidly.
It added that it was a chestnut and docile, if I may say, friendly to the owner.
if well maintained can live for 10 years and is able to reproduce in captivity. Usually are laid up to 25 eggs that were incubated at 25 to 27 °, hatch after 80-90 days. Small at birth are about 9 cm long. The
Pogona no a particular intraspecific aggression, except in cases of competition between males, especially if kept in confined spaces. It should be remembered that it is better not to live specimens of different sizes too small and not to enter a living in a terrarium where one or more Pogona adults.
Pogona The animals are quite active compared to other lizards and snakes. A tip is to set up a terrarium with rocks or low bushes, as they have terricolous habits. Remember that for reasons of hygiene and health should include elements specifically created for the terrarium or thoroughly disinfect the branches or rocks collected in the wild. Using inappropriate materials might impair the health of your animals!!
With regard to the substrate are great mats suitable for terrariums, washable, or the newspaper or pellets. But we must consider the habitat of our friend, who is an animal ... desert sand and rocks or large branches quite able to bear the weight even more dragons. To clean simply remove the feces with a shovel, while the rock is fine brush.
A different approach would be made for terrariums with children. No sand, because if ingested can cause intestinal blockage; opteremo instead for the newspaper and the rocks.
the temperature may not be uniform throughout the terrarium. A party must have reached a temperature of 30-35 ° with lamps or ceramic heating mats, while the other area should have a temperature difference of about 5 °, so it must be around 25-27 degrees. At night, the values \u200b\u200bdrop further but should never fall below 22 degrees. The high temperature during the day bad for the health of Pogona , forcing them to unnatural and stressful pace. Lighting should be around 100-150W furnished with the UVB lamp for reptiles. UVB rays are necessary to ensure proper absorption of vitamin D responsible for the assimilation of calcium and to prevent disorders of the apparatus marrow.
The lights must be kept lit from 8 to 12 hours a day, changing the pace with the changing seasons.
sexual dimorphism:
Males are recognizable because they are generally larger than females and have two bulges at the base of the tail while the females have only one. In addition, femoral pores in males and females are evident as soon as they are mentioned or none at all.
Power:
Young people need to eat 3 to 5 times a day for a total of 30-50 insects daily. More
dragons grow, the more the amount of food may decrease up to a meal every two days. Very important is to supplement the diet of vegetables and fruits, especially soft and pulpy. For juveniles to be only 5-10% of the diet, while adults should be 80% with a corresponding decrease in protein.
It 'important to administer the right size prey, that is proportionate to the size of our Pogona. The recommended foods are small crickets, grasshoppers, moths of flour, honey worms (not many because they are rather fat), earthworms, small cockroaches, and pinky (newborn mice and hairless). E 'preferred prey frozen or dead anyway, because if she were alive would hurt our Friend or cause other infections. The market will find a wide range of foods.
Do not forget the calcium supplements and vitamins to sprinkle on food. As for the water they drink from Pogona bowl placed in the terrarium, but take the necessary liquid from vegetables. However, it is advisable to keep the terrarium in a basin of water to support moisture, and vaporize our chestnuts at least 2 times a day, a habit useful to assist the process of changes and to keep Pogona healthy.
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