Tips on Bearded dragon’s

Here are some really good points-

• They can live for more than seven years.
• They can be handled every day.
• They can be purchased as babies and you can watch them grow.
• They need fed only once a day.
• Their cages only need to be cleaned once a week (spot cleaning should be done every day). 
• They become tame very easy.

Not so good points-

• Bearded dragons carry diseases that can be passed on to humans unless routine hygiene precautions are taken.
• They require artificial hear to maintain there body temperature.
• It can be very expensive to set up a bearded dragon’s aquarium.

Problems to watch out for-

• Mites, ticks, or fleas on lizards.
• Dirty water bowls.
• Dirty cages.
• Lack of thermostats or ultraviolet lights.
• Wild-caught lizards.

Top tip-

• If your lizard get sick you should take it to the vet.
• If you are really precautious you can take your lizard in every 3 months to the vet to get a check up.
• If you bring your lizards on walks, do it only 1 a week.
• Natural sunlight may change your lizards personality. It may change in a flash from being friendly to aggressive.

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I got all this information from these books:

• Snakes and Lizards by George S. Fitchter,
• Keeping Unusual Pets Lizards by Peter Heathcote
• Lizards by Joanne Mattern
• The guide to owning Bearded Dragons by David Zoffer & Tom Mazorlig
• Lizards by David R. Moenich
• My pet Lizard by LeeAnne Engfer
• The Complete Idiot’s guide to Retiles and Amphibians By Liz Palika
• A True book Lizards by Trudi Strain Trueit

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Hope this helps any of you

~Shannen