This is a general overview of basic Bearded Dragon Care. Alot of people do not realize how much care actually goes into maintaining a dragons health. They need daily attention including food, misting, vitamins, water, cage cleaning, lighting, and heat.
To touch on a few of the key points, Lighting is an essential part of proper bearded dragon care. Not any ordinary light will due. They require special lighting bulbs, both uvb and uva. A heat bulb is required to allow a basking spot of 100 degrees. At the same time they need to be able to cool down into the low 80’s.
Sand is a suitable substrate for adults however for proper bearded dragon care, babies should be kept on paper towels or newspaper. This is because babies can eat sand while chasing crickets and injest it, often causing an impaction of sand in their digestive tracks resulting in death. Ceramic tile cut to size has also been used with great success, and is easy to clean. If rocks are used for climbing perches in your enclosure, make sure that they are secured and can not be easily knocked over. Bearded dragons are strong for their size and have been known to dig under rocks only to have them fall on them and crush them.
Cages should be cleaned daily by spot cleaning, but should be cleaned elaborately at least once a month. Bearded dragons are very social animals and love your attention. Do not neglect them, 20 minutes daily should be plenty of interaction time.