Bearded Dragons

Bearded Dragons

If you have always wanted a Bearded Dragon and don't know how to get or keep one this website is for you!

Once a vivarium has been set up, the next step is to get your dragons!

What age is best?

If you want to enjoy raising your dragons and seeing them grow from babies who just fit on your hand to fully grown adults up to 60cm long you should think about getting youngsters between 4 and 6 weeks old.

Where to get dragons?

I began my search for dragons as soon as I knew I have persuaded my parents! We trolled around the local pet shops and frankly were not impressed, even with the so called reptile specialists. So I started to do some research on the internet, and found the site of a breeder who is in Essex, and not too far from where we live.

Although it is some weeks away until I can get my dragons, I have been emailing him. He is going to reserve me too babies from two different bloodlines, and has even told me the name of the parents! One will be the baby of Max and Shelby, and the other will be the baby of Rusty and Frogmella! His website has a wealth of advice about keeping dragons, as well as pictures of his breeders. He has also promised to send me pictures of mine when they hatch so I will have a complete record of them.

It is therefore my pleasure to recommend that you too check out his great website Just Dragons!

By checking his website I have finally found out what my new Bearded Dragons will look like! One will be hypo red x yellow, and the other will be a pastel lime x yellow.

These pictures, which have kindly been provided by Just Dragons show the eggs - one of which will hopefully be one of my dragons, and the two of the parents, Max and Shelby.

And this is my first picture of one of my baby dragons. It was hatched on the 6th July, 2006, so is a just a couple of days old here. It's parents were Max and Shelby (left and above). Check back for more pictures as it grows!

The pictures below show Frogmella (on the left) and Rusty (middle) who are the parents of my other dragon (shown below at just a couple of days old!)

These are the eggs of Frogmella and Rusty's, the parent of my other dragon.

This is Shrek (top) Fiona (bottom) at six weeks of age. They have grown considerably since I have bought them, and both have shed. Shrek is starting to turn a lovely green and gold colour.

They are very tame. They are eating crickets and kale at present. They are really fascinating creatures and amuse us for hours! Read more about them in the blog!

This picture, taken when Shrek (on right) and Fiona (on left) were about 10 months old. You can see that Shrek has inherited the bright colouring of his parents - particularly Shelby, and Fiona has taken after her mother.

They are still extremely placid and friendly, and entertain us for hours! Shrek has grown the larger of the two.