these are my friend's

[jeremyhaas]

Just thought I'd share!

[elizabeth]

Great picture.. What are their names???

[jeremyhaas]

uh ? ? don't know that he has named them. I'll get onto him about it though. Knock em on the head until he comes up with some!jk

[Steven]

aw they look great!
Are they male and female? Or male and male? If so they should not be kept together unless you want a babies or a fight!
And another thing is the sand, sand is not safe for beardies, it clumps up inside of them and causes impaction and will soon kill your dragon(happens over time)!! Safe substrates would be newspaper, paper towels, shelf liner, wheat bran(?), and alpha pellets.

Nice pic though!

[zachbaker]

The beardies shown in the pic are actually mine. I just joined the forum. I have heard that sand can cause impaction but I have also heard that it is vary rare of that happening unless they take in a high amount of the sand. I also heard that the sand I use is safe and can be properly digested. I think if I keep their food from becoming in contact with the sand I can keep that from happening. I havent fed them that many crickets lately just alot of greens and fruit. They love romaine and collard greens. I was buying boxes of a thousand crickets medium size and kept them in a 20 gallon tank but had to deal with lots of dead crickets in the end. Beardies natural enviroment has sand in it and many beardies dont die from it in their natural enviroment. So I have read on different sites. talk to ya all later.

[Steven]

You should still be feeding a source of meat to your dragons at that age. They are still juvies so they have some more growing to do. I have to deal with alot of dead crickets as well, you just have to try your hardest to keep them alive.
Check www.beautifuldragons.com for more healthy greens to feed.

Beardies do NOT live on sand in the wild. They live on hard, compacted clay in the Austrian desert. The may encounter sand but they do not live on it! And even a small amount can do harm to your dragon. They dont just get sand in their mouth from eating their food, they also lick their environment and get bits and bits of sand in their mouth, but that little bit of sand doesnt NOT pass through and builds up in the intestinal track and causes impaction, killing your dragon. Of course, there are people who have been successful keeping their dragons on sand, but they took a BIG risk! Do you really want to take a riskt that can hurt your dragons, just so your enclosure looks good?
And sand is dirty! No matter how many times you wash it or bake it. The poop on it and the watery liquids in their poop spread through the sand, and you only scoop the solid poop out and that liquidy stuff just keeps building up and your dragon will be living on its own toilet. How disgusting!
Sand is also very dusty and can irritate your dragons eyes.
Petstores and some breeders will tell you that any sand is safe, but their wrong! its NOT!

And are your dragons both males? Male, female? You shouldn't keep 2 males together because they will fight, and you shouldn't keep a male and female together because they are not old enough to breed and will hurt your dragon if she gets pregnant.

Of course, I'm just trying to help, you dont have to listen to me...but I will feel better knowing that I said something about the dangers...

[elizabeth]

It is good to have all opinions that is how often we find the best information... In the end each herp owner has to take all into consideration and then make their own best choice and live with the consequences...

I would just suggest researching the sand idea more but I have often wondered in most reptiles especially if they did by chance eat off the ground if the sand would cause impaction... I know watching my uros and my iguanas they flick their tongues over EVERYTHING so I know for them if placed in an enclosure with sand I would be likely to run into problems in a short time...

So the word of caution is appreciated I am sure and we will just keep looking forward to all the beardie owners posting updates on what they have found that works for them and what changes they made etc...