How do you clean a bearded dragon?

Answer 1

take your beardie out fast, and empty out the whole cage. spray the logs and stuff with a hose and put it in the oven to kill any germs or mites. get rid of the sand and replace it with new sand. clean the cage with hot water, no soap or chemicals, and then reset the cage. good as new. ur beardie will be happy.

Answer 2

You fill a sink or a bowl, or something that they can't jump out of with water, but only about an inch worth so that they can stand in it without getting it in their face with room temperature water (25 - 40oC) by filling a kettle, boiling the water then wait until it drops to that temperature so that any chlorine in the water disappears as the chlorine can kill them - then you get a soft toothbrush - i use a toothbruch made for baby teeth - then you place your bearded dragon into the water then dip the toothbrush into the water then gently rub at the dirt. Some bearded dragons will thrash about and try to escape but others will sit there peacefully. Then either briefly dry them with a soft towel or just put them straight back in the tank so they can dry off.

Answer 3

There are commercially available sprays for dealing with reptile mites. Just follow the directions on the packaging. DO NOTuse any mite spray that is not specifically intended for reptiles ! Sprays intended for other animals are formulated with different chemicals - some of which can be harmful to reptiles.

Answer 4

you can usualy recognize mites as brown lumpy dots mites usualy appear in your bearded dragons enclosure, if your bearded dragon does have mites make sure to give it a bath and use a tinny bit of soap if you want to but mites can still survive a long bath so make sure you have your beardy-bearded dragon cheeked by a vet, also make sure you treat the enclosure for mites because there might be more than one and they could lay egs:(

Answer 5

Fleas are insects which specialize in preying on warm-blooded animals, so bearded dragons cannot harbor fleas.

However, they can harbor reptile mites.

The best produce to use is a spray called Provent-A-Mite which is used to treat the animal's enclosure (never spray it on an animal). The dragon should be fed insects in a separate enclosure during the treatment period, as the treatment will kill and contaminate its feeder insects. Be sure water and greens are also not contaminated. Mites should be gone for good within 2 weeks to 1 month.

Other treatments have proven less effective, as mites can wander long distances, and their eggs are very difficult to destroy. The provent-a-mite spray breaks their lifecycle and kills new mites as they emerge or find the reptile.

Reptile mites cannot live on anything other than a reptile.

Answer 6

A special cage cleaner called wipe out. It kills the germ salmonella that beardies carry.

Answer 7

It depends what substrate you're using - but if you don't want to physically pick up any waste - use a 'pooper scooper' !