There are many causes for this, the first and most common is that their light is too hot. Never use anything higher than a 75 watt bulb. One way to be sure of this is checking to see where your beardie is when he is not basking. If it is in shady areas this most likely means that the light is too hot.
You don't need to alternate the lighting for a Beardie. You need a reptile basking light and a UVB light and that's it.
No less than 95 degrees. But no higher than 110.
No - you NEED to maintain the correct temperature range for the species ! The heat-pad provides general 'background' heat, while the basking light offers a localised 'hot-spot' and the UV light provides necessary ultra-violet spectrum.
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A 150 watt bulb should do the trick. A bearded dragon needs about 95F to 105F in the basking spot and 75F to 85F in the cool end of the tank.
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If the bearded dragon is in a dark area, yes. In bright light the pupils should be constricted.
Yes. Keeping an infrared light on will cause the bearded dragon to sleep, whereas a standard UV lightbulb will keep the bearded dragon awake.
Male bearded dragons do get territorial. More over basking spots than anything else. You can prevent this by making sure that there is ample space for basking, (provide more than one basking spot) or do not house 2 males together.
No it is not ! The Bearded dragon is a native reptile of Australia.
Eastern bearded dragon was created in 1829.
Central Bearded Dragon was created in 1926.