[adele_horn]

australian bearded dragon. they are very chilled. and not agressive if handled often. they will even sit on his shoulder like a budgie!and they eat whatever is available. i live in africa, so whatever bugs come along, i just catch and feed him, like moths and such. also crickets and mealworms (and the bugs) you can get easily from petshops. also they eat veggies like coriander, lettuce, grapes, pumpkin (love it!), gem squash. oh, and spinach. i have a small veggy patch in my garden, so i pick him fresh food every day.beardies dont grow that large too, they shed often, so its stays interresting. they are very curious.you can get a big old fishtank with a proper fitting lid. fill it with gravel or sand. some rocks or interresting (and edible) plants. a shallow thingy with water, a feeding area. and a basking lamp.you can get a uv lamp, but i just got a normal bayonet globe. i have a mouse cage i let him sit in the sun with. they need at least 5 hours of unfiltered sunlight to produce calcium, otherwise their bones get rickety. if his little legs are shaky, he needs more sunlight.when he gets bigger, you can feed him baby mice or rats. he will grow like crazy.