Our youngest daughter decided she wanted a bearded dragon for a pet.
There was much research to do about bearded dragon lizards.
Bearded Dragons are found in Australia. Yet they are bred in places as the USA.
Why a breaded dragon?
Well my daughter has always been fascinated with Mythical creatures. And likes to draw them.
Dragons are reptilian mythical creatures.
There are many cultures that have dragons in their lore, or as a symbolic icon, like for example in China.
My daughter didn't like the stories where dragons were portrayed as evil and sought after to kill.
We found a place in Cumberland, RI that specializes in reptiles, named Sabrina's Reptile Kingdom. The owner of the place talked to us about bearded dragons. Amanda was to read five reference sheets with information on bearded dragons before purchasing one.
We needed to know what we were entering into for caring for this reptile.
We read about a bearded dragons needs, care, feeding, etc.
Reptiles are cold blooded and need an external source for heat. We would need heat lamps to regulate the temperature in the enclosure. They need a spot to bask and then a place to go when it doesn't need the extreme heat.
They eat live crickets and certain vegetables.
We had to look for a 20 gallon tank to start with a young bearded dragon.
We also needed a place to put the live crickets.
We slowly started to find the items we needed: the 20 gallon tank, lamps, accessories for the tank to create an environment for the bearded dragon.
And a cricket keeper to have a place for the crickets to live.
One day I took Amanda to the Reptile Kingdom and we bought a young beardie.
("beardie" is the shortened name for them)
We settled him into his new home.
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