im new around here

[frebib(69)]

Hello all.

My name is Raymond
I have a beardie (that will hopefully b a reddie)
and a shingle from the ballot the other day.
i was just wondering how often i should feed the
shingle and if i give it water how often i should.




Raymond.

 

[Tommo]

a shingle should be fed atleast once a week

 

[steve6610]

a shingle should have clean water at all times

 

[frebib(69)]

cheers

 

[frebib(69)]

and 1 more thing should i give my beardie water?

 

[steve6610]

yes, i had beardie's before i got my bluey's, i always had a small bowl with water, and for extra water i used a spray bottle to spray water on the side of their cage and in my case also on the plants in their tank,

cheers,
steve.......

 

[Tommo]

i have a small water bowl in my beardie cage, but ive never seen him drink from it

 

[steve6610]

mine didn't at the start, thats why every morning i made sure i sprayed water on the tank, after awhile they knew when to wait for the water, as long as you have water they can drink if they want,

cheers,
steve.........

 

[hugsta]

I have a water dish in my enclosure and they love to get in and have a soak every now and then.

 

[dobermanmick]

how are you raymond welcome !
Pardon my ignorance but i dont know anything about lizards so how do they drink if they dont have water bowls ? do you just mist them ?

 

[steve6610]

misting does work, but better if you get them used to a water dish as hugsta stated,

cheers,
steve.......

 

[dobermanmick]

Okay Thanks Steve

 

[frebib(69)]

thnx for the help ppl

 

[instar]

G'day Raymond! Welcome !

 

[Tommo]

ive never seen mine dring even from misting so i assume that they get all their water from their food.

 

[africancichlidau]

Beardies and the like prefer to drink from plants etc in the wild and therefore love the occasional misting, they will drink the droplets etc.
Sleepies are a low humidity lizard and as such do not require constant water. Put a bowl in for them once or twice a week and once they have a good drink remove it. It does also depend on what diet you provide for them, wet diet = less water,
Dry diet = more water.
Hope this helps?

 

[frebib(69)]

thanks africancichlidau the shingle is on canned dog food... it has beef chicken and vegies...

 

[earthmother]

Welcome Frebib.

In the wild Beardies learn to drink from droplets on leaves from dew and rain.

You can mist your Beardie so he learns to lick the droplets.

1 of ours bends his head down to make a pool of water in front of him. I have seen them drink from a water bowl. They drink long and flat out ( - - Like a lizard drinking. lol).
Beardies love the water bowl to lay and defecate in, so teaching it to drink droplets is a good idea.

Em

 

[luke]

hi

 

[craig]

i never leave a water bowl in with my shinglebacks for more than an hour or so once a week! it just rases the humidity to much!!
they seem to like a lot of fruit and vegies un like my bluies who like meat as well!