| Beardy Inventory: | |||||
| Below is a listing of the items we use and encourage people to purchase in advance of the beardies coming home. | |||||
| Ideally you should have to setup complete before purchasing the animal. | |||||
| As you'll note, I strive to *avoid* pet store supply purchases, I don’t like pet stores due to their animal treatment and overall bad advice. They have their bottom line in mind, NOT your pet. | |||||
| Prices are to calculate initial investment ONLY, you'll need to factor in weekly food costs, etc. | |||||
| Think also - If you get two dragons and they are m/m or m/f (or even f/f and disliking of each other), you'll have to spend most this $ twice for two houses! - Jenn | |||||
| Legend: | Required | Suggested | Optional | ||
| Purchased? | ITEM | STORE | COST | COMMENTS | |
| Cricket Food | Cricketfood.com | $15.00 | I highly recommend http://www.cricketfood.com - You need some form of cricket food anyway, might as well use the good stuff! | ||
| Veggie/Greens Food Storage | Dollar Store | $3.00 | Intial investment in baggies for greens/veggie storeage | ||
| Reptisun 5.0 UVB Bulb, 24" | Online | $16.00 | Usually http://reptiledirect.com is cheapest! | ||
| Fluorescent Fixture, 24 inch | Walmart | $20.00 | Will house the Reptisun Bulb, please get a $15-20 fixutre as it has been proven they produce more UVB output than the cheap $7-10 fixtures! | ||
| 250W Ceramic 8 or 10" Fixture | Online | $10.00 | Ceramics are safest, usually cheap at http://www.reptiledirect.com | ||
| Digital Thermometer | Walmart | $10.00 | Acurite brand w/probe | ||
| Herptivite Vitamins | Walmart | $7.00 | Usually http://reptiledirect.com is cheapest! | ||
| Rep-Cal Calcium | Online | $4.00 | Usually http://reptiledirect.com is cheapest! | ||
| Paper Towels, 12 count packs | Walmart | $5.00 | You'll go through a many, sometimes newspaper is easier | ||
| Misting bottle | Walmart | $1.00 | Garden Dept. | ||
| Basking Wood or Rocks | Home Depot/Lowes | $5.00 | A board works well, baked, sanded and wrapped with cloth. Patio Stones are a blast too. | ||
| Initial order of 1,000 crickets | Online | $20.00 | Have crickets on hand when dragon arrives! | ||
| 40 Gallon Breeder | Local Pet Store | $110.00 | Kind w/built in top, other housing is ok, 8 sq ft min. floor space for an Adult! A baby should start in a MINIMUM of a 20 LONG Tank! | ||
| Rubbermaid Cricket Tubs | Walmart | $10.00 | For keeping crickets, Opaque Color! | ||
| Rubbermaid Feeding Tubs | Walmart | $10.00 | For feeding beardies, Opaque color! | ||
| Screening for Cricket Tubs | Anywhere | $5.00 | You can even use old screen door screening, it doesn’t have to be pretty, just functional. If getting new, the shiny aluminum kind can be hard to work with. | ||
| Herp Salad Topper | Cricketfood.com | $5.00 | Also from Cricketfood.com, this stuff is impressive. | ||
| 100 count 4'' paper plates | Dollar Store | $1.00 | For Feeding Dishes, disposable & sanitary | ||
| Timers | Walmart | $10.00 | $5/each, one-setting timers | ||
| Rep-Cal Beardie & Iguana Adult Pellets | Online | $20.00 | Both are useful during vacations, low insect days, or to teach salad eating. Usually http://repitledirect.com is cheap. | ||
| Black & Decker Food Chopper | Walmart | $10.00 | 1.5 cups, a GREAT timesaver, grates your hard winter squashes, etc. | ||
| Bath Tub | Walmart | $2.00 | Just a plain old Rubbermaid | ||
| Rubbermaid Dishpan | Walmart | $3.00 | For a dig box | ||
| Hides | Walmart | $10.00 | Craft section - fake leaves, etc | ||
| Hand Veggie Grater | Walmart | $3.00 | For grating soft squashes, etc. | ||
| Washed playsand | Home Depot/Lowes | $3.00 | 25 or 50lb bags usually | ||
| Backgrounds | Online | $10.00 | I don't use these, but some people love them. We like black limo tint for cars from Walmart, it is nice looking | ||
| TOTAL | $328.00 | ||||