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A lizard enclosure for your pet beardie has one purpose. To give your beardie a safe environment in which to eat, sleep and in some cases, breed. The size and items inside of this environment will depend on the length of time you own the pet and how many of them you plan to own. What’s good and acceptable for a juvenile won’t work for an adult Beardie because of their larger size. A home that feels cramped to your beardie will cause him to get stressed and in some instances, stress can make the pet feel aggressive toward an owner.

Don’t plan to place this enclosure in direct sunlight since the heat from the sun’s rays can make it hotter inside the pet’s home than you mean for it to get. Overheating can result in sickness or death for beardie and one of the signs that he’s too hot is what’s known among dogs as a cooling mechanism. You’ll witness your lizard begin to pant and that’s a warning sign you really should heed. Regulating body temperature for their pet is one of the number one problems many beardie owners find themselves battling.

A lizard enclosure that you set up outside your home should not have wide openings that a predator can reach a paw through to strike at your pet. Cats are known to stalk lizards and the trauma of being swiped at could result in shock or injury to your beardie. Crows and other large birds also view lizards as a meal and beardies do feel threatened by large birds. But since beardies do like to sun themselves, you can safely have them outside on a special lizard leash you can find at many reptile shops. You can walk your pet across your yard and keep him safe from predators and keep him from eating any insects he shouldn’t have.