this my dragon setup and dragon 1 is the setup corrct and 2 is my dragon healty with all this black on his back?????? please see attached files and let me no

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Those are just his markings.

Everything in your setup looks OK - You have the UV nice and low (What kind is it and how old is it), you have created a nice basking area (Although I would check the temp underneath that because depending what wattage bulb that is, it could be a little too hot on that tallest branch), lots of things for him to climb on - apart from one thing......

Sand shouldn't be used as a substrate for babies as it can cause impaction if ingested. I however don't even use it for adults (It's unnatural, as they originate from areas of clay, stone and compacted sand, it's smelly, unhygienic and expensive long term)

What most people us is newspaper. It doesn't look that great, but the safety of your pet should be above the aesthetics of the vivarium. You could also use paper towel - but newspaper is sometimes free and you will be using a lot of it.

Some people decide that when they are adults to transfer them to childrens play sand.
However, I use floor tiles. They look great, are easy to clean, were really cheap and never need replacing/changing, so work out very cost effective, and most important, zero chance of impaction.

he is on children play sand at the moment because i have heard its none toxic for the animal the temp is 100* in one area and 88* in the other what am i missing and how do u mean wat type is he im not sure???the uv bulb is narva15w reptilight and is a month old

Everything looks really good. Except that sand should be removed. He loooks really young, and if he went to grab some food, missed and ate sand, and this kept of recuring it could block excretion coming out. This could be very bad and cause impaction, So your best bet is to remove it and use newspaper.

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hi pal very nice looking setup and lovely looking bearded dragon and its peoples own opinion about removing sand but all the bearded dragons i have had haave always had sand apart from babies as impaction is a very high rsk with young ones

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hey muzza, setup looks real nice, and ur beardie looks fine couple of issues, one thats already been mentioned which is the sand, just clear that out and put newspaper down its just not worth the risk. secondly how are u measuring the temps? have u got a stat in there? also i cant see a thermometer which u need to check the temps are ok.

The temps in the hot end are fine but it's a little high in the cool end.

Beardys seem to like it best at 100-110f under the spotlight, with a gradient of 80-90f in the centre and 70-75f at the cool end.

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Well childrens play sand is better than that calci sand, but it really shouldn't be used with babies.
Yes it is non toxic - but that's beside the point that it can cause impaction.

The safety of your lizard should come before how good the vivarium looks. I don't understand why people use sand at all..... It's horrible stuff.

As far as I am aware that UV is for tropical and sub tropical, whereas you need one with a desert output. Babies in particular need a high level of UV to develop healthy bones so I would recommend you change to an Exo Terra Repti-glo 10.0
This needs to be replaced every 6-9 months. They costs around £16 for a 24" one.

I think I can just make out a themometer, but unless you have one in the hot and cool end, you won't be able to properly monitor the temps.
And as craigyo has pointed out, I can't seem to see a thermostat probe either - which should be a dimming one connected to the bulb to stop it overheating. Do you have one?