Why this site exists
Search for any bearded dragon question and you get a wall of contradictions. One site says adults need a 40 gallon tank, the next says 120. One calls kale dangerous, another calls it a staple. Most of those pages cite nothing at all, and some repeat errors that veterinary literature corrected years ago, like the claim that bearded dragons regrow lost tails. They do not, and a peer-reviewed review of agamid lizards confirms it.
Owners deserve better than averaged-out blog consensus. A bearded dragon is a 10 to 15 or more years commitment with real welfare stakes: the most common diseases reptile vets see in this species are caused by incorrect care, not bad luck. Wrong information has a body count.
So we built the site we wanted to find: one place that covers feeding, habitat, health, behavior, morphs, and costs for Pogona vitticeps, written in plain language, with the receipts shown.
What we cover
Our guides are organized into eight topics: Care and Handling, Food and Diet, Health and Lifespan, Habitat and Tank Setup, Behavior, Morphs and Types, Costs and Buying, and Fun Facts and Names. Every page answers one specific question in depth rather than skimming twenty.
How we work
Our process is deliberately rigid:
- Research first. Before an article gets written, its facts are gathered from veterinary schools such as Washington State and NC State, welfare organizations such as the RSPCA, government sources such as the CDC, and peer-reviewed journals.
- A fact base, not vibes. Each verified fact is stored with its source before writing starts. A claim we cannot source does not appear on this site, even when leaving it out makes an article shorter.
- Double-sourcing for safety. Safety-critical facts, such as toxic foods and temperature limits, are checked against at least two authoritative sources wherever possible.
- Sources on every article. Each guide ends with the organizations behind it, linked, with the year we accessed them.
The long version lives on our Editorial Policy page.
Who runs this site
Bearded Dragons Info is produced by the Bearded Dragons Info Editorial Team. We are an independent editorial project, not a veterinary practice, a breeder, or a pet shop. We have no products to sell you and no reason to soften an inconvenient fact. Where our sources disagree, we show the disagreement instead of hiding it, and our articles about buying dragons include the reasons not to.
One thing we will never do is invent credentials. When we cite the RSPCA on enclosure sizes or the CDC on Salmonella hygiene, the authority belongs to those organizations, and we show you exactly where we got it.
Corrections
We treat corrections as a feature. If you spot an error anywhere on this site, tell us through the contact page and include the guide's address. A confirmed correction updates our fact base, which updates every article using that fact, and the page's updated date reflects the change honestly. We never bump dates without a real revision.
Educational content only: nothing here substitutes for professional veterinary advice. If your dragon shows signs of illness, a reptile vet beats any website, ours included.