Care Sheet for Water DragonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.60 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 12/03/2003 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Water Dragons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Fishstik |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Chinese (green) water dragon |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Possibly brown (australian) water dragon (havent dealt with them yet) |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males tend to be longer in length with taller spikes, the femoral pores under the body expand and fill with a waxy substance. |
Mostly Active During: | Both |
Substrate and Water Needs: | I use a bark substrate that is approved for herps (never use cedar chips) and a water dish large enough for the lizard to sit up to it’s shoulders in the water |
Lighting and UVB: | A UVB light is very neccesary to avoid metabolic bone disease due to not producing enough D3 vitamin. 10 to 12 hours of UVB light is essential. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | 88-85 degrees (85 on the cool side and 88 on the high side)
80-75 degrees at night (75 on the cool side and 80 on the high). you need to keep a temperature gradient in the tank so that the lizard may thermoregulate.
i keep like 75% humidity with a good misting and live plants in the tank |
Heating and Equipment: | See above |
Caging Provided: | Right now a 29 gallon high for a young dragon...soon to be bigger i reccomend you have a tank twice as long as your dragon and as high as you can get it. (they like to climb) |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Mine won’t eat vegetables. i dont know why but he just doesnt. he only eats moving food so i let him "hunt" crickets, superworms. pinkie are going to be given in the next month |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Vitamin dust once a week and calcium every feeding |
Maintenance: | Keep the water clean....like everyday and spot check it to see if the dragon has defecated in the water. |
Some Words on this Species: | My personal favorite lizard...i only like the males though....but that is just me |
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