Care Sheet for Water DragonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.80 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 02/04/2007 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Water Dragons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | RICKY_And_LUCY |
Years Experience: | Under 1 Year |
Species: | Chinese (Green) Water Dragons |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | NO FEAR To Own A CWD. Our petstore put these critters in my hand, i didnt know to be scared or to like them...I had no fear or thought of knowing anything, when i brought them home....i bought children lizard books, then books for dummies, then i knew what i wanted to read next, the Chinese (Green) Water Dragon Book at Patti’s Critters in our town...very informative, and is my Water Dragon Bible 4 now. |
Sexing and Characteristics: | We own 1 boy and 1 girl (Ricky & Lucy) (4in bodies w/ 7 in tails) Juveniles...Forest Green W/ Rich Brown and green stripe tails.
They are very energetic but then loves calm hand holding after a bit of wiggling and enjoys a luke warm sink bath along with their own bathing in their own water dish.... They love to look out or rest on a log to view our other pets walking around (2 cats & 2 dogs) and will get excited when they here my voice or see me come up to their home.. They sleep at the back of the tank at the top of the vines stretched out face to face...they lay on top of each other a lot during the day too. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | Bed A Beast reptile bedding.
Exo-Terra medium waterfall with fogger.
12 inch long water dish/air pump bluestone bubbler. |
Lighting and UVB: | 20 watt super uv coil lamp for uvb & uva rays in a 10 inch hood.
100 watt sun glo heat lamp in a 5.5 inch hood for day heat.
75 watt night glo moonlight lamp in a 5.5 inch hood for night time heat. Or occasionally a 50 watt heat glo infrared lamp for night tine heat. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | 90 degrees in the basking area and 74 degrees on the opposite side of tank.
humidity is usually about 85% |
Heating and Equipment: | 100 watt sun glo heat lamp for day time.
75 watt night glo lamp for night time heat. |
Caging Provided: | 36 long x 18 wide x 18 deep to start...This is their 2nd home and it seems this is just right.. For Their 3rd home coming in a couple of months or sooner, we feel to extend the same size tank above the other one but will be built by us with wood frames and plexi glass with a special enclosure for the top along with a sliding front door...So it will be doubled height wise.....for more climbing height....4th home will be when they are a year old...This is OUR plans. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Dusted Mini & Small crickets, gut loaded of course w/ Total Bites along with phonix worms medium but look like mini’s, High in calcium...also every morning before feeding, they get minced apple, no rind and greens minced with out fail...Ricky likes the crickets & Lucy loves those worms :-) |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Right now is high quality organic everything along with calcium powder...I would like to learn more on this topic. |
Maintenance: | We completely clean everything weekly but have been told every 2 weeks caz they are young ????? WE always sphine out dirty water during the day and with the fogger & waterfall, new fresh bottled room temp water is added which flows out for more clean fun water in their tank :-) |
Some Words on this Species: | NO FEAR, Pretty Cool, Fun, Kinda Scary, Hands On Learning. |
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