Care Sheet for Water DragonsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 4.11 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 03/03/2005 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Water Dragons |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Ace13 |
Years Experience: | 10 to 15 Years |
Species: | Chinese waterdragon |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | covers most of the australian waterdragon care too |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Its nearly impossible to tell when their just babys but once they get to about 18 inches their sexual characteristics seem to show up out of know where
the males have larger crest,spines, and jowls and their head is shaped like a triangle
the females have small crests and their pear shaped |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | You can use repticarpet, reptile litter, and bed-a-beast
repticarpet is a little harder to keep the humidity up but it is much better if you don’t want to worry about to much impaction |
Lighting and UVB: | In a 20 gallon tank you can use a 100 watt reptile bulb to keep the heat at a nice level and putting a uv in the middle so its on the cool and warm side at the same side |
Temperatures and Humidity: | In day 80 to 85 degrees
at night 75 to 80 degrees
the humidity should be between 60 and 80 |
Heating and Equipment: | Provide lots of hiding places and plenty of basking spots as well as a large enough water bowl so it can submerge itself |
Caging Provided: | I keep my female in a 6ft long, 4ft high, and 3ft wide but I’m soon to have a male and female Australian to go with my Chinese |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | Mainly eat crickets,superworms,mealworms(i don’t feed these cause of their high chitin level), earthworms, silkworms, butterworms, grasshoppers, and baby mice when their older, day old quail, and fish |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Supplement every other feeding with calcium and once a week with vitamins |
Maintenance: | Spot clean the cage everyday and clean out the water 2 times a day since this is where they will poop and drink |
Some Words on this Species: | They make great pets if properly cared for and can live with similar animals such as basilisks and Australian waterdragons |
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