Your Reptile and Amphibian Resource and Information Site

Back to Frilled Dragons Forum   Forums   Home   Members Area  

Frilled Dragons Forum

Richy boy   87rx7chick   Heavycivil   87rx7chick   Heavycivil   Heavycivil   Frilled_Queen  
 Member  Message

 #2205298


Richy boy
View Profile

 New to frilled dragons,help needed

hi all, ive been thinking about buying a frilled dragon, ive owned water dragon bearded dragons and geckos before so i know what the diet is, but im a little confused on how big the viv needs to be for an adult size frilled dragon, if you could all post some pictures for me to see your vivs then this will give me an idea how to set up an enclosure for my new frilled dragon,thanks, rich
02/16/11  03:44pm

 #2205315


87rx7chick
View Profile



   Message To: Richy boy   In reference to Message Id: 2205298


 New to frilled dragons,help needed

i like building my own enclosures, its easy to do.

you could go as big as 4x4x3, hight, length, depth, for a male. or smaller for a female

heat needs to be 80 at least, in the enclosure, and ambient temp being 85-90 with basking zone of 110 for larger enclosures. they will go in and out of this basking area as they wish. or not use it at all. but having it at 110 makes it easier to keep humidity up
they are high humidity reptiles. 65 is great with a peak of 85% durring the day. they dont do well if the humidity isnt high enough though. if your enclosure is to cool, it wont hold humidity well.


there is a very awesome write up on frill dragons located here
http://www.rubixreptiles.com/
Link

check that out!!!


a young frill can do good in a 20 gallon for a few weeks to a month. a larger frill needs at least 4 feet long 2 feet deep 2 feet tall (females) to the 4x4x2 i mentioned above.
02/16/11  06:07pm

 #2228601


Heavycivil
View Profile



   Message To: 87rx7chick   In reference to Message Id: 2205315


 New to frilled dragons,help needed

Or you can go bigger and make your frill the happiest little guy ever, I went 4ftx4ftx5ft6in (LwH) and i just recently got a baby frill. I was a little weary at first putting him in his main enclosure being it so big and him so small but everything went great, he was eating, pooing, basking etc, And used every single inch of his enclosure. Also Was able to tong feed him withing like 3 days loves it, I didn’t force feed or anything he just went for it and ever since then he doesn’t get off the branches just follows the tongs hahah funny to watch too. (i also use particle substrate so that’s also a big reason for hand feeding as im scared of impaction)

cheers.
07/11/11  03:58pm

 #2228671


87rx7chick
View Profile



   Message To: Heavycivil   In reference to Message Id: 2228601


 New to frilled dragons,help needed

i wouldnt go over 4 foot tall. they do fall and 4 foot tall would be safe.

the bigger the enclosure the more WATTS you need to heat it. remember you dont want any part of the enclosure lower then about 80. 80 is cool i like 90. to cool and then they cant digest their food well. cant digest food they get really sick.
07/11/11  11:37pm

 #2228703


Heavycivil
View Profile



   Message To: 87rx7chick   In reference to Message Id: 2228671


 New to frilled dragons,help needed

I have zero problems heating my enclosure and with the lights and substrate being
inside the enclosure there is about 4 ft of height climbing space I use 1 basking light and UVB bulb and gradient is 80 to 90 and some cooler spots, so therefore I think it’s an ideal size enclosure
07/12/11  10:01am

 #2228713


Heavycivil
View Profile



   Message To: Heavycivil   In reference to Message Id: 2228703


 New to frilled dragons,help needed

Also, my frill has not fallen and you have the risk of babys juvies and adults falling so I feel he is fine plus the soft substrate landing IF he does happen to fall ( frills in the wild climb trees regardless of the
height) and I try to recreate the habitat as best as possible.
Cheers
07/12/11  11:51am

 #2230401


Frilled_Queen
View Profile



   Message To: Heavycivil   In reference to Message Id: 2228713


 New to frilled dragons,help needed

The taller the better with frilleds. I’ve had my males in 6’ tall cages and never had a problem with them falling. They are easy to heat. If you do have a heating problem you could always put a small computer fan in there to blow the heat around. If your worried about them falling you can put 4 inches of cypress in the bottom of the cages to help absorb the impact.
07/24/11  11:24pm


Back to Frilled Dragons Forum   Forums   Home   Members Area