Hi, i got a baby water dragon (i named him Bruce if anyone cares) last week, but hes only eaten once in that time. the temperature at the warm end of his tank (its a 5 footer) is about 24 degrees and the cooler end is about 16 - 18 degrees. when he did eat he took live waxworms out of my hand (he nailed them right away) but he hasnt shown interest in anything since then. i have also tried feeding him live mealworms, live crickets and cat food. i offer him food a couple of times a day. should he have eaten more by now or i just being overly worried?
baby australian water dragon
- Thread starter Shark_Bait
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hmm those temps seem really low for Water Dragons. 16-18 C is less than 70F. You have to adjust the temps so that they don't fall below 22C at night, have a basking spot of 90-95F sry I can't convert that. If you adjust the temps and spray down his cage once a day he should start eating.
omg what are the chances of that lol. we cant get the chinese ones over here, in fact pretty much the only reptiles you can keep are bearded dragons, water dragons and blue tounge skinks (though i hear those are about to get banned too :-( ). i think some people have native geckos but you need a special permit. Anyway.... I have added a second ceramic heat lamp which seems to be warming the tank up quite well, at the closest point he can get to them the temp is about 32C, so hopefully he will start feeding more soon. would putting the glass lid on the tank help keep the humidity up or would it cut the light from the UV too much?
you will need to up the temperatures to about 28-29c and about 35-38c in the baskingspot, and then he will start to eat, just remember they need constant water and a good spraying of water a couple of times a day wouldnt hurt, a small water dragon in a large vivarium will need plenty of places to hide, and he proberbly wont hybernate for the firdt couple of years so there is no need to drop the temps in winter
there are my guys
there are my guys
38C??!! thats the hottest ive heard of yet. your dragons look really good and healthy to me so clearly that is not too hot, but surely if my temps are so much lower than they should ideally be then my dragon would be spending all his time in his basking spot?