Frilled Dragon Anyone?

Sarcosuchus · Apr 23, 2007

I saw this guy in a petstore today, was placed in a very small plastic tank that it can only move a little. He was very active though, chasing my hand for food. I felt like taking him home right away...But he is sold for 380 Malaysian Ringgit.

The shopkeeper addressed him as the Bearded Dragon. There were two stores, the Frilled Dragon was in one of them. Both stores were poorly managed, the other was worse. I hope this people study about reptiles than just shove them in from their trade with money alone in their mind. The store that was worse had one of these dragons died while the other still alive, kept in a dark area on the floor...I believe it was some type of a water dragon, it was green and had some tiny horns around the head.

Anyone has experience with the Frilled Dragon? It looked like the ones in the pictures below, small though...about 8 inches from head to tail. He was so cool!:

Vicious_Fish · Apr 23, 2007

I've never seen them for sale around here. But thats is a neat looking lizard. I would think you would kinda keep them like a bearded dragon but they are more aboral so plenty of things for them to climb should be in their cage..

fatsolomon · Apr 23, 2007

we have them at our store. they are on critter carpet, eating crickets, meal worms, and some in a while wax worms. they can be kept like a beardie but i think that they require more care and more things to climb on. all three of ours are doing great after about 3 monthes at the store.

Ophiuchus · Apr 23, 2007

I've had one before. In a nutshell, they require a much taller enclosure and higher humidity than a bearded dragon. Lot's of branches. They also are primarily carnivores/insectivores. Here's a caresheet I wrote for another forum: http://www.herpfamily.com/HerpFamily/docs/Frilled%20Dragon.html

Sarcosuchus · Apr 24, 2007

Thanks for the replies guys, Ophiuchus that's an awesome caresheet. Thanks a lot for sharing. Looking forward to have my reptile experience. :headbang2