Chinese Water Dragon Care Guide (Physignathus cocincinus)
by Tricia Power
This Chinese Water Dragon Care Guide is a free resource for others to use as a reference. You are not permitted to reuse this guide, or any section or image within, without the written consent of the author. You can however freely link to this guide.
Herp Center wants to thank Tricia Power for donating this care guide.
Tricia is the owner of
Tricia's Chinese Water Dragon, Reptile and Amphibian Care Page as well as
Reptile Logic.
Introduction
What Is A Water Dragon
Size & Description
Habitat
Life Span
Sexing
Cage Mates
Temperature
Lighting
Heat Sources
Water
Humidity
Substrate
Glass and Snout Damage
Size of Enclosure
Live Plants in the Enclosure
A Word about Home made enclosures and Toxic Substances
Diet: How often to feed your dragon
Food Items to offer
Insects
Earthworms
Whole prey
Why you should NOT feed live Rodent prey to your reptiles
The April 1999 Issue Of Reptiles Magazine - Page 18
Fruits and Veggies
Content of some common food items
A healthy Diet Combination- Ratio's
Are you supplementing the dragons diet with calcium and
vitamins?
Commercial Diets- NOT
How much to feed
A word about METABOLIC BONE DISEASE (calcium deficiency)
General Rules about Feeding
How to feed your dragons?
An example of what mine eat
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