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11-05-2005, 06:31 PM
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I have had my lizards (Chinese water dragons) for a couple of months now I think, and I've noticed that they change they're feeding habbits often. I started with crickets and they got bored, so I fed them tiny meal worms, they got bored, I put a few wax worms in here and there too. But they seem to get bored really fast, they are only about 3 inches from nose to vent so feeding them fish seems like it would be hard, I've tried giving them fruits or vegies and they don't even act like it exists. What are good food items to give them for maximum variety? Can they have fish at this size and if so what type of fish? Are all water dragons this picky or is it something else. When I give them something new or that they haven't had for a couple of days they eat it up but then they don't want it anymore. They will eat, but only if it's interesting food I think.
Any advice?
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11-05-2005, 06:52 PM
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i give my Chinese Water Dragon feeder fish, no bigger then the width of their head tho...i put them in the water bowl sometimes, just to get them interested, once they are I take the fish out and fedd them to my monsters with feeding tweezers...i say just offer them different types of food items a couple of times a day..thats how I do it Tricia's Chinese Water Dragon, Reptile and Amphibian Care Page
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11-05-2005, 06:53 PM
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arggg...i didnt copy the link all the way..lol..here it is again..its trishas page
http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/
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11-07-2005, 05:13 AM
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is it ok to feed my Chinese Water Dragon feeder guppies? Oh, by the way, I feed my lizards in the water dish today and one of them (the one who likes worms) didn't eat the crickets but the other one ate 14 in one sitting. He hasn't eaten that much in one sitting since I got him. Thanks for the great idea it worked awesome with that one, so onto fish I think.
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11-07-2005, 01:21 PM
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Perhaps you might consider feeding them seperatly as well. Sometimes a dynamic may appear where one eats less when the other is around. If thats the case you can try to pull one out of the cage to free roam the room for a bit while you feed the other then trade them around to feed the other. I had to do this for a while when I first introduced Skittle to Pooka. Pooka was fairly dominerring and Skittle would eat very little. Things have since tipped back into balance now that Skittlew is larger then Pooka. I can feed them at the same time now, I just seperate them onto seperate shelfs and offer food seperatly.
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11-07-2005, 04:48 PM
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yeah, its ohk to feed them feeder guppies....jack loves em....im glad to hear atleast one of em ate...pooka has a good point too, lol....ive never really had a problem with feeding them together but if one is smaller then the other then the smaller one prob feels a little scared...try feeding them sep. and let us know how it goes!! good luck 
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11-07-2005, 05:26 PM
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Ok, I've finally named them. The one that has a tail and is bigger is Sousuke and the stubby tailed little one is Chidori. They aren't that much different in size but there is a little bit of a difference. Chidori is a little smaller and hasn't been eating much lately as far as I can tell. Today I put some feeder fish in there one in the water dish and the other six in a different container. There is also a dish with meal worms and I'm going to put some crickets in there too. I'm going to go buy some baby food today I think to try to get some fruit in the diet but I don't know how well that will work. Thanks for the advice.
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11-07-2005, 09:47 PM
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I was wondering, can you give a water dragon calcium supplement with D3 in it? And, I got both my lizards to eat some sweet potato baby food. (I made sure it had nothing in it but sweet potato and water) It also took some coaxing but when I finally got them to lick it off the spoon once they kept going.
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11-07-2005, 11:00 PM
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its not necessary to give them d3
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11-08-2005, 12:22 PM
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Very cool on the baby food, I'm sure that will be a valueable diet supplment to go with the insects. I may have to try that sometime soon to mix the food up for my two. D3 in your daily calcium supplementation is not recommended for the most part. If your dragons are getting daily UVB light from there cage UVB lights then additional D3 should not be nessecary and in fact may be dangerous to the overall health. I would recommend a raw calcium carbonate(d3 free) for daily dusting of insects and a once weekly supplemenation of vitamin dust(with d3).
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