how high should the water be in the bathtub for soaking? well I soaked him for about 5 mins freaked out when my hubby came in caused him to swallow some water. he is ok, but I got him to poop.
now how often should I bathe him in the tub?
i gather from the way he acted he had never had bath.
now should the water be warm to my hand?

The water should be no higher than between the elbow and shoulder. I bath my bearded dragons 1-2 times per week and I make their water pretty warm and they soak for 10-15 minutes. Water dragons you may want to make a little more shallow, they have a tendancy to flip over onto their backs and this is not a good thing, so a little more shallow for them is better.

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:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

ok thanks
i wanna slowly introduce him to the bath, ill try again next week.

with my water dragons I just put a sterilite container in the bath tub, prop up the end that's away from the faucet up about an inch or two and put water in it so that they have a shallow end and a deep end, I don't make the deep end above their shoulders though. I also put a little resin log in there so they can get out if they need to, and I just have them in there for 15 to 20 minutes or till the water gets cold.

It's also good to watch them while they are soaking, if you leave them unattended something bad may happen and you wouldn't want that for your little dragon.

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The water should be cool to your hand..as you are 98 deg aand the water should be around 83 deg. no higher then the elbow as stated...good luck!

Thanks, try again next week.

Hi , my little WD has a 21" x 11" x 4" plastic container in her viv. This is heated with a tropical fish tant heater to a constant temp of approx 26-28 degrees and is emptied on a daily basis then re filled with fresh warm water. She also has a Water Fall in the corner of her viv.
MooMoo

86-28 degrees? is the F or C? Im hoping celcius if not thats way too cool for you little dragon!

yes, no probs its degrees c. Ive actually just tested it and it is a nice 85degrees F. i must get into using F instead of C

LOL! If you stop and think about it, it would have to be Farenheit!
Otherwise, unless the water had a high salt content, it would be ice!

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