What size enclosure should i build for my juvenile chinese water dragon?
I am planning on building him an enclosure, but I am not sure exactly what size to make it. I want to make it big enough that it should be a good size cage for like five six years. I was thinking 4′ wide(long) X 2-21/2′ deep(depth) X 5′ high(tall). Would these dimensions be okay. He is about 1 and 1/2 ‘ long now.
Go with 5 foot LONG. 2.5 Feet wide. 4 foot tall. You can go bigger, but those are the smallest you wanna give it if you are building it. The bigger the better. Make sure its not just tall but long too, they do spend time on ground also.
Semi aquatic is best. They poop and pee in the water, so its EASYER this way. Trust me. You rarely have to clean the soil, infact. I have never cleaned mine, don’t need to, no poop. Water is easy to clean if you buy a pumplike device from your local aquarium store. It looks like a long tube and it "vacumes" water out (without electricity)
Live plants are better than fake plants, but get "hard" live plants, by that I mean not fragile plants that will break, try to get high ones because their claws get long and they will ruin it. It wont be too much of a problem if you have lots of logs and vines for your dragon to climb on.
April 9th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
I would change the depth to 3′
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April 9th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Go with 5 foot LONG. 2.5 Feet wide. 4 foot tall. You can go bigger, but those are the smallest you wanna give it if you are building it. The bigger the better. Make sure its not just tall but long too, they do spend time on ground also.
Semi aquatic is best. They poop and pee in the water, so its EASYER this way. Trust me. You rarely have to clean the soil, infact. I have never cleaned mine, don’t need to, no poop. Water is easy to clean if you buy a pumplike device from your local aquarium store. It looks like a long tube and it "vacumes" water out (without electricity)
Live plants are better than fake plants, but get "hard" live plants, by that I mean not fragile plants that will break, try to get high ones because their claws get long and they will ruin it. It wont be too much of a problem if you have lots of logs and vines for your dragon to climb on.
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April 9th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
what you need is 3 feet long 2 feet high and 1 and a half feet wide but the bigger the better
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