Meet My Baby Water Dragon!!

I got my baby today :D

Everything is going good, I'm just sort of leaving him alone today and letting him explore his new home, I did manage to get a couple pictures though, it didn't scare him at all.

He doesn't have a name yet, I was thinking about Rambo, or Ace or something else, I'm open to suggestions ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...397/WD/001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...397/WD/002.jpg

His looonnng tail:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...397/WD/003.jpg

That's all for now :)

super cute! that middle one looks like he's striking a pose!

What a cute little baby! I didn't know what a water dragon was before, but are they also called basilisks or something like that? Is so, then I've seen them before in person at one of the bigger herp shows and they are neat little fellas.:)

awww, I love the second pic! :D cute!!

SOO adorable!!!!!!:D

Thanks all!

I am loving owning him so far!!

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Originally posted by Suki Wingy
but are they also called basilisks or something like that?

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Basilisks are really simular, basically the same to care for, but aren't the same thing.

Wow! He is very little, but super cute! Do you know its a boy?

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Originally posted by Orca
Wow! He is very little, but super cute! Do you know its a boy?

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:o No I don't, you can't really tell at all until they are bigger, I got tired of calling him "it", so now I'm just hoping ;)

how are his eating habbits? what are you feeding him?? i would change his substrate to bark mulch, the slivers in the mulch you have can penetrate skin... Also crickets and mealies love to hide in it... is that a fake background of cactus? it is cool. i would love a background liek that for my beardy..

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Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
how are his eating habbits? what are you feeding him?? i would change his substrate to bark mulch, the slivers in the mulch you have can penetrate skin... Also crickets and mealies love to hide in it... is that a fake background of cactus? it is cool. i would love a background liek that for my beardy..

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Thanks! He's eating good. Right now I'm feeding him very small finely chopped fruits(like strawberries/cantelope(sp)), but havent offered him that yet, today he ate a couple small crickets.

The crickets did go under the bark but I kept watching and they wouldn't stay under it too long and he got them as soon as they came back up and he seen them move, he's very quick!

Yeah that's a sand/cactus desert background, he actually thought the rocks were real and tried to go on top of them :eek: :o

haha thats funny..
what kinda heating do you use for him?

Soooooo CUTE!!!

Thanks :D

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Originally posted by tikeyas_mom
what kinda heating do you use for him?

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Im using a red 150 watt basking light and a 5.0 UVB repti-glo day-time light, I don't think the temperature is quite right, it's close, but not exactly right, but he never feels cold or anything.

Wow he does look like a Basilisk!! :eek: Very cute. I have a brown Basilisk, used to have a green one. I have never owned a water dragon he sure looks cute though!! I'm not keen on lizards, mine are both rescues, but they sure are cute eh!

water dragons live in trees near water, not in a desert so I think you should chance the bedding (rainforest bedding) and probably the background as this suggest a desert.

He needs ofcourse some branches to clinb since he is aboreal ("tree living") and his cage should be at least 2 x their total length deep and at least 3 x as high.

males can reach 3 feet so they are large lizards:)

I suggest you take a look at the following links:
here
or this one