water dragon hasnt eaten since i got it home

[mikezbitz]

alright their
bought a water dragon on sat it hasnt eaten anything
on monday it lost half its tail i took it to the local vet they sold me some iodine and said it should be fine as long as it doesnt stop eating or starts losing weight
i rang the shop i got it from and they told me to cover the frount of the viv and leave it just change the water and put food in
well it still hasnt eaten and im starting to worry
i really cant afford to take it to the vets constantly is there any help or anything i can do to start it to feed again
thanks guys

[AkHerps]

What are your temps, enclosure size, means of heating, etc..?

You need to give us a run down of how you are doing things.

[mikezbitz]

alright their ive got a 4x1x1 viv but im building a new one next month prob 5x3x2
3ft uv tube 100w ceramic heat blub and a decent sized heat mat
the temp at the moment is running at
84 in the hot end
74 at the cold end
and the middle is at 80
humidity is at 80% but im not sure its reading right
a big enough water bowl for it to submerce in
a big hollow piece of bark in the middle with a couple bits either end
any help would be fantastic cheers mate ive heard of vets making up some sort of wax worm soup for water dragons
is their any basis to it


cheers guys

[candidecoating]

Hey!

I've had my CWD for 8mos now and when he came home he would not eat anything. I posted on so many forums and even called the reptile specialist at my local zoo. I was doing everything right, they couldn't say why he wouldn't eat. I kept him alive by feeding him chicken dinner flavor baby food through an eyedropper. I would squeeze a little onto his face and he would lick it up.

Everyone told us what I'm going to tell you, the cage you have (and the cage you're building) are too small. We went from a 20long fishtank to a a tank from this sheet that is 32x19x26. The internet community would not let up that even that tank was too small.

My CWD loves it. He never ate (and bashed and rubbed the glass even with paper taped over it) until he got into the new cage which has a half water half land bottom and saw his fish friends. I consistantly offered him crickets and worms while he would not eat. The first day that I offered crickets after he moved in with the fish, he ate the crickets right away.

He is now a little beast who gobbles large crickets a dozen in a sitting!


But...he is rapidly outgrowing even this cage and will soon need the 6foot by 4foot by 2foot cage that forums were suggesting I build now.

[mikezbitz]

how did you build this half water tank is it glass i tryed the link you put up and it didnt work mate dont know if its my computer or what
the size of the viv your planning is what i intend to build in the next month or so im just in the planning stage at the mo so any info on the half water tank might just sway me i like the idea of it
cheers for the help mate