I just got back into herps, say hello to my Chinese Water Dragon!

Thats pretty cool, ive always thought of getting a CWG

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Originally Posted by Joe Cope

Your first pic of the Temp cage. What makes it temp?

I have a 10 gallon (Too small?) tank and I am thinking about getting a Chinese water dragon. But I want it to have a swimming area and a land area like that. But I am having the problem of thinking of a good land area foundation. Any help?

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I'm thinking it is temporary because it is too small. A full grown WD will be around 3ft long and needs lots of room to climb, run, jump, swim, etc.

For water, the use of a big cat litter pan as you see in his and mine above works really well. They get dirty fast, so you need to be able to access it and change out all the water and clean the pan a few times a week. Since they are good climbers, you can just give them a branch, vine, ladder, etc to get up into and out of it... And yes, 10 gal is way to small, even for a baby. They grow fast and need to climb.

Go here for more info:
http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/dragoncr.htm

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Originally Posted by wafisherman

I'm thinking it is temporary because it is too small. A full grown WD will be around 3ft long and needs lots of room to climb, run, jump, swim, etc.

For water, the use of a big cat litter pan as you see in his and mine above works really well. They get dirty fast, so you need to be able to access it and change out all the water and clean the pan a few times a week. Since they are good climbers, you can just give them a branch, vine, ladder, etc to get up into and out of it... And yes, 10 gal is way to small, even for a baby. They grow fast and need to climb.

Go here for more info:
http://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/dragoncr.htm

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I got a beardie instead.

Check out how big he's getting!

http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/r...ager/002-1.jpg

He's really starting to look like a male, eh?

I just got a baby CWD about a month ago. Your enclosure is amazing. I am wondering what you used as far as wood to build this monster of a cage? and you said you painted and sealed it I was curious as to what kind of paint you used and what it was sealed with. I am looking to build mine something similar. I want to do something very similar actually. I am thinking a 5-6 long by 4' tall and 2' deep. I love how you did this setup. Any info you could give would be awesome.
Thanks in advance

Troy

Do they change colors in one pic the dragon is brown then in another its green

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Originally Posted by ball python 22

Do they change colors in one pic the dragon is brown then in another its green

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Yes they can change from a very bright green with blue lines to a very drab kinda brown. Can change with temp and mood. At least I have noticed with my young male.

Troy