Red16

finally finished setting up the vivarium today so popped down to Coast To Coast in Darlington and picked up a 7 week old Asian Water Dragon, our very first reptile

not sure what sex it is yet as they cant really be sexed until they're quite well grown but he/she is called Puff god knows if its magic, but it is a dragon and it does live close to the sea

here it is in its top of the range luxury travel home







beginning to settle into its new vivarium



peeky boo



basking at 32 deg C on a thick branch



not the best pic of its vivarium but all i have to hand at the moment



and finally a video of it eating its first meal... a yummy waxworm

Fiddy

Looks canny pal, ive got a bearded dragon, been in coast to coast a few times, got some very cool animals in there

Charlie Chalk

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Cool that ben

Munch

yeah, thats cool

john

Like that pal

Tell me to do one but how much does something like that cost ? Also set up costs ?

XRdodgybird

The pets some people have.... yew....

Ps... will it eat a fieldmouse.... if so I will let you know next time I see the peskey little chap in my fireplace...

Red16

nice... any pics of your beardy and viv?

tell me about it, theyve got a crocodile in the window display

The Water Dragon was very reasonable at Ł45.

The vivarium/cabinet is bigger than in the photo, since it had to be partitioned into 2 sections to stop the dragon becomming stressed due to the large area inside, so in about 6 months or so the partition will be removed and the interior redecorated.

This is the full viv and cabinet, around Ł170 delivered from t'internet, but its 4' tall 3' wide, plus the cabinbet height.



Then you need heat a lamp for the basking spot, a thermostat to control that lamp, a lower tubular heater to keep the night time temp constant and a stat to control that, a UVA/UVB light controlled by a timer, some interior decoration (hides, water pool, greenery, bark substrate for the floor etc) think all this set me back about Ł200

haha, yeah it'll eat the odd pinky mouse when grown on a bit, have those around once a week, have to do that when our lass is out

GARETH T

what a nice looking lizard

Butch.

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looks great mate

Red16

cheers lads, was a bit worried as it wouldnt eat yesterday but i guess it wasn't hungry as its scoffed a mealworm today phew!! Still very wary of me but thats just normal until fully settled in.

Neil@FastFord

You have to clean the water daily....they like to bathe and piss etc in the same water they drink.

Infants have a high mortality rate by nature.....my Water Dragon karked it

Porkie

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Coool man!

Dan

Love it Ben, my mate has just got two little lizards and they are wicked! In about 4-6 weeks they are already happily chilling round the living room and go to sleep on my mates shoulder!

cabrio zo

Kewl! I want one!

Z

Fiddy

Havnt got any recent pics, took these not long after i got him, about 6 months ago. He's bigger now, just finished shedding his skin.

COMEDY DAN

Quality Pet.


Joking aside, I think it looks loveley. I have had my African Mombassa Starburst Tarantula a year this month, well pleased, got a Goliath Bird Eater on my shopping list for the new year, now I know how to look after them..

vroooom ptssssh

Looks cool! what does it eat apart from wax worms? I'd love a reptile jus dont fancy keeping crickets etc

pete mcrash

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who cares what sex it is if ur into "fucking" lizards ur just wrong...............

Neil@FastFord

[quote="COMEDY DAN"]Quality Pet.


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They are cute as fook, just a bit dirty.....thankfully they draw the line at ATM!


i want another seeing these piccys!

Dan

Just checked with him Ben and he's got a male and a female Bearded Dragons!

Red16

Definitely looks like i was panicking over nothing yesterday, it's ate another worm tonight, straight from my fingers then after a brief snooze after tea its been quite entertaining, jumping around from branch to branch

sad to hear that

yeah theyre meant to prefer shiting etc in their bathing water, which isnt too bad as it leaves the rest of the vivarium relatively clean it does as you say mean you need to change the water at least daily.

class, cant wait until mine likes being out in the living room with me

COMEDY DAN couldnt be keeping anything like that, i'd be shit scared if it was loose in the same room as me never mind actually touching it etc

vroooom ptssssh they eat crickets, locusts, mealworms, waxworms as treats because they're a bit fatty, pinky mice once a week when they are capable of eating them.

Fiddy UK nice setup you got there, like the look of beardy's

Red16

uploaded this the other day, it was taken when i first took the lid off the box after arriving home

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wVyL0zec5Zc

Dan

It looks quality mate!

Red16

Neil@FastFord did you mist your viv regularly to maintain the high humidity the dragons need? Not seen mine in its swimming pool yet, little bugger must go skinny dipping at night

COMEDY DAN

My spider eats crickets, loves them. crunch crunch.splurt......

Red16

a locust has just jumped out of the top of the viv

Fiddy

thats all you need, my beardy jumped into the locust tub the other day when i was feeding him, full tub, locust everywhere, i was trying to get them back in the tub before they all did one or he eat them all

Red16

Fiddy UK haha, that's a nightmare scenario

Either my dragon cant see/physically catch the crickets/locusts or he's not hungry, as the 2 i put in yesterday are still there. He must've been hungry today while ive been out at work because when i fed him a mealworm tonight he went mad and munched it straight away.

Fiddy

Mine was funny feeding when i first got him, took him a while to settle, now he eats like a horse. dragons dont have the best eye site iirc, mine was funny getting the locust when i had plants in the viv, they used to hide and have his life, so i took them out, and now once the locust are in the viv, there lucky if they last 5 mins. and how big are the locust your giving yours, i was told they cant eat enything that is wider than there head, and with yours being young, his head wont be that big, could be a mile off mate, but thats what i was told.

Red16

theyre only small locusts that ive got, i tried him on crickets first but no joy with them, then the guy in the shop said they prefer locusts to crickets and mealworms to locusts.

Ive heard the same thing about the ratio of food size to head width, theyre definitely small enough for him to eat comfortably. It may just be a case of settling in after all.

At least i know he is eating tho, even if it only mealworms at this monent in time with waxworms as treats Can work on everything else over time.

matt4

sick bastards! get yourselfs a girlfriend or at least a prostitute or something to keep your lives from being so shit!

Red16

just what PF needs... another keyboard warrior

Fiddy

grow up ffs

Red16

a little update because i feel like it... he's feeding well now, nice not having to worry about it

here he is about 2 weeks ago exploring his viv, climbing up high onto the foliage to eat a morio worm.



i think he's started filling out too, he seems a bit thicker in the body, couple of pics taken today

jameswrx

Looks smart

Mine too.. It was very small though when I got it, never started eating and just died. I tried desperately to get it to eat and even tried force feeding it near the end!

Red16

he's just been shedding his skin, look at the state of this





couple of pics after shedding, definitely starting to fill out a bit

Stu.H

Awesome mate

Just been told I cant have anything else, got my topicals

CraigJ

Nice Dragon, just bought my first snake in about 10 years today. Used to have loads as a kid but just did'nt have the time for them so sold them all.

Just bought a young Red tailed Boa today, its about 3-4 months old. Hoping to get a new collection together again, next up is a royal and then maybe a breeding pair of Bearded dragons.

Red16

CraigJ im shite scared of snakes