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Message To: JimiRythm In reference to Message Id: 1822100 Horned dragon care info,please
The best thing to say is go to froggieb.com Wonderful info on them there. A major thing to point out is that a normal aquarium will not work. You need a home for them that is tall. I say minimum of 4 feet. Floor space isn’t a big issue with them, just some room for a water container that has an air stone or water pump in it. They like moving water. We have organic soil with live plants growing in our cages. Also plenty of stuff to climb on, most of them time if they are on the ground level something is wrong. High temps aren’t necessary, but humidity is. Their not big fans of crickets but love earthworms, ours have a normal diet of night crawlers with super worms given as treats. They need lots of climbing space, give them plants, fake or real, that have leaves for them to hide behind. They aren’t active animals unless it’s feeding time or just spunky. Most will sit in the same spot for days on end it seems and are rather boring if you are wanting some large and colorful to wow friends and visitors. (chasing an anole around the front yard having it hiss at you can be more entertaining than watching them.) Some like handling and will come out of the cage freely, our first female pretty much had free reign of the living room. We have 2 females that would prefer you didn’t even look at them. Another female is intrigued by what you might have, will come out and let you handle her but prefers to jump away and wander around on her own. Another big decision is what type do you want? The four basic types you will find in the US at any given moment are all vastly different in temperment. Capra is the most common, also probably has the best temperment of any of them. The lepidogaster is one of the smallest and down right pissy lizards. All the ones we have had are jumpers and biters. See exhibit A
This particular lizard was a rescue, he had a broken jaw that unless he was hissing at you didn’t open it enough to eat. So getting bitten was a common site, (for me anyways, Bobbi always fed him and I liked to watch cause he usually did bite her, oh the little pleasures in life). The other 2 we have never had and have never seen for sale other than in ads. That’s a brief overview of what I tell people who are interested in them. They are not very forgiving animals when it comes to their health and new owners learning as they go. Once one takes a dive for the worse it can be hard to get them to rebound. They can be wonderful pets, Isis has been with us over 5 years now and is still just as loving to us as ever. Trent and Bobbi |
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