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DreamWorks
at Fri Feb 5 23:01:20 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DreamWorks ]
Baby dragons are very skittish by nature... they will typically hide, cower, and dash off etc. It will take several weeks or even months of ownership and the dragon will slowly acclimate to you and its enclosure. You can do whatever you wish... no rock, two rocks, flate slate.
At this age some places to hide is best for the dragon.
Your setup looks fine.
The key is consistency. Allowing her/him the option of getting relatively close to the heat source is fine because if it's too hot they will move to a cooler area to self regulate the temps etc. As long as he/she is not too hot. This can be bad. The cool side should be about 85 degrees.
Use a digital timer for lights on and off so it's consistent.
The more you keep switching around the setup and altering things the longer it will take for the dragon to adjust and find its natural sense of confidence within its surroundings.
When they are small they are instinctually hard wired to believe they are prey and are constantly nervous. Some are not this way but most dragons are very skittish and frightful when young.
90% are really sketched out when young... babies.
So just keep it the way it is. If he/she has a cool side and you have a warmer side with temps in the 105-120 range this would be sufficient.
Avoid handling them too much until they are a little older and more adjusted. They need to have consistency (lights on and off at the same times) (feeding times and methods should be somewhat routine) (enclosure setup inside should be the same for the most part.) Consistency when young to build their confidence and allow the dragon to grow.
The setup looks pretty nice actually.
Offering the smaller dragons some rocks and driftwood etc allows them hiding places and will make the dragon feel more secure when smaller.
He/she will grow out of the skittish behavior.
It's a phase.
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RE: Setup critique - DreamWorks, Fri Feb 5 23:01:20 2010