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i am looking to buy a frilled dragon.. i was wondering if anyone can help me find where to get one... how to take care of it, and how much they cost. also are they hard to take care of b/c my friend had one and it died b/c it wouldnt drink.. if anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated.

thanks steve

I would HIGHLY recommend buying a US captive bred frilled dragon if you are nervous and want one as easy to care for as possible. Imports can have problems with hydration, parasites, stress, etc... not all the time, but more likely than with captive bred specimins. The trick is that many dealers advertise farmed (imported) frillies as "captive bred". I would go straight to a breeder if possible or ask the dealer who bred the animal and check it out. Check with KWE (advertises in the back of reptiles magazine or email me for his info)--he is the only breeder that I know of that has had babies recently. If anyone knows any other breeders that has any, let me know.
Here is a care sheet (follow the link).
frilled care sheet

As far as buying a frilled i would stick with a capitve bred one bred right here in the U.S.A. but other than that you can look on the kingsnake classafieds or i would also recomend KWE or Sundial Reptile.Care wise you can get a excellent care sheet for frilleds at www.sundialreptile.com . Also if you try to get all the infromation from caresheets or people then a frilled wont be hard to take care of. I keep my Kingii tank temeprature basically in the high 80s with a basking spot of the high 90s.They Need branches to climb(they like them to be vertically for the most part) and they also need a preety large water container to swim/defacate in .
For any other in formation you can email me at Brian8912@aol.com with the subject as Frilled Dragon

-Brian-