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Does anyone have a Water Dragon and if so, what do they do for the water? I have heard that you can do a rubbermaid with a fish tank heater to keep the water warm..... does anyone here do that?

Any ideas or pictures would be helpful.

Thanks!

If your cage temp wont keep your water temp warm enough try placing a heater pad under your water tub.

Do I have to worry about the heating pad getting wet? He does splash a lot of water out when he is in there and I am worried about some of it coming into contact with a heating pad.

Thanks!

some of the medical pads of humans are wet/dry pads. You might also want to look at a farm animal supply store such as TSC to see if they have in tank heaters. I dont think that water would hurt a normal reptile pad, but dont take my word for it because I dont know for sure. What is your normal air temp in your cage and on the floor? I realy dont think that you realy even need to heat your water. As long as your water temp is above 75 degrees your going to be fine.

I use submersible heaters for aquatic turtles and alligators. I don't see why you would have a problem. Make sure you get a submersible heater, and not a heater that is meant to hang over the side.

Sheath the heater in 1.5" pvc with caps on both ends. Drill multiple 1/4-3/8" holes in the sheath to allow water to circulate. You will have to cut the end of the cord and replace it with a store bought end after threading it thru a hole in one end of the sheath. I use this on gators up to about 4' in length. I can give you more details if you think this is the route you want to go.

The purpose of the sheath is to prevent breakage, burning, and in your case melting of plastic (rubbermade).

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