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Do baby cwd like going into the water becuase i gotta force mines to go in the water or do they keep themselves out of the water most of the time,because i just bought a baby cwd yesterday and it was in the water about half an hour and dat was the only time i have seen it go into the water by itself but today i tryed to put it in the water and it kept on going back up my arm like it didnt like da water.how does the water temperature have to be?

I never heated my water. Why are you trying to force it to go in? You can spray baby dragons with water if you are worried, but I would just leave them alone.
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Mom to:

1 little boy born 7/19/04
2 male RES, born 2001
1 ribbon snake, age unknown
3 FBT, ages unknown
1 female bearded dragon, born 5/2002
1 male lab mix, born 5/24/03
1 female calico cat, born 6/7/04

since you just got him yesterday, he may need a few days to get used to his enclosure before he goes in the water. Also, it shouldn't be too cold, not below 70 (i think, thats what I make sure for mine, someone else can probably give you more info. about that)

Well probally hes kinda stressed and doesnt feel like moving around right now so probally dats the reason hes in one place all the time and doesnt move around much...........or either i got a sick cwd??

I agree with mixitup...he/she may just need a few days to get adjusted to it's new environment...if you force it to do things it neccisarily doesn't wanna do than you could put too much stress on your CWD...in which case (like other lizards) it could get sick and die due to the stress you put on it...

i'm new to CWD's...but have a few other lizards and i've found that leaving them alone the first couple weeks is best...and like the other person said...you can always get a reptile mister bottle from any petsmart/petco...they cost about $3.99...use distilled, purified water and just mist your CWD a few times a day...hope u get it figured out ;]

-S1N