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Reptile nut at pet store says yes, several articles say no.

Also our well water is very rich in iron. No chlorines or chloramines to deal with just rust. DO I need to be giving my dragon distilled water instead of my tap water?

No to spinach. It's high in oxides (I think that is what they are called, braindead right now) which binds calcium which makese it useless for the dragon. Deffinitely a no no in anything more than tiny amounts.

With rusty water, I deffinitely recommend bottled water or filtered water. (not sure if the water filters you can buy filter out iron and other metal deposits)
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PHLdyPayne

if memory serves me the stuff in spinach is "Oxalic Acid" it's a mild compound in several plants that give them a bit of a "Tart" flavor but binds Ca in a way that is not good for a dragon. a small amount on a rare occasion will not do much harm but on a weekly basis would be a bad thing.

water: if you have problems with water quality you may want to look at the cost of an RO system.

there are two kinds of water filters that are very good at taking "Gunk" out of water:

RO - Reverse Osmosis
DI - De-Ionazation

if you use them together you can pull about 99.99% of all the junk out of water such as Phosphates, lead, Iron, ammonia and so on... it's the kind of tech that can turn urine into water if you had to; Nasty idea but I think it makes my point

you can get packages that can be attached to a kitchen sink and cost as low as 150 - 200 bucks US.

they will not fill a swimming pool but will give you drinking water that is safe and clean.

Saltwater aquarium owners buy them in the 200-400 dollar range to prepare water for the reef aquariumns where it makes a huge difference in the keeping of corals and the like.
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