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every time my waterdragon goes into the water he almost like sleeps. thn ill pick him up and hill struggle and he will open his mouth wide open and thick water will pour out of his mouth and nose. most out of his mouth till he is covverd in the stuff on his head and neck. thn it all goes away fast and he basks in the light

Didn't you have a similar problem a few weeks back?
also, didnt you get a new one? just trying to understand why
they keep going underwater. describe your setup?

i got a new CWD i returned the other one to the store. and it did end up dieing =(. but with my new dragons the mostly hang out on top of a tal lrock cave. my cage goes, in the cool end i have a large pool about 10 inches long with about 3 inches deep of water. thn there is a small open area and some climbing bendable branches. thn under the light is a plasstic tall cave made for CWDs they go on top of it to bask. now one CWD likes to hang out on the basking part and te one tht like swallows to much water hangs out on the ledge of the pool with his hand and feet in the water. there he sits all morning and afternoon later he usaully basks and thn at night goes and sleeps in the branhes. sometimes i find him like sleeping in the water so i pcik him ip and put him in basking spot. thts when the thick water pours out of his mouth and nose

Since this has happened before, I'm wondering if there isn't something stressing your animals way out. Although reptiles are famous for being able to slow their metabolism down to the point that they can go long periods without breathing, this is starting to sound like extreme exhaustion. If your setup is down low or by a table or something, maybe a dog or cat (I vote for the cat) is getting up next to the cage when no one is around and stressing the WD's to the point of torment. Cats and herps don't mix. Domestic cats kill reptiles and are one of the few animals that kill for pleasure. When I lived in Florida, it wasn't uncommon to see a cat stroll by casually with a fresh killed green or brown anole hanging out of it's mouth. I never saw one eat their prey, however. If they can't kill, they torment as long as it doesn't mean any harm to them. Except for rats and humans, no other animal can decimate entire ecosystems faster than domestic cats because of their intelligent and stealthy nature. If this could possibly apply to you in anyway, I suggest that you move your cage to an area where the cat can never be in sight of the lizards...even if it means behind a closed door.

In the annual 2002 Reptile Magazine it said that Chinese water dragons commonly sleep underwater.