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hey well i have a chinese water dragon right now nad iam looking into getting hopefully a male aussie water dragon and have a few qquestion i have rescearched them but i want to knwo from people who keep them:
what should there temp be?
what do yuo guys feed yours?
how big of a water area do they need?
How BIG do they get?
are they easy to breed?

check out agamainternational.com. but you will need one half of the enclosure twigs and branches, and the other a sandy area with a water dish. i use a paint roller dish as recommended by bert langerwerf of agamainternational.com. basking temps of 90 degrees, and an ambient of upper 70's to mid 80's. this is what bert has suggested. they are cold tolerant and can take drops at night as well as low(not to low)during the day. you can also use pineapple plants as well as ficus benjamini for climbing etc. but e-mail bert and check out his web site for additional information.
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I got my 2 aussie dragons from Bert too ...he's a wonderful man!
I have a large pool (20 soon to be 50 gallons)...with very large grapevine and mounted trees around it.
I have a 90 basking spot and a 110 basking sot and one in the middle. The cage is hot at the top cooler at the bottom (the way it would be in nature) and unlike asian ragons they regulate their own humidity with their pool. I notice mine shed quite often and during those times they will soak in the pool for longer periods of time.
They eat quail, nightcrawlers, pinkies, supers, crickets and whatever else I put in to be honest.
If your husbandry is good with the asian, the aussie will be no problem. Just be sure you get the dragon from a good breeder (Bert) and also make sure your dragon is free of parasites and in good health before introducing another dragon.
Honestly you should even consider ordering a pair. I ended up with 2 and had to worry about size difference problems and also I paid shipping twice...should have just got 2 right away!!
Berts email: Timo2@earthlink.net
Tell him Nicole said hello
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they will reach full size in about two years if left to hibernate which is needed to properly cycle these animals for breeding. females 2-2.5 males 2.5-3. though they may reach adult sizes if kept warm all year round at a much faster rate.
they feed readily on super worms(zoophobis morio), deads head roaches(blaberus cranifer), and crix.
they are in my opinion an easy to keep reptile species, that in addition, is very beautiful as well.
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