I had an old Chinese water dragon that I finally had to put down in Nov. At that time, I purchased another juvenile. She is doing great. I was at the pet store today, and they have another one that has been there since about December. I was thinking of possibly purchasing it. I was wondering if, after the quarantine period, my current dragon should be willing to share her space. I know they can be housed with other dragons, and people need to watch for aggression, but I didn't know if introducing a new dragon into another's home has a chance of being successful or if she will probably be territorial because it is her home. My dad and I built the cage a long time ago. It's 5.5 ft.x 28 in. x 40 in. It should be big enough.
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Inviting a new CWD into another's home
mejp19
Jun 02, 2005 05:42 PM
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dianedfisher
Jun 03, 2005 03:36 PM
I don't think there is any way to know in advance what type of temperament either of yur CWD will have. Your enlcosure is definitely large enough and if you provide lots of hides and basking branches for multiple CWD's they should co-habitate without a problem. But....there is always that odd-tempered dragon who can't get along without intimidating his/her cagemates. I moved in 2 additional dragons at with my original dragon at age: 14 months. The 2 new dragons took over the enclosure and became dominant, but all 3 co-habitate nicely. Good luck.
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dsgnGrl
Jun 04, 2005 12:04 PM
What I did was took the old dragon out and rearranged the cage, then put the new dragon in first. After a few hours I put the old dragon in....this way they both felt new and neither one had an upper hand. Mine co-habited well after the first few days, and there never was any real aggression, just some head bobbing, waving and a few chases.
Just make sure you aren't putting two males together.
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1 female calico cat, born 6/7/04
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