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NEW FRILLY & 3 WATER DRAGONS

JURRASIC_FRILLY Mar 04, 2006 10:32 PM

ok my wife and i recently bought 3 water dragons and a frilled dragon. got a baby water cost $60 and the 2 adult's where $35 cause the home they came from was abusive. both are very kind and the female we think has eggs. she is acting weird.she wont realy move and when we got her she had 2 eye infections. which has cleaned up now. i guess they used 2 fight her cause she has her left front arm broke but held upside down.. doesnt hurt her though. thas what i was told when we got them. now as for the frilly hes awsome i paid $199 for him/her i dunno yet.... i dunno if its aussie or ng im guessing ng cause of the price.its silver. ok so my wife and i are new 2 reptiles and dunno much any help u could give us on these animals would relly help. right now we have a 2.9 feet wide by 2.9 feet high by 5 feet long for the water dragons custom cage. and the frilly is housed in a 20 gal glass tank. hes been acting really sluggish and doesnt run around. sumone said cause of spring they get lazy. any truth 2 this? could this alos b y the female water is so lazy? he seems fine i put my hand in and he will run up it and act alert he/she will sit on my hand all day with out trying 2 run.but wont go up on his branch in the cage just sits on the half circle wood house.. sry its so long ty for your time though.

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DarkHelmet Mar 10, 2006 08:55 AM

The water dragons probably did not get the proper nutrition and have some calcium deficiency, so the fact that one may be gravid makes the matter worse. Try to orally administer some cruched fruit-flavored Tums with your finger to each one every day. As for the frilly, they don't do too much except bask and eat, so as long as it looks perky with its head raised and its eyes clear then you shouldn't worry. I would also place him in something a little bigger, probably a 55 gallon or so.

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