I just got my new australian water dragon from the reptile show saturday. He seems to be having a lot of problems adjusting to the new cage. Its huge for him he's still very young and its a 3'long x 2'wide x 2'high with a nice size pool and plenty of logs screwed into the walls to climb on and bask. He is acting really strange though and I'm a little worried. He hasn't eaten anything. I've tried bannana babyfood, collard greens, dusted crickets, and small mealworms and he just sits there and basks all day or hides. He doesn't go into the water at all even and I've made sure its easily accessable so i've misted him a few times but I don't feel really that its enough. Is he still just trying to get used to the cage or is there something else going on here? I know all the temps are good. I'd like to raise the humidity up some but the woman from LLL said not to worry too much about humidity if he's got a good size pool. I've also added a log from the pool onto the flooring since the picture. I know i need to get different substrate. Right now its just stone tile.
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New Aussi WD problems
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thats a big cage for such a little dude! i wouldn't worry about it. dragons in general are very hardy, and aussies are especially hardy. they really don't eat a lot of greens and veggies. if they will eat it, which they usually don't, it should only make up about 10% of their diet- at the most. not saying you should give up on that idea, but try more squiggly stuff. at that size i would keep trying the mealworms and superworms, the squiggling really gets them interested. maybe try other worms, like earthworms and stuff. try crickets and it might even be big enough for a pinky mouse. i would just wait and see what happens. you could put it in a smaller tank so you can monitor better and stuff. make sure it's drinking cause they drink A LOT. mist as often as you think, at least 1-2 times a day. make sure the temps don't get below 60F at night and give a basking spot of at least 90F. just keep offering food, but don't let it build up in the tank. good luck!
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