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Hello,
I have am wondering about the care requirements for a frilled dragon.

1. Is a 3' long x 2' deep x 4' high cage suitable for one frilly?

2. What is the simplest feeding schedule for a frilly?
-What to feed and when for an adult or juvie

3. What are the temperature and humidity requirements?

Thanks,
Carl
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frill dragons can be very sensitive and easy to stress, frills are flighty reptiles that frill up and run away from their sorce of fear, wild caught/farm raised are more difficult to acclimate to your home then a captive bread.

tempiture requirements can be as simples 75-105. with as hot as 110 basking but no lower then 75 night.
scared and sick frills should have abient temp of 85-100 to help frill recover, scared sick frills wont seek warmth.

your tank size sounds perfect as long as you have lamps inside the enclosure and multiple basking spots, my frill has 3 baskingg spots with ambient temp of 75 at bottom 85 middle and 95 top with baskings spots 110, the frill dragon will either be close or far on the branch acording to how much heat it wants so branches leading up to the lights is ideal.

humidity needs to be upwards of 80% to dry and the frill wont feel comfortable and it will be stressfull for the new frill, you want dry cycles so that you dont risk getting mold and muscky smells but no lower then 50%

feeding: as much as they will eat, i feed mine from a deli cup one of those tall ones that holds probably about a quart? and i put crickets and dust them. tilt it towards my frill and the frill eats from the cup or i let them fall into the enclosure and he'll chace after them. eating from the cup lets me know how many he's eating daily. i feed once or 2 times a day,

water: they love to play in water, large water contaner is ideal they will often poop in the water, if you dont notice them in the water try using a seringe full of water and drip it near them. once they realize wateris coming from it they most likely will drink from it. thats another way to monitor how much my frill was drinking when he didnt get the concept of water in his enlcosure!

i have since replaced the substrate with forest floor rather then a towel. and since replaced the red lamp with a basking 75 wat. notice howthe lamps are inside the enclosure and not just on the top. this adds more basking spots and better heat controle with in the enclosure

its a 40 gallon with a topper i made out of wood and the screen that was with the 40 gal tank. plexi glas is at the very top

Thanks for the quick reply,

Are crickets the only food that you are feeding your frilly? Do I necessarily need that many lights inside the cage? How much should I be feeding a juvenile frilly?

Thanks again so much,
Carl

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you can use regular house bulbs and regular clamp lamps you can buy from home depo for 7$ to maintain that heat. they like bright light so i do suggest you use that many lights inside the enclosure, i have so many because i have a large enclosure and thats how many light at 65 wats that it requires for me to maintain the temps, fewer lights can be used but higher wats are nessasary to bring temp up, higher wat higher heat bulbs cant use normal clamp lamp and need 12$ clamps with ceramic base, if its to hot in the sumer you can reduce the lights. but you definantly need the UVB 10 and dont use compact florecent lights because they send out harmfull concentration of uvb that can give sunburn and other issues. remember its important to maintian good heat inside the enclosure expecialy for newly aquired frill dragons so they dont stress to much!

crickets, roaches, super worms (which are slightly fattening) silk worms, horn worms, earth worms, butter worms(fattening) but never meal worms. meal worms are little to no protien and all shell. not good! dont feed wild caught incects because you do not knonw what they have ingested or walked in and may contain harmfull chemycals

feed as much as they will eat with in 15 min. feeding from a cup or container is good way to tell how many they have eaten, dont feed anything larger then the space between their eyes

you can also read on beautiful dragon.com in the nutritonal list of fruit and vegies to feed if your dragon is willing.

pinkies or small hopper mice can be given to the right size frill dragon but sparingly they dont contain enough nutrience to be given often.

Thanks again,

One more question, is a reptarium 260 suitable for a frilly and how should I keep the temps and the humidity up in a screened cage?

Thanks,
Carl
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NO!!!!! no way. not unless you cover all sides with something like foil or anything like that so that it will retain moisture. remember how hot and how humid they have to be. it wont be able to maintian temps in a wide open screen. just think about that for a bit . or try setting it prior to geting the frill and see if you can maintian the temps that way...

Thanks for the reply,
I saw it somewhere else on the forums and I was thinking that exact same thing.
Well thanks for all the help.

Carl
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