Hi, I was considering frilled dragons for an outdoor enclosure I have (for part of the year anyway, I live in northern West Virginia) that is 16'x12'x10'. My question has three parts:
1.) How low can night temps be safely? (I've read different things)Night time lows here in summer are around 65-75 degress, with NTL's in the high fifties in spring and fall.
2.) How high can humidity be? (again, I've heard differing things)Summer humidty regularly gets up to 70-80%
3.) Should I make the mesh small enough to prevent wild insects from entering to prevent firefly ingestion? I know they are fatal for beardies so I guess I'm projecting this on frillies, or would that just be me being paranoid?
Or, lastly, are these guys a poor choice?
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Outdoor enclosures?
aquick
May 03, 2009 07:48 PM
Replies (2)
fc3schick87
May 07, 2009 02:18 PM
idk what you mean by "are these guys a poor choise"
temps should be no lower then 70 at night and if so the dragon will go into a sleep state just like bearded dragons. but idk if its safe for a frill to do this in captivity.
humidity SHOULD BE 70-90%
day temp should not be lower then 85ish. frill dragons need a body temp of about 95.
wild insects may carry harmfull things, you dont know what hte bug has ingested or what it could be contaminated with. any bugs are a risk from the outdoors due to pestisides used.
housing a dragon outside would NOT be a good idea unless you live in an area almost identical to that of their native origin.
now..... yuo can bring your dragons out on a nice warm day and leave them for several hours seeing that the temps are right. but i dont recomend leaving them outside...
Daniel J
Jun 06, 2009 11:23 PM
I've been pondering this issue myself lately. I know it can be done in the area I live in with Australian species, since I live fairly close to Agama international. They breed Australian water dragons and beardies with great success. However, close to all of us have NG frilleds, so I don't know how well that'd work. How big is the climate difference between New Guinea and Australia?
I asked Bert once about keeping frilleds outside. He said he did at one time, but found them boring. But once again, they were most likely Australian....
