Water Dragons Food Chart

[CWD]

Hi I Would Like For Some One To Help On a Food Chart For CWDS

[CWD]

any 1 ??

[nemesis_morte]

Originally Posted by CWD

Hi I Would Like For Some One To Help On a Food Chart For CWDS

Crickets is a main staple. The drawback with crickets is that they are nocturnal and hide during the day, while the lizards are diurnal, meaning they are active during the day. So it can happen that there are more crickets in the terrarium then needed, and that the crickets disturb the lizards at night.

Of the cockroaches you should never feed German or American ones for obvious reasons (they will escape and become a true pest in the house). Hissing cockroaches, and deadhead cockroaches (Blaperus cranifer) can be fed easily from a container with smooth sides.

All kinds of sweet and soft fruits (banana, peach, watermelon, etc.) can also be offered. Although some will never touch it while others may eat it with fruition. Adults may also eat pinkie rats and pinkie mice.

As always, it is important to "gut load" your feeding insects first. This means you have to feed the insects before they are fed to the reptiles. This way the reptiles get extra nutrients which they may otherwise not be able to get. Sweet potato or carrots are very good choices for "gut loading" your insects.

You can also increase the food value of the feeder insects by dusting them first with a powder specifically made for that purpose, like for example Miner-All. These powders are easily available at all pet stores.

During my time of keeping Chinese water dragons we fed them nothing but crickets that were dusted with calcium and miner-all (1:1 mixture). We fed them mealworms are a treat and wax worms as a special treat. Meal worms yield little to no nutrients needed as their exo-skeleton isn’t digestible and they hardly have anything within the exo-skeleton. Wax worms on the other hand are just very fatty and is like feeding a kid a snickers bar. You don’t want them to get fat so that is used as a special treat.

Hope this helps.

[CWD]

Thanks nemesis_morte

[nemesis_morte]

anytime glad to help

[CWD]

shedding how long dos it take. ??

[Karl_1989]

My baby Just had his 1st shed the other day no fuss at all started in the mornin by the next mornin he was all done a bright green looked great!

[nemesis_morte]

Shedding can begin anywhere from 1 month to 2 months in age. Really hard to tell i never really paid attention to the time frame the sheddings start to be honest with you. I just notice when it is time or getting time to shed you will see them turn brown or darken in color. When they begin to turn dark brown thats when you know they are in the stage of shedding or just really stressed out. When they beging to flake thats when they are actually shedding.

Rule of thumb mist them with shed aid if your worried about shedding problems when they turn dark. It will not hurt them and you cant over dose them on it as its nothing but water and cactus juice in a spray bottle. Mist them 2 times a day with it and that should be good enough.

[CWD]

Theres no problem its shedding i just wanted to no how long it takes thanks for your help agen nemesis_morte.

[CWD]

How old is your karl ?? mine are 4 months how old can you sex them ?
coz the guy at the pet shop were i got them from sed M/F.