Hello all ( spot the newbie)
I have a few questions that I cant quite find non contradicting answers to, I hope you chaps can help me out a bit. Sorry there is quite a lot!
I am thinking about getting a pair of Rankins / Lawsons dragons. Is this a sensible number to have or do they prefer to live in bigger groups? If I get a pair, what sex should they be? I currently have no interest in breeding them so would it be better to get two females or two males?
We are often away for weekends, would this be a problem with regards to feeding. If I put in extra food would it just get eaten straight away or would it just get picked at if & when hungry.
Do they really need to be fed 3 times a day? This would not be possible for me unless they get one feed in the early morning, one at early evening & one late evening.
What would the ill effects be if they were just to get fed twice or once a day?
Do the dragons come to like the owners who they grow to recognise or will they be quite happy with anyone who wants to pick them up.
Is feeding by hand possible or is that risking finger-tips! Are bites painful & or serious?
I have read about winter shut-down, does this generally happen every year & does it mean that the Viv will still require heat & light & the dragons to be fed.
When the dragons get older do they become less active or do they maintain the energy they have when they are younger.
Still awake? Sorry for asking so many Qs but id rather know in advance so there are no “surprises”.
thanks
I have a few questions that I cant quite find non contradicting answers to, I hope you chaps can help me out a bit. Sorry there is quite a lot!
I am thinking about getting a pair of Rankins / Lawsons dragons. Is this a sensible number to have or do they prefer to live in bigger groups? If I get a pair, what sex should they be? I currently have no interest in breeding them so would it be better to get two females or two males?
We are often away for weekends, would this be a problem with regards to feeding. If I put in extra food would it just get eaten straight away or would it just get picked at if & when hungry.
Do they really need to be fed 3 times a day? This would not be possible for me unless they get one feed in the early morning, one at early evening & one late evening.
What would the ill effects be if they were just to get fed twice or once a day?
Do the dragons come to like the owners who they grow to recognise or will they be quite happy with anyone who wants to pick them up.
Is feeding by hand possible or is that risking finger-tips! Are bites painful & or serious?
I have read about winter shut-down, does this generally happen every year & does it mean that the Viv will still require heat & light & the dragons to be fed.
When the dragons get older do they become less active or do they maintain the energy they have when they are younger.
Still awake? Sorry for asking so many Qs but id rather know in advance so there are no “surprises”.
thanks