Chinese Water Dragon Caresheet (Physignathus cocincinus)

Author: Tricia Power

This particular caresheet, written by the infamous Tricia Power, spans 8 pages including this T.O.C. The menu below lists the article headers that are found on each page. Hopefully this will make navigating this Water Dragon Caresheet easier.

Page 1

• Table of Contents

Page 2

• Introduction
• What is a Water Dragon?
• Size & Description
• Habitat
• Life Span

Page 3

• Sexing
• Cage Mates
• Temperature
• Lighting

Page 4

• Heat Sources
• Water
• Humidity
• Substrate

Page 5

• Glass and Snout Damage
• Size of Enclosure
• Live Plants in the Enclosure
• A Word about Home made enclosures and Toxic Substances

Page 6

• Diet: How often to feed your dragon
• Food Items to offer
• Insects
• Earthworms
• Whole prey
• Why you should NOT feed live Rodent prey to your reptiles

Page 7

• The April 1999 issue of Reptiles Magazine, Veterinarian Q&A by Dr. Douglas Mader, M.S., D.V.M., D.A.B.V.P. Page 18 states in reference to bites and injuries inflicted by rodents
• Fruits and Veggies
• Content of some common food items
• A healthy Diet Combination- Ratio's
• Are you supplementing the dragons diet with calcium and vitamins?
• Commercial Diets- NOT

Page 8

• How much to feed
• A word about METABOLIC BONE DISEASE (calcium deficiency)
• General Rules about Feeding
• How to feed your dragons?
• An example of what mine eat

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The original caresheet can be found here: Water Dragon Care