Chinese Water Dragon Caresheet (Physignathus cocincinus)
Author: Tricia PowerThis 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
