Water dragon pictures

dinosaurdammit · 02-04-13, 02:29 PM

Prepare for a dragon flood

some friends came over pregame for the super bowl and chantha with her nikon took some awesome photos, these do him justice with his color. They are not altered at all. He is just that dang green

dinosaurdammit · 02-04-13, 02:30 PM

UwabamiReptiles · 02-04-13, 04:00 PM

What a beautiful water dragon, makes me miss mine

Lankyrob · 02-04-13, 04:01 PM

Cool, is the dragon any good at Hitman?

BarelyBreathing · 02-04-13, 04:16 PM

Great photos.

dinosaurdammit · 02-04-13, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by UwabamiReptiles

What a beautiful water dragon, makes me miss mine

they are WONDERFUL animals. I love both of mine. I rescued them and they were in piss poor shape when i got them but they did a complete 180 and just look at that color! When I got them they were just BROWN and now, ahhhh just that good green.

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Originally Posted by Lankyrob

Cool, is the dragon any good at Hitman?

he got shadow a bunch!

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Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Great photos.

thanks, wish i could say i took them :P I just supply the animal

murrindindi · 02-08-13, 02:03 PM

Hi, he looks in great condition, well done!
Do you have photos of the whole enclosure?

dinosaurdammit · 02-08-13, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi, he looks in great condition, well done!
Do you have photos of the whole enclosure?

yup yup!

lights have since been fixed and no cords dangle

murrindindi · 02-09-13, 06:09 PM

Hi again, thanks for the photos! I think there`s too much open space which is a shame, and the vines (string) are much too thin in my opinion. Is there a reason you haven`t used stout, firmly fixed (real) branches?
Because their legs are somewhat splayed out to the sides it`s best to have the climbing objects at least as wide as the feet spread.
What type are the heat bulbs and what wattages, and why are they so far apart? I do llike the enclosure itself, just a little more modification would make it much better for the lizard.

dinosaurdammit · 02-09-13, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi again, thanks for the photos! I think there`s too much open space which is a shame, and the vines (string) are much too thin in my opinion. Is there a reason you haven`t used stout, firmly fixed (real) branches?
Because their legs are somewhat splayed out to the sides it`s best to have the climbing objects at least as wide as the feet spread.
What type are the heat bulbs and what wattages, and why are they so far apart? I do llike the enclosure itself, just a little more modification would make it much better for the lizard.

the lights have been changed since those pictures, thats just some pics after we "officially" put them in there. The lights are 75 watt halogens and not pictured is the uv light which is a florescent fixture mounted to the top. There are more plants in there now and the reason we didnt mount branches is the whole thing is made from some sort of laminated wood and mounting a bracket big enough to hold the branch and lizards weight kinda didnt work because it would split the lamination. The vines are now bigger, i took them out and re braided them to be much thicker. I am attempting to put real plants but I am having such an issue with them destroying them, any tips to keep them from doing that? Id like to plant some pothos and birds of paradise.

War Machine · 02-09-13, 06:35 PM

look into large corn plants. Or some form of small "tree", not plant. You certainly need more items in the enclosure. How well is it sealed? Varanid tight?

dinosaurdammit · 02-09-13, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by War Machine

look into large corn plants. Or some form of small "tree", not plant. You certainly need more items in the enclosure. How well is it sealed? Varanid tight?

its not as muggy as my monitors set up but its muggy alright- i think its not as belting as the monitors because its not as hot, and smells like a forrest, ive got a spray i wipe down the glass with that keeps moisture from sticking to it and fogging it up otherwise id never see them. Works on glasses too! you should get it. Its all natural and made from some type of plant. Any ways, i will look into those plants. The female spends some time in a burrow from time to time yet i never see the male in one. I am looking into getting a door seal to place at the top because there is a bit of warm moist air escaping from time to time.

Temps in the lights are 110
temps in the middle are any where from 92 to 87 depending if i open the door
temps on the bottom are about 75.

my male stays in the 90ish range and my female seems to like it cooler.

murrindindi · 02-10-13, 10:05 AM

Hi again, as far as plants are concerned, I use the larger plastic ones, such as ferns, Cheese plants etc, they will still get damaged over time, but many are quite cheap to buy (I get them on ebay).

dinosaurdammit · 02-10-13, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by murrindindi

Hi again, as far as plants are concerned, I use the larger plastic ones, such as ferns, Cheese plants etc, they will still get damaged over time, but many are quite cheap to buy (I get them on ebay).

i was thinking about heading over to micheals and grabbing some. The only problem I have, my "mental special needs" male likes to eat plastic

TheSnakeChild · 02-10-13, 10:15 AM

Oh he's so handsome, are water dragons hard to take care of?