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Originally Posted by telefrag
except they get like 3times the size of a water dragon.
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lmao, yeah well there is THAT..
Don't know how much information you've been able to get on them. But I'll share a little of what I learned when researching water dragons.
Sailfins, much like water dragons, tend to be spazzes, and don't usually settle in like an iguana will. They will tail whip, gape, bite and bail out of your hands. They don't ALL do that, but there is the potential.
Also they are prone to damaging their snouts on their cages like water dragons, so make sure they can't see out of the cage really, even then, the WDs will still bang into it. (Not the brightest lizards Ive had, but I loved 'em)
Snout damage usually ends up causing mouth rot, so keep an eye out for that. I usually treated any swelling or rubbed areas by swabbing the mouth with a 50/50 of listerine and water using a cotton swab. I treated it with Neosporin 2X a day and removed the substrate, and fixed whatever they were slamming into by covering the windows, or adding more vines or moving them to a larger cage.
Spaz would eat crickets, Twerp would eat mealworms, I would recommend always offering greens after 4-6mos.
Obviously you have to supplement and provide
UVB lighting. I provided a small shallow bowl of water (the poop bowl) and a deeper bowl for soaking.
They really need a LOT of room to move around, approx 6ft L cage would be advised.
Definitely NOT an animal I would recommend as a first lizard, but they are pretty neat animals
