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Water Dragons And Basilisks2007-11-24 2:02:56

I have a couple water dragons in a 6'x6'x2' Enclosure and i wated to put some tree frogs and basilisks in with them, What should i do and how should i go upon doing this?

Answers:

The dragon might be being intimidated by another dragon or herp that you have in the enclosure. Particularly if the other dragon is larger. Stress from house mates can cause a dragon to stop eating and become very ill.

Please do not house water dragons of different sizes together . especially if there is a great size difference! Adult water dragons have also been known to attack, injure and also eat young water dragons (or other smaller reptiles!) housed in the same cage with them. Please be careful!

IF you are housing to similarly sized dragons in the same cage and one is not doing well or not eating please try to separate them. If you cannot do this (and really you should because new dragons should be housed separately for three months or so to make sure they are doing well and that they do not have a disease that could be passed on to your established dragon .) please feed them separately. Perhaps feed the one that is doing well first and then remove it from the cage while you attempt to feed the dragon that is not doing as well. This often helps a great deal.

also tree frogs sometiems can produce a toxin, your cage also wont be the right humidity for them as well as they all have diffrent humidity and caging requirments. very un healthy to keep tree frogs with them they are more for a vivarium set up, and still should be very careful when houseing diffrent breeds of reptiles together then.