I think it's good that you made this video so people who are uneducated about these guys, like me can fully understand what it takes to successfully breed and keep these guys.
Thanks man! I’m really hoping to make a change. They’re great for experienced owners. But I feel a lot of experienced keepers are turning them down due to all the wildcaught ones. Now that I’ve had a few buy some CBB babies. It’ll hopefully encourage more keeping and breeding of the species!
“Don’t let them see out, let you see in” Lmao, it makes sense to a owner of a CWD. I blocked my old glass terrarium with construction paper and I literally saw her go from bumping her poor nose to belly flopping... this channel has helped me get it together fast for my CWD.
I am so glad I found your info.. there is Soo much I need to ask and show.. my dragon is 2.5yrs and I have made a few mistakes, he is almost 1lb. And is a companion for my 9yr old grandson.. it'll take me a few weeks to catch up on your info...
Congrats on your success with the little water dragons! Keep up the great work! Hopefully there’ll be more people like you in the future breeding them so wild populations won’t have to be used for the pet trade.
Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words! I’m hoping to get more about Chinese water dragons out there in general. Be it their complex care, or CBB hatchlings!
I saw no difference in health. I did find the ones that hatched in the enclosure were smaller, and I suspect it was due to the lower temperatures. My newer incubator allows for a night drop and that yielded the largest and healthiest babies I have ever produced.
My two month old water dragons poop everywhere, I it’s impossible to get it all 🤦🏽♀️and Mushu escapes sometimes, and he’s fast. Give me some suggestions young man please. Thank you 😊
I just got one and it’s so tiny, she doesn’t seem like she has the strength in her and I’ve only had her a day now but she just sleeps and refuses to eat. She’s super skinny and just not fight . Should I wait or?
More than likely the dragon you purchased was a wild-caught specimen. Unfortunately I doubt it'll make it as moist wild-caught dragons fail to thrive. I would suggest you seek out a breeder if you look to purchase a healthy captive born & bred animal.
Message any of my business pages (in video description) or send me an email (snakedude1814@gmail.com) to inquire about captive born & bred Chinese water dragons. I still have a few left from my 2020 breeding season that hatched in August.
my wild caught water dragon has gone through ups and downs ... even with UVB light and vitamin/calcium dusting he's has all kinds of heath issues ... the vet pumped him full of vitamins and to keep his humidity up on a permanent bases i put a humidifier directly in his enclosure.
That’s the big issue with them. They can be a lot of work and often don’t thrive right away with how many are wild-caught! I hope yours is doing alright!
Hey snakedude since I know youre kinda an expert on water dragons I just picked up my buddys dragon that he got from backwater reptiles and he reported some mouth opening. I told him all the right steps to take and all and i thought he just didnt have the right conditions. I picked him up yesterday for free from my buddy cuz he said he couldnt care for him so I brought him home. im having a little trouble keeping temps high but I just turned on his nightlight heat lamp so that should eat it up. humidity isnt a problem so far. Ive only had him for about 12 hours in the cage and he has eaten but im watching him and he seems to keep his mouth open for about a minute and half and keeps it closed usually longer than that. He closes it when I hold him and sometimes opens when im messing with his cage. Idk really what it could be, is he hot enough or is this a serious infection? UPDATE: when he closes his mouth you can see his lower jaw area where his throat is puff up like hes breathing really hard, this happens after he closes his mouth idk how often just realized it
Mouth opening while breathing is a sign of an upper respiratory infection. Your best bet would be to go to a exotic vet so that you can get an exact diagnosis as well as a prescribed antibiotic for the dragon.
Hi snakedude1814 it’s me again. So my Chinese water dragon tai had snot bubbles coming out of his nose. Should I take him to the vet? And is this discharge? This happened before tai lost a piece of his tail.
Yes! Get the little one to a vet immediately. Discharge from the nose is a sign of respiratory infection. So you’ll want to get an antibacterial prescribed ASAP!
-Natasha-, most Chinese water dragons offered for sale are wild-caught. So while they are “everywhere”. It is very uncommon to find Chinese water dragons that have been born and bred in captivity.
So I've been looking into getting a water dragon for a while. I have a few other snakes and lizards. I've been watching a bunch of your videos over the last few days. I was going to build an adult size enclosure until I saw you talking about keeping a baby in a 40g glass tank. What are the down sided to putting a baby in an adult enclosure? I envisioned something similar to what you have, maybe a little bigger. Eventually I'd like to have a couple.
The main issue when placing a hatchling into a large habitat is that too much space at first will stress them out. They’ll feel exposed and often have issues finding where to bask and where to find food. By growing young water dragons out in 30”x12”x12” (20 gallon Long) sized terrariums it allows them to find a better basking area and also lets them find their food and water easier. Once they’re around a year old and roughly a foot long is when they will be “ready” for a proper sized enclosure. Like I said in the video: I focus on making sure the hatchlings are eating and staying hydrated. Hence the simple & efficient setups. Once they’re subadult size is then when I got fancy with a nice proper custom built enclosure. 👍🏻
Hey now you know covering the glass does nothing it still has a reflection from the light it actually makes the reflection more clear my water dragon stairs at his even when i covered the tank
Depends on the paper you use. I have had zero issues using opaque paper to cover the front, sides, and back of glass housing. Maybe double check on whether you’re using plexiglass? I’ve never had any nose rub when utilizing my methods via paper.
@@AlexsAgamids Also should I go about building one I have a 4 foot across 18 inches deep and 19 inches high aquarium idk what that is in gallons but would it be good to keep a water dragon in that and when he gets bigger add a 36 by 18 open enclosure and incase it in saramic wrap so humidity says in? that would give him 3 extra feet to climb or would it be better just to use the tank for a year than build his bigger cage
You’d be much better off building one as a 4’x18” floorprint is pretty thin for an adult. Not to mention that even if you built up, the bottom would be a glass enclosure meaning the water dragon will be able to see out and be more prone to snout damage. You’d be better off getting the materials to build a proper solid sided enclosure such as the 5’x2’x5’ you mentioned previously.
Snakedude1814 i heard some dude built his out of this weird material it’s made for like desks and u can get the stuff precut at homedepot so I would only need to just screw it together in the dimensions I mentioned before then put a sliding door with a lock. I don’t think the material is toxic but it’s white and it’s kinda like reinforced wood or something idk
Keep the enclosure very clean (you don’t want the lizard to get an infection), and then keep an eye on the tail loss area. This species will regenerate their tails. But not to the full length that it formally was.
Wouldn’t hurt to! But to be perfectly honest, I’ve had some of my hatchlings from past clutches drop their tails. As long as you keep the enclosure clean and the wound looked after. A vet very likely won’t be necessary unless you feel you aren’t able to identify what is “good” and what is an early sign of an issue (Ex: Bacterial Infection, Necrosis, etc)
They sometimes take a while to adjust. While offering mealworms may work at first. Switching them over to a staple of Dubia roaches and or crickets will work best in the long run.
The first six were purchased for $60 each since the man bought all six for himself. The rest have been sold for $80 each. Buyers pay for shipping of course. 👍🏻
Sadly I am not breeding them for some time. I will post again if I ever have eggs from my pair. But due to university, I have put all breeding operations to a stop.
Sadly this’ll be my last batch of hatchlings for a while. I am attending university in that fall and I won’t have time for breeding. I have no idea for sure when I will be able to produce true captive bred offspring from Ozzie & Harriet again. All I can say is it’ll very likely be a few years unless another opportunity presents itself.
@@AlexsAgamids ok thats actually perfect its a low chance i will actually be able to keep one just making sure like i said low chance because of care requirments cost and my mother just looking forward to the next video on babies
Love your videos. Looking forward for your care videos. I finally finished my bioactive 3/4 water 1/4 land enclosure for my future water dragon, just waiting for the uvb to arrive and for the plants to grow a bit. What size would you recommend i get my first water dragon?
Sounds like a great Enclosure. Perfect for an adult: And that’d be the size I suggest you look into finding. Adult wildcaught dragons are a lot easier to acclimate into captivity when compared to wildcaught hatchlings & juveniles which stress easily when being loaded with internal parasites.
@@AlexsAgamids thanks, will look for an adult. If i can find a cb or cbb would an adult still be the best choice? Also, i just uploaded a video of my enclosure, can i ask you to criticise it to see where i can improve it?
I’ll be sure to check it out. Again if you do manage to find CBB or CB CWD’s. Then you can probably get away with a juvenile. In a enclosure that large though I wouldn’t suggest putting a hatchling as they’ll have a difficult time finding food and areas for thermoregulation. (Like I showed in the video, I keep the one ones simple and sweet and then do all the fancy decorating for my adult CWD’s)
My water dragon won't eat roaches and beetles. Shes a year and a half old. She only likes meal worms and horn worms. She's still pooping regularly tho.
Just be careful with mealworms and especially hornworms. Both of those food items are higher in fat. In the longevity of things: it's best to feed leaner prey items such as roaches and crickets, as opposed to fatty foods like worms and meats.
I have been trying to breed my Chinese water Dragon‘s in my greenhouse I would love to talk to you sometime and share opinions on the topic I think it would be very helpful for us to have more captive bred Chinese water Dragon‘s
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I think it's good that you made this video so people who are uneducated about these guys, like me can fully understand what it takes to successfully breed and keep these guys.
Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you found this video educational!
I really like your videos and your totally right with all ur care tips 👍🌱
Brilliant stuff mate, it’s amazing that this species can be kept so often but that so few actually breed it!
Thanks man! I’m really hoping to make a change. They’re great for experienced owners. But I feel a lot of experienced keepers are turning them down due to all the wildcaught ones. Now that I’ve had a few buy some CBB babies. It’ll hopefully encourage more keeping and breeding of the species!
“Don’t let them see out, let you see in”
Lmao, it makes sense to a owner of a CWD. I blocked my old glass terrarium with construction paper and I literally saw her go from bumping her poor nose to belly flopping... this channel has helped me get it together fast for my CWD.
I love ur videos so far. I'm a happy subscriber. Thank u for answering all my questions bro.
You’re awesome ! ❤️
I am so glad I found your info.. there is Soo much I need to ask and show.. my dragon is 2.5yrs and I have made a few mistakes, he is almost 1lb. And is a companion for my 9yr old grandson.. it'll take me a few weeks to catch up on your info...
Love your work man, keep it!
Thank you!
Another good video. Awesome info on water dragon bro. 👍
Congrats on your success with the little water dragons! Keep up the great work! Hopefully there’ll be more people like you in the future breeding them so wild populations won’t have to be used for the pet trade.
Thank you! I really appreciate the kind words! I’m hoping to get more about Chinese water dragons out there in general. Be it their complex care, or CBB hatchlings!
Alex, do you think the babies that hatched in inclosure are heartier then the ones that hatch in an incubater ?
I saw no difference in health.
I did find the ones that hatched in the enclosure were smaller, and I suspect it was due to the lower temperatures.
My newer incubator allows for a night drop and that yielded the largest and healthiest babies I have ever produced.
My two month old water dragons poop everywhere, I it’s impossible to get it all 🤦🏽♀️and Mushu escapes sometimes, and he’s fast. Give me some suggestions young man please. Thank you 😊
How should they breath? If he breaths really hard and really fast what does this means?
If they’re breathing rapidly it is a sign of stress.
Definitely reduce handling and any additional interactions that could cause stress.
I just got one and it’s so tiny, she doesn’t seem like she has the strength in her and I’ve only had her a day now but she just sleeps and refuses to eat. She’s super skinny and just not fight . Should I wait or?
More than likely the dragon you purchased was a wild-caught specimen. Unfortunately I doubt it'll make it as moist wild-caught dragons fail to thrive.
I would suggest you seek out a breeder if you look to purchase a healthy captive born & bred animal.
I'm from the Chicago area, do you have any captive bread hatchlings for sale coming up?
Message any of my business pages (in video description) or send me an email (snakedude1814@gmail.com) to inquire about captive born & bred Chinese water dragons. I still have a few left from my 2020 breeding season that hatched in August.
my wild caught water dragon has gone through ups and downs ... even with UVB light and vitamin/calcium dusting he's has all kinds of heath issues ... the vet pumped him full of vitamins and to keep his humidity up on a permanent bases i put a humidifier directly in his enclosure.
That’s the big issue with them. They can be a lot of work and often don’t thrive right away with how many are wild-caught! I hope yours is doing alright!
Hey snakedude since I know youre kinda an expert on water dragons I just picked up my buddys dragon that he got from backwater reptiles and he reported some mouth opening. I told him all the right steps to take and all and i thought he just didnt have the right conditions. I picked him up yesterday for free from my buddy cuz he said he couldnt care for him so I brought him home. im having a little trouble keeping temps high but I just turned on his nightlight heat lamp so that should eat it up. humidity isnt a problem so far. Ive only had him for about 12 hours in the cage and he has eaten but im watching him and he seems to keep his mouth open for about a minute and half and keeps it closed usually longer than that. He closes it when I hold him and sometimes opens when im messing with his cage. Idk really what it could be, is he hot enough or is this a serious infection?
UPDATE: when he closes his mouth you can see his lower jaw area where his throat is puff up like hes breathing really hard, this happens after he closes his mouth idk how often just realized it
Mouth opening while breathing is a sign of an upper respiratory infection. Your best bet would be to go to a exotic vet so that you can get an exact diagnosis as well as a prescribed antibiotic for the dragon.
Hi snakedude1814 it’s me again. So my Chinese water dragon tai had snot bubbles coming out of his nose. Should I take him to the vet? And is this discharge? This happened before tai lost a piece of his tail.
Yes! Get the little one to a vet immediately. Discharge from the nose is a sign of respiratory infection. So you’ll want to get an antibacterial prescribed ASAP!
great update! quick question on the adult enclosure. how much ventilation do you have in it?
I have vents only on the sides of the doors. That’s it. It allows enough airflow whole still retaining heat & humidity sufficient.
@@AlexsAgamids awesome, thanks. Mine is getting close to done.
Great video i'm from the UK captive bred water dragons are very hard to get here.
You can find them everywhere 🤔
-Natasha-, most Chinese water dragons offered for sale are wild-caught.
So while they are “everywhere”. It is very uncommon to find Chinese water dragons that have been born and bred in captivity.
i have 30 babyes atm anothe 30 ish to hatch when the right age to rehome themmm ????
Once they are well established eating multiple meals and 9 weeks old. They are then good to be sold.
do you have any Chinese water dragons for sale i would buy one or from where did you buy your male and female ?
At the moment I do not have any for sale.
My adults were wild-caught imported animals.
very good video , you are amazing :)
How can I purchase baby water dragons from you
Check the video description for contact information regarding available captive born & bred Chinese water dragons.
So I've been looking into getting a water dragon for a while. I have a few other snakes and lizards. I've been watching a bunch of your videos over the last few days. I was going to build an adult size enclosure until I saw you talking about keeping a baby in a 40g glass tank. What are the down sided to putting a baby in an adult enclosure? I envisioned something similar to what you have, maybe a little bigger. Eventually I'd like to have a couple.
The main issue when placing a hatchling into a large habitat is that too much space at first will stress them out. They’ll feel exposed and often have issues finding where to bask and where to find food.
By growing young water dragons out in 30”x12”x12” (20 gallon Long) sized terrariums it allows them to find a better basking area and also lets them find their food and water easier. Once they’re around a year old and roughly a foot long is when they will be “ready” for a proper sized enclosure.
Like I said in the video: I focus on making sure the hatchlings are eating and staying hydrated. Hence the simple & efficient setups. Once they’re subadult size is then when I got fancy with a nice proper custom built enclosure. 👍🏻
@@AlexsAgamids thanks for the reply. I don't have a Facebook but I'm going to make one so I can join your water dragon group.
“Water dragons not water fish”
Hey now you know covering the glass does nothing it still has a reflection from the light it actually makes the reflection more clear my water dragon stairs at his even when i covered the tank
Depends on the paper you use.
I have had zero issues using opaque paper to cover the front, sides, and back of glass housing.
Maybe double check on whether you’re using plexiglass?
I’ve never had any nose rub when utilizing my methods via paper.
Tegu update please
I have one in the works! :)
hey I think you should do another video building a terrarium Im looking to build one but have NO clue where to get started
I can try to do another video explaining how to build an enclosure. But as far as I’m concerned I won’t be building a new enclosure anytime soon.
@@AlexsAgamids that would be great cuz I need a list of what to get to make a 5 foot high 5 foot long and 2 foot deep cage
@@AlexsAgamids Also should I go about building one I have a 4 foot across 18 inches deep and 19 inches high aquarium idk what that is in gallons but would it be good to keep a water dragon in that and when he gets bigger add a 36 by 18 open enclosure and incase it in saramic wrap so humidity says in? that would give him 3 extra feet to climb or would it be better just to use the tank for a year than build his bigger cage
You’d be much better off building one as a 4’x18” floorprint is pretty thin for an adult. Not to mention that even if you built up, the bottom would be a glass enclosure meaning the water dragon will be able to see out and be more prone to snout damage.
You’d be better off getting the materials to build a proper solid sided enclosure such as the 5’x2’x5’ you mentioned previously.
Snakedude1814 i heard some dude built his out of this weird material it’s made for like desks and u can get the stuff precut at homedepot so I would only need to just screw it together in the dimensions I mentioned before then put a sliding door with a lock. I don’t think the material is toxic but it’s white and it’s kinda like reinforced wood or something idk
A piece of my CWD tail came off! What would be the best thing to do?
Keep the enclosure very clean (you don’t want the lizard to get an infection), and then keep an eye on the tail loss area. This species will regenerate their tails. But not to the full length that it formally was.
Thanks so much! Would you think it’s necessary to take him to the vet?
Wouldn’t hurt to! But to be perfectly honest, I’ve had some of my hatchlings from past clutches drop their tails. As long as you keep the enclosure clean and the wound looked after. A vet very likely won’t be necessary unless you feel you aren’t able to identify what is “good” and what is an early sign of an issue (Ex: Bacterial Infection, Necrosis, etc)
Snakedude1814 thanks a lot for helping me and my lizard Tai. It’s awesome to have a great resource like you! Your amazing!
Glad to hear it! That’s why I made the channel! To help people with Chinese water dragons!
Mine didn’t eat today and I tried for hours he’s asleep now if he doesn’t eat tmrw morning imma get mealworms just so he’s eating something.
They sometimes take a while to adjust. While offering mealworms may work at first. Switching them over to a staple of Dubia roaches and or crickets will work best in the long run.
Alex’s Agamids thank you my dude he ate one cricket today nothing crazy but at least it was something
How much did you sell one for ?
The first six were purchased for $60 each since the man bought all six for himself.
The rest have been sold for $80 each. Buyers pay for shipping of course. 👍🏻
What colour have to be theirs poop?
A healthy water dragon poop will be brown, with a small white area (the urates)
Are you breeding and selling?
Sadly I am not breeding them for some time.
I will post again if I ever have eggs from my pair. But due to university, I have put all breeding operations to a stop.
are you going to breed in the future
Sadly this’ll be my last batch of hatchlings for a while. I am attending university in that fall and I won’t have time for breeding. I have no idea for sure when I will be able to produce true captive bred offspring from Ozzie & Harriet again. All I can say is it’ll very likely be a few years unless another opportunity presents itself.
@@AlexsAgamids ok thats actually perfect its a low chance i will actually be able to keep one just making sure like i said low chance because of care requirments cost and my mother just looking forward to the next video on babies
Can we get a video on how to incubate?
I can look into that! I’ve got a long list of video requests! So I’ll see if I can get an incubation video in the works!
Love your videos. Looking forward for your care videos.
I finally finished my bioactive 3/4 water 1/4 land enclosure for my future water dragon, just waiting for the uvb to arrive and for the plants to grow a bit.
What size would you recommend i get my first water dragon?
Forgot to mention, the enclosure is 5 feet long x 4 feet tall (40 inches from top of substrate and 4 feet including the water feature) x 28 in deep
Sounds like a great Enclosure. Perfect for an adult: And that’d be the size I suggest you look into finding. Adult wildcaught dragons are a lot easier to acclimate into captivity when compared to wildcaught hatchlings & juveniles which stress easily when being loaded with internal parasites.
@@AlexsAgamids thanks, will look for an adult. If i can find a cb or cbb would an adult still be the best choice?
Also, i just uploaded a video of my enclosure, can i ask you to criticise it to see where i can improve it?
I’ll be sure to check it out. Again if you do manage to find CBB or CB CWD’s. Then you can probably get away with a juvenile. In a enclosure that large though I wouldn’t suggest putting a hatchling as they’ll have a difficult time finding food and areas for thermoregulation. (Like I showed in the video, I keep the one ones simple and sweet and then do all the fancy decorating for my adult CWD’s)
My water dragon won't eat roaches and beetles. Shes a year and a half old. She only likes meal worms and horn worms. She's still pooping regularly tho.
Just be careful with mealworms and especially hornworms. Both of those food items are higher in fat. In the longevity of things: it's best to feed leaner prey items such as roaches and crickets, as opposed to fatty foods like worms and meats.
I have been trying to breed my Chinese water Dragon‘s in my greenhouse I would love to talk to you sometime and share opinions on the topic I think it would be very helpful for us to have more captive bred Chinese water Dragon‘s
If you have any questions, feel free to email me: hydrosaurinae@gmail.com