Baby Central Netted Dragon and Setup.

[DaNReD]

After a few weeks of research and setting up the enclosure is finished and is now home to 4 baby central netted dragons.
Just going to show a few pics of the setup and shoot off a few questions



the picture of the overall enclosure was before it was finished and hadn't had the second heat light up yet, and ive also added a ceramic log like tunnel. Enclosure is approx 182cm long, 50cm deep. 60cm high. Has 2, 3foot uv reflectors with globes. a reptisun-glow basking light thing. A second baton which has a slightly bigger globe thats like the reptisun one which im using until my ceramic globe arrives which should definately be monday.

First of all i need some name suggestions anything you can think off. Names that make me chuckle are normally the best ones. Like, Percy.

Second, i'm getting quite a bit of condensation at the cold end. this is probably a combination of 4 things. the waterbowl is there, the bigger of the succulents is there, and the sand hasnt fully dried at that end since i put it in. I have quite a few ventilation holes just above the cold end will it effect them at all for the time being? if once the sand has dried and it still condensates ill probably change the big plant for something else.

Third, Any suggestions for the enclosure or any general advice on cnd is much appreciated.
Thanks again To Bigi for the lovely dragons and all the help.

 

[mad_at_arms]

Cecil
thank me later

 

[DaNReD]

what?

 

[mad_at_arms]

Who wouldn't laugh at a Cecil?

btw nice dragons!

 

[DaNReD]

Oh for a name haha!. i was like what the hell is a cecil!

 

[bigi]

Gday danred,

thankyou,

1. just one name for the smallest fatty - Precious
She is a beautiful little trooper
you will definately notice the difference in personalities of these guys, they are all different

2. the condensation is purely from the moist sand, it should be starting to clear a little by now, wipe up any condesation off the glass with a paper towel until it clears

3. the enclosure looks great, just make sure they are not too close to the uv when they climb the plant on the right hand side, about 150mm is fine, the plant on the left hand side might be too pointy

great pictures, and i bet they are enjoying all that sand to dig in, mental note, i must not feed as much, they look like they are going to burst

 

[vadercat]

Bigi dragons are the best. I love mine

 

[DaNReD]

I have put a folded cloth at one part of the lid where the condensation is to lift it up about 10mm and it doesnt condensate and its almost fully dry as i turned the whole lid around for 2 days so the heat almost fully dried out the other end

the plant on the left just looks pointy, it has a tip but its flexible.

i have taken the big plant out already and replaced it with 2 low lying arch shaped hides. they love do dig under them to sleep.

and i think i have decided to call her Elsie. firstly because it suits, and second because when i didn't have names for all of them i just called her Lil' Chugga, and Elsie is how you would pronounce L-C for little chugga.
also she has shed her skin and the patterning is amazing. her whole mouth and nose area is a darky orange!
have taken some more pics and will post later.

View attachment 214849freshly shed

 

[Gangrenous]

I had condensation at the cool end aswell for a few days. Once I moved the grasses away from the glass its clearend right up it

 

[Grogshla]

awesome work mate!!
How are the little critters going? Do they fight at all?
Roughly how old are they? THey are so gorgeous!

 

[DaNReD]

theyre around 5 months old im pretty sure. havent seen any fighting at all.
The biggest one has pushed a smaller one off one of the branches seemingly on purpose though haha.

 

[ianinoz]

They are real cuteys and nice looking lizards too.

 

[Grogshla]

cool stuff. I wouldn't mind having a few dragons like these. Do they fight or have tolerance problems if kept together? I guess a few females should be fine together.

 

[DaNReD]

Haven't seen any fighting at all. They all get along, ie: lie on/ next to each other in the basking area.
I would recommend netted dragons. I considered basically every type of dragon under the basic license and
almost everyone i asked recommended netteds (apart from beardies as my sister already has some)
most of the other types don't like to be handled.

 

[Grogshla]

awesome mate!! I like the idea of a little group but I don't want to have to deal with mating dragons and eggs hehehe. I guess thats the risk you take when you buy hatchies as they are hard to sex. Still I wouldn't mind getting some

 

[bigi]

Elsie is a fantastic name, i love it, she is awesome, goodluck