KaotikJezta
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Does anyone keep/breed these dragons.
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Sorry, didn't mean it to sound negative, I was more disappointed that it looked like no-one had them, I will edit it to get rid of that part. Thanks for letting me know. I am a huge fan of all water dragoons and have been interested in keeping these ones for quite some time. Could you give me some info on husbandry requirements etc.I have several large groups of longirostris. I have been keeping them for 10 years or more now. I have bred dozens of them in that time mostly in the last 5 years. I have also sold and swapped about 40 or so that I have bred over the last 2-3 years into the hobby so it is reasonable to expect that over the next couple of years they will become quite common. There are currently 9 or 10 keepers around the country with my animals offspring and there are also a couple of others that also keep them that I cannot speak for who have different bloodlines.
By the way you should not jump to conclusions or assume anything because you do not get an instant reply to your post. I actually only saw it for the first time at 11.20 this morning and then I tossed up in my mind whether I wanted to respond to it or not because of the negative assumption.
Sorry, didn't mean it to sound negative, I was more disappointed that it looked like no-one had them, I will edit it to get rid of that part. Thanks for letting me know. I am a huge fan of all water dragoons and have been interested in keeping these ones for quite some time. Could you give me some info on husbandry requirements etc.
What sort of price do they go for?
So they are water dragons, do they need water to swim in, just wondering if they are semi arid and don't like humidity.
So they are water dragons, do they need water to swim in, just wondering if they are semi arid and don't like humidity.
Sorry, I think you misunderstood my question. I asked as they are called water dragons and wondered why if they don't actually need water, which I figured from you saying they were arid. Just wondering how the name came about is all.Where did I say in my response that they are water dragons. They most definately are not. The first line of my response to your initial request for information on this species was "They are an arid zone species that like high tempretures and low humidity". Obviously they need water to drink, like any other animal. They DO NOT NEED water to swim in, although mine will bath in the water bowl on occassion. Sometimes this happens after the females have just completed laying a clutch of eggs or prior to sloughing but I see no more predisposition amongst longirostris needing and using water then I do with any other arid zone species I keep in my collection. I mentioned EWD's in my last line because I was trying to make a comparison between the 2 species regarding their skittishness. There are no other similarities between the two species.
I hope this clarifies my earlier response
Ok thanks, I still love them and it does make enclosure set-up a little easier.Yeah, basically its a false name, Long Nosed TaTa or Long Nosed Dragon is more appropriate to prevent confusion.
They can be but usually not to the extent of something like a beardie, I don't really handle my girl so she is quite flighty, if I am feeding her she will jump out of her enclosure but quicckly wants back in again when she realises what she has done. One day she jumped out and ran across the room, she then freaked out and ran straight up me onto my shoulder. I put me arm out into her enclosure and she scooted back in. She never hides though and she's happy to be looked at. My baby gippsland water dragon juvies are very flighty but the smaller one will eat from my fingers.i have no idea about the dragon in discussion right now,but i would like to know a little more about actual water dragons.are ewd tamable?
There is a good reason why these dragons are or where called water dragons. Along with gilberti and temporalis, they frequently live adjacent to water courses where they make use of the trees and shrubs as perches survey to their surrounds, make hunting forays from, retreat to for safety and sleep in at night. If pursued from the safety of the trees and shrubs and there is water available they will readily enter it, submerge and swim to safety underwater, staying submerged for some amount of time. It appears to be entirely a predator avoidance strategy utilised if available and if needed. They are not known to forage for insects in or at the water’s edge, preferring more open ground.
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