New Baby Water Dragon

[Pooka]

77-81 is what the coolest area of my viv is at during the day. Pooka often seems to prefer this area after sucking up to the basking lamp for a little while. I would say that temp is fine so long as the gradient builds to 90-94 or so under the heat lamp but that my opinion and what has worked for me and pooka so far.

[dragosmom]

Supposedly you can back off on the temps about 5-10F for "winter" to emulate their S.E. Asian environment. My taller viv has temps in the 70-75F range at the bottom and 85-88F in the middel where the basking branches are. If they climb all the way to the top of the 2 tallest branches they get 90F, but they don't really spend a lot of time there. Humidity guages and thermometers are some of the cheapest items in your cage but they are pretty important. I have digital in my new cage but I used the cheaper guages in my aquarium and found them reliable. My daughter is still using them in my old viv at her house!

[Lizardlady]

I thought that was the right temp. range. She does sit under the lamp with her mouth open.

[Lizardlady]

Hello,

I took Puffy to the vet today about 9am. The vet said it looked like Puffy banged into the glass and there was nothing broken and no mouth rot. She said I had to hand feed her for a couple days and let her know how she was doing. Puffy died at 7pm I will call the vet tomorrow and tell her what happen. She was a cute little baby.

Barbara

[dragosmom]

:'(I am so sorry to hear about Puffy. Obviously, sometimes even the vets can't or don't catch whatever is wrong. Sometimes the wild caught babies just go through so many stressful conditions getting to the U.S. and into our hands that they just can't properly acclimate and fail to thrive and then perish. What a shame! RIP Puffy.

[Lizardlady]

Puffy was CB. She didn't eat for a couple days, so maybe she starved. I couldn't gat a vet appointment right away.

Barbara

[MoMmYoF2DrAgOnS]

AW Barbara I am so sorry to hear about poor lil Puffy! It is hard to get our babies into the Vet when we want to take them, and sometimes it is too late. It is always hard when we lose a part of the family. I dont think that skipping a few days of food would have been her reason for passing. They can go longer without food then they can without water. Do you know if she was getting enough to keep herself hydrated? I am sure it was some type of illness. These poor lil babies are so prone to becoming sick, and dont start showing signs until it is too late sometimes.Take care and sorry for your loss.
RIP Puffy!

[wdm]

Sorry to hear about Puffy, these guy catch our hearts fast.

[dragosmom]

I was hoping that it was a wild caught baby, because it distresses me too much when we lose a CB baby. They usually have a better shot. Without a necropsy I suppose we'll never know why but I am awfully sad today.

[Pooka]

Sorry to hear about puffy