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Old 24-Dec-07, 05:48 PM
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Water Dragon Hatchlings

Hey everyone. I was wondering if any of you guys would know how often to feed baby water dragons. If you know please reply to thiss message!
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newly hatched until they get some size to them,your looking at every day mate,even a couple of times a day,especially if in groups as they can get nippy and nip tails off each other to,but yeah every day,u can miss a day here and there,but being so small and rapid growers they certainly need there tucker,u can use a bit of dog food and bearded dragon pellets to to help with supplying something to eat as they will eat lots of bugs and its good to get them to eat a variety of stuff
 
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You can also finely chop vegies and fruit and add some dog food (about 10-20%). make up a big batch and then freeze it in ice cube trays. You wil only need to give a clutch about half an ice cube tray at a time, just cut it in half and put half back. I defrost it in the microwave first.
 
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Cheers bra. At the moment iv'e been given them 20 to share among themselves.Maybe even more on the occasion.
Thanks!
 
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