Eastern water dragons

[Lana1]

Hi . Just wondering about keeping eastern water dragons as im relatively new to owning reptiles, and would like to get a water dragon. Im also interested in getting bearded dragons if i cannot appropriatley house a water dragon. Which brings me to the question, I have an 8 foot cupboard that im thinking of transforming into an enclosure for water dragons, would this be big enough to house two grown adults? All opinions please! (as i have a naughty dog that doesnt take kindly to other animals,i cannot house them outside). Thank you.

 

[bigjoediver]

Seen plenty of pics where 2 were in a 5ft enclosure. Don't keep them myself but from recollection some fully grown males can reach almost a metre from snout to tip of tail.

 

[Justdragons]

These are a few snaps of my indoor EWD viv and one of my boys. my tank is quite different now but the size is about 1220 x 900x 700.
Atm there is 2 1/2yo males living in there happily but in the next year or so i will put my guys outside.. they have enough room to co exist happily because i have used all the height of the viv and lots of hides and deep substrate for burrowing( they love to burrow).
Make sure you have lots of water because i see a few keepers with a tiny lunch box of water for an adult dragon and mine love to swim and stay underwater sometimes..


For water i use a 52 ltr starmaid tub with a canister filter. crystal clear water all the time and clean the filter once a month.

 

[buckziggy]

An 8ft enclosure is perfectly fine for two mature adults, in an 8ft enclosure you could posibly fit 4 mature adults
just in case you are thinking of getting hatchling to raise they could be raised for 6 months in large plastic tubs.
just remember! even hatchlings need water to get into.

 

[Crazycow232]

I Know This Is An Old Thread, But If You Have A Hatchling water Dragon Can U Put Water In A Plastic Container And Change It Every Day with tap Water. Can They Tolerate tap Water?
Thanks.

 

[lizardjasper]

I Know This Is An Old Thread, But If You Have A Hatchling water Dragon Can U Put Water In A Plastic Container And Change It Every Day with tap Water. Can They Tolerate tap Water?
Thanks.

We use filtered tap water. But we don;t have the chemicals in our water that some other places might have.

 

[Crazycow232]

Ok thanks, how do u filter the water?

 

[Justdragons]

Pura tap water is ok. EWD are hardy as hell and can live in near poluted waterways without and dramas. I dont recommend this though. I used tap water when mine were babies and they were ok..

Get a 7ltr sisteema tub and a 7 dollar filter from big w and chuck that in if you want. You will need to clean the filter every few days though because they are messy little critters.

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[mad_at_arms]

EWD are hardy as hell and can live in near poluted waterways without and dramas.

Yep
They live in Melbourne's Yarra river.

 

[Hamalicious]

An 8' enclosure would be fine for the first few years, but as adults they will definitely need a large out door enclosure.