Eastern Water Dragon sizes

[green_chairs]

Gday all. I'm looking to got some EWD to add to my collection, and I was wondering if you could tell me how big they grow, and how quickly?

Also, what is a good size for an enclosure for them? As in what is a good size to keep two adults in.

Cheers,

Pete

 

[junglepython2]

I have 3 inside, the enclosure is about 2m long and say 60cm deep, with a large water section. Depending where you are its probably easier to keep them outside, the males can be quite large.

 

[peterjohnson64]

If you keep them inside be careful of overfeeding. They are generally a very active lizard but dont tend to be as active inside (duh!). Yeah, a 6 foot cage would be fine inside but at least let him out for a bolt every now and then. I saw one in a pet shop in Adelaide in an enclosure bigger than that and he was huge. Definitely in line for a heart attack.