How to raise Chinese water dragons

The Chinese water dragon, also known as the lizard, is the chief of the iguana family, the iguana reptile, the character is very gentle, if you can give proper care, you can grow healthily, the abdomen is white or light yellow, the male head is large and broad, and the dorsal fin is longer. If you like to raise gentle and swimming lizards, Chinese water dragons are an ideal choice. Let's take a look at how Chinese water dragons are raised.

Market price of water hoses in China

The price of water hoses in China varies from place to place, usually around 500 yuan.

Water dragon breeding environment in China

The main principle of Chinese water dragon breeding environment is to maintain humidity, and the layout is based on the model of tropical rain forest. Because water hoses are diurnal semi-aquatic reptiles, the substrate can be made of bark crumbs mixed with sterile soil, the humidity is maintained at least 80%, and water must be sprayed more than twice a day to maintain high humidity. UVB is also necessary. Another thing that cannot or is missing is, of course, a big water basin, and the hose likes to sit quietly in the water. As long as the feeding box is big enough, water hoses can be raised by multiple males.

Food selection of Chinese water dragon

Chinese water dragons are more carnivorous omnivores. Young water dragons can be fed bread worms, crickets, grasshoppers, earthworms, snails, etc., and sprinkled with calcium powder and vitamin powder. Adult water hoses can be fed to mice, sparrows, small fish, etc., or directly to small pieces of pork and beef. At the same time, a small amount of broken vegetable leaves, fruits and vegetables and other plant foods can be given. Remember that calcium powder and vitamin powder are necessary for your water hose to grow healthily. Water hoses should be fed daily for young children and 3-4 times a week for adults.

Methods of aquaculture of water dragon in China

1. Food: many friends who raise water hoses feed their beloved water hoses with bread worms as the main food rations. They do not know that the nutritional value of bread worms is not high, and their vitality is tenacious after the water hoses are swallowed, biting and destroying the internal organs of the water hoses. as a result, the water dragon does not eat without trauma and only dies. The correct food for water dragons is pork, beef, various fruits, crickets, grasshoppers, and all kinds of Orthoptera insects. Usually with sparrows, suckling mice and other small birds or mammals feeding.

2. Basking in the sun: water hoses are animals with variable temperature. Basking in the sun in direct sunlight can easily lead to water shortage and sudden death due to the rapid rise of body temperature. The correct way to bask in the sun is to bask in the sun for an hour between 9: 00 and 10: 00 in the morning. always observe it to prevent sudden death when you are in the sun. Unconditional exposure to UVB for 4 hours a day is sufficient.

3. Parasites: most of the water hoses in the hands of the breadwinners are wild, and there are more or less parasites in the body, which should be nutritionally comprehensive and make those bad guys reproduce and grow faster, affecting the healthy growth of the water hoses. The water hose should be given a bath after it is bought to see if there are parasites in its excretion physics. If so, do not kill the insect immediately, it should be carried out when the water hose is healthy for about two weeks. It is best to use Changchongqing to repeat the interval between two times, should be one month to one and a half months, if the system is not good, it will take longer.

4. Bathing: water hoses belong to amphibious lizards, so the breeding environment requires higher humidity. Bathing can help it defecate and digest food, and prevent others from saying that water hoses stink.

5. Calcium supplement: water hoses rarely break unless they are caused by human factors or lack of calcium. After paying attention to the correct feeding of water hoses, there is no need to supplement calcium at all, because there is a lot of calcium in its food, such as bird bones and mammalian bones.

6. Temperature difference: although the water hose can accept the excessive temperature difference "10 degrees", it is easy to cause indigestion and colds if the temperature difference is too large, so try to avoid excessive temperature difference.