Bubbler in a water dish?

[Jess]

Has anyone tried putting a water dish in the beardie's viv with a fish tank bubbler in it, so that the water is "moving" and gets their attention?

Since I've been working all day everyday, I haven't been able to bathe Dudley as much as I want to. I gave him a bath the other day, and he got really excited and gulped down a TON of water. I think he drank it way too fast, because he started coughing/hiccuping immediately after drinking it and that really scared me... I thought he was going to choke on the water, and he still had a beard full of water that he was "saving" for later.

I've tried giving him a water dish plenty of times before, but he won't go near it. I've seen videos of beardies drinking out of waterfalls, so that's what I'm thinking the whole bubbler thing might catch their attention. I'm aware it would raise the humidity, but I have freakishly low humidity here to start with and I have a screen door on Dud's tank for good ventilation.

 

[TheWerewolf]

Sounds good to me. Our house humidity is so high that Nim's cage is forty all the time. So I don't do water dishes. I don't think the reason why beardies don't drink from standing water because they don't recognize it. They may think that standing water harbors bacteria. So if it is moving they know it is safe to eat. (A theory my brother thought of. And it makes sense.) Hope this helps!

 

[bunnyrut]

that is actually a good idea.

Mr Dargon drinks from the bath all the time and Tasty Treat attacks anything that moves, so they might actually be interested in the moving water in the dish.

I'll have to look into a cheap one and try it out.

 

[LadyMeridius]

I used to do that. I had a small airstone, but she kept knocking it out. She goes into her pool well enough now anyways =)

 

[Mariah94]

I would only do this if you think the humidity will not be affected. I have bubbler pools in my hermit crab tank specifically to raise the humidity.

 

[mudskipper]

I thought about this as well after seeing this video on Youtube http://youtu.be/7fYzLhR_jKQ.

A waterfall like in the video is a bit big and probably would raise too much humidity, but a water dish with a bubbler could work. With a timer to turn on automatically for half an hour each day.

 

[wolfysluv]

Wouldn't it be something if moving water was the answer to getting them to drink? Wow. Then dragons prone to hard poppies or dehydration wouldn't have to be bathed every singe day or so.

 

[ReptileAddiction]

It might work. You might have to install a small computer fan near the bowl to lower humidity. If you have a dehydrated dragon I recommend offering water out of a syringe. Mine laps it right out and it is a great bonding experience and she has calmed down so much since I started doing it.