First Bathing Tips

[chloewoolsey12]

Hey! i’ve has my guy Queso for about 2 weeks now, i can see that he’s started shedding! He still isn’t completely used to me yet and I know it’s time for a bath so what’s the best way to go about it without stressing him out to much! I can see the shed on his skin and he’s began rubbing his face on he basking log!

 

[Drache613]

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[Drache613]

Hello,

How old is your dragon?
You can give a nice warm bath to help with shedding, absolutely. Simply make the water warm
by the standards of testing on the back of your wrist, & fill it to just underneath of the arm pits.
You can put a wash cloth in the bottom of the plastic bin to help keep him/her from slipping. Also,
keep your hand in there too for security too.
Queso "should" like his bath, but do not turn your head for a second, the youngsters can drown
so quickly.
Let us know how that goes.

Tracie

 

[kingofnobbys]

If he's only little, the best / safest approach is NOT bath in a sink or bath tub , but in a small plastic tub either on the chair or bed next to you (place a towel under it) or on the floor or my fav spot is on the coffee table.

I use a plastic flat bottomed babies bath for my adult lizards , same deal.

I have empty 2L drink bottles , one full of hot water, the other cold , use these to top up / cool or warm the water in the baby's bath.
Peppa loves her very rare baths.

Add only enough water premixed hot and cold to get 32-34 degC to come up to his side fringes, if he can stand on the bottom of the tub he'll feel lots more secure.
I'd have some absorbant kitchen paper towel handy , tear off a strip and soak in water , I used this draw water over the back of the dragon or simply have a cup and pour the warm water over the back of the dragon.

The danger in doing this in the sink or bath is the sound of the taps will freak out a lizard, and a panicked lizard can easily leap out and have a very hard landing on the hard tiled floor and injure itself.