How to keep dragon hydrated?

[Raicardso]

My dragon is about 2 and a half months old right now. My main question is, what is the best way to keep him hydrated? I have no problem giving him X amount of baths. I actually prefer baths, gives bonding time too. But I'm more worried about keeping him hydrated. So what is the best method? If baths are a completely viable way of keeping him hydrated, how many baths per week should the little rascal be getting?

 

[aussiefreak101]

It depends on the age of the dragon. The younger the dragon the more frequent it's suggested, about 3-4x a week where adult 2x a week. That being said there are owners here that bathe their dragon every day and the dragon has actually learned to wait for the baths to poop. This as you can think is a really great for you so you don't have to clean the cage as much. You can use an eye dropper with water and drip it on their nose while they are in the cage and see if they'll lick it off their nose.

 

[Raicardso]

I'm fine with cleaning the cage frequently and all that, i just want to make sure the little dude stays hydrated

 

[Raicardso]

Any other opinions on how many times to bathe my baby dragon?

 

[Claudiusx]

Pay attention to your dragons bowl movements.

If the white part (urate) is hard and chalky, then you should up your baths per week.
If the urate is soft then there is no need to change anything.

-Brandon

 

[Raicardso]

Another question. I heard it's not good for water to get into your dragons ears, but i've seen multiple video where their dragons LOVE to go swimming and go full body under water.
Is it okay or bad?