MY Chinese Water Dragon is very, very sick.

I recently purchased a Chinese Water Dragon. He is a sweetheart, I love him dearly. He has been acting very weak lately, and I'm afraid i cannot afford to take him to a vet.

He has been very weak, and has not been eating his "dead" crickets, although when I bought him live crickets, he ate them, chasing them around very quickly, but shortly got tired and rested on his log.

He's still a baby and only 20-30" and full grown, I expect a good 3-4 ft long Dragon. He should be very active and playful! He is so weak he falls asleep in my arms

He has fresh water, logs, plenty of room to climb, a heat lamp, misted daily..
Now my question is, does anyone have, or had, a lizard and could share with me? He seems to be getting stronger, but weak at the same time, you know? I had to assist him in catching his crickets earlier, and today I purchased meal worms for him, and he seems to enjoy it.



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I don't suppose you thought of a companion for you little mate,did you????,also lizards all eat Live prey not dead.

Water dragons will eat Banana,so if you break half a Banana in smaller pieces(Not tiny)he/it will eat that as well.I do suggest you talk to the zoo and find out more about your Lizard,before you Kill it with kindness.

for some reason i thought that was a trippy name for a kind of fish

He doesn't need a mate, and I'm not "killing" it with kindness, if I were to be "killing" him, it would be with everything he needs.

he really needs a vet

I don't know anything about a chinese water dragon, but it is really pretty looking. I did find someone on line who has a site that may help you. Also lets you contact her with questions so she may be able to help you.

I also saw that you should not get a friend for your pet because 2 males do not get along well. 2 females are okay, and a male and female is even better but if you have no clue (can't usually tell until they are adults) what sex they are you could be doing more harm bringing another dragon home.

https://www.triciaswaterdragon.com/problems.htm

I've got 5 lizards myself.

Sometimes they're just a bit lazy

Mine go through periods of just being lazy and eating a little less food and sleeping lots, and not moving much, it's worrying indeed.

However I'm not saying that you shouldn't get him checked out. I don't know how much a vet will cost... But it's better than losing him, imo.

Hopefully everything will be fine. He's gorgeous