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- From: gbartoli@netcom.com (Guy Bartoli II)
- Newsgroups: rec.pets.herp
- Subject: Sailfin dragon - HELP!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.042710.29863@netcom.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 04:27:10 GMT
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- description of lizard: beautiful sailfin dragon, ~6" from nose to butt.
- Purchased from pet store last April (he has
- since almost doubled in size). He is my second
- Sailfin, the first died of an infection that
- we fought almost from the day I bought him.
- He still has that characteristic sailfin wariness,
- and prefers to flee rather than be touched or held.
-
- description of environment: I keep him in a 40 gallon tank, newly re-
- surfaced with cedar wood chips (I know, I know, I read
- this newsgroup a day or two too late.) The tank is
- heated by a vita-light and a heat-rock. There is ample
- cover for the lizard to avoid getting burned or too
- hot from the two heat sources (not a problem in these
- cold months.) He also has a large water basin that is
- roughly 3-4 times the size of his total volumn (so the
- liz could sink/swim 'til he turns green in the face.)
-
- description of problem: Prince has never gotten the hang of "glass."
- Especially recently, Prince continually throws himself
- at the glass walls of the aquarium, which has now
- caused his lips and snout area to become raw. I know
- I need to put a stop to this immediately, or the lizard
- will suffer permanent damage, but I don't know what to
- do! If it weren't so cold out, I wouldn't mind Prince
- to be a free-roamer, but I have caught him behind his
- water-basin (where it is VERY wet and cold) in a state
- of near hibernation/death. I'm scared that if I don't
- get these problems corrected asap, that my lizard will
- not live out the winter!
-
- If anyone has a sure-fire solution, could you please email it to me in
- addition to posting!? I would appreciate any help that can be given to
- myself and Prince as soon as possible!
-
- Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
-
- Guy (gbartoli@netcom.com)
-