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At what age do Water Dragons breed?
G'day all
At various times I've had baby Water Dragons in the garden that borders the pergola attached to the back of the house......they are so ugly, but oh so cute!!! Each time when a baby appears I get it used to me coming and going, then introduce tiny pieces of meat to supplement his/her diet, but also to get them a little quieter. Unfortunately, thanks to a neighbour's cat, they don't get past being 6 rows of bricks in length.....I measure them by this method as they climb the brick wall. Of course, the last one disappeared about a month ago, much to my disgust, then had those tiny 'acid' ants invading the ensuite and main bathroom, because the baby dragon usually sits on the windowsill in the ensuite and I didn't realise how many ants he/she was eating. Anyway last week ago I had no alternative but to spray the ants because they started invading the lounge room too.....but.....while spraying I found a tiny (about 100mm, or 4 inch) dragon and yes, he/she had been sprayed. Naturally I rushed inside and got the ironing spray bottle of water and doused the poor little thing, but he/she survived so I didn't feel quite so bad. Now today from the kitchen window I could see a dragon on the ensuite windowsill as well as something else??? but what??? so I sneaked outside (because this little guy is still VERY shy) and I soon found out what he was up to. I can now say HE because you guessed it.....he was 'otherwise engaged' with a smaller, darker (brown) water dragon. In my haste to get the camera I disturbed them....maybe it was a shock that a human saw what they were doing....anyway I missed the photo opportunity, but it started me thinking that at what age do these little darlings start to reproduce??? I would have thought they should have been older.....or is that what I used to tell my kids many years ago??? LOL A quick search didn't give any answers, so I'm hoping that someone can enlighten me (to their reproductive age), I know about the other, LOL ;-)) I'll watch them again tomorrow morning as the sun hits the windowsill and keep the camera closeby in the hope I can 'catch them in the act' again!! In the meantime I need to work on the b*****y cat, trouble is that it only comes into my yard when I have dragons or lizards feeding. Think I'll have to take to wearing hob-nail boots, but it can run faster than I can kick.....any other suggestions? HC ;-) |
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