🏠Bedding & habitat for the Chinese water dragon
Chinese water dragon : An enclosure of roughly 150 x 80 x 150 cm minimum for an adult, a 32-35 °C basking spot, UVB, 70 to 80% humidity and a water basin covering a good share of the floor. Visible walls benefit from planted cover.
This is the structural purchase — and where mistakes cost the most: too small, badly placed, badly sized. Our guides give serious minimum dimensions for a reptile, the materials that last, and the traps of entry-level products.
Size the terrarium for the adult, not the juvenile: 120 × 60 × 60 cm for a bearded dragon, and OSB insulates better than all-glass.
The guides that apply to you
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