Rodney's first bathe ...

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Rodney had his first soak ... this afternoon as Bearded dragons don't acutally drink water ... so they need to keep hydrated .. so a bathe every other day like Monty and Rigsby x

He is sitting in the water on these pictures x

aww bless!! didnt know they didnt drink, how strange xx

awww, gorgeous pics. He's lovely. Looks like he's smiling in the last pic, hehe. x

they dont wee either Jakeo lol ..x

Thanks Fiona he is a lot darker tonight think he is going to shed .. the man i got him off said he was going too x

do they not? that is really freaky, so they just need moisture in through their scales and sweat it out or something?xx

I think so Jakeo ..x

he does look darker in these pics. aw, still gorgeous though. x

He is due a shed ... not seen a dragon shed before so will get pictures .x

cool. Will it come off in bits, or like a snake where it looks like a ghost of the animal? will be fascinating to see. thanks Lou.x

Not sure at all but will get pictures as i think it will be interesting .x

definitely.x

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They get water from their veg and will sometimes drink in the bath, also if you must spray them they will drink the dew from walls etc sometimes x

From what I have read they are more likely to absorb then drink , it's funny how much different info s out there x

They most certainly do drink Lou - they should always have a bowl of water in their cage that is large enough for them to sit in if they want to - misting is better than bathing - too much bathing is not good for them - as Pammie said they will lap off the sides of the viv.

When they toilet, they produce brown which is the poop and white which is excess water

Miss Louvain, of course they drink water! Where did you hear that from? Lots of people use mist sprays on them but only very little if in their viv, it's probably better to spray them when they are out so that the viv does not get all wet and damp if too much is sprayed.

You may find that their poop can sometimes resemble like an 'egginess'. This is quite common with most lizards and as Helen has said, the white part (sometimes chalky looking) is the 'wee' part...

xoxox

On bearded dragons uk they said they do not lap drink out of a dish and that they absorb water through their body .And this is what i meant they absorb water through the spray or bathing The white stuff is urates to conserve moisture so it's not like human urine .. The urates is th chalky substance .