Caring for Dragons
written by Louisa S R W
Requested by Tate Baudelaire. Your Guide to really caring.
Last Updated
05/31/21
Chapters
4
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510
Part 2 - Eggs and New-borns
Chapter 3
The most important part of caring for any animal is to maintain the same style of life that it would have with its mother or in the wild.
So, the first and most important is the egg itself, this will be an egg of quite a substantial size.
Think Chicken --- Ostrich --- Dragon.
One that is ready to hatch will be slightly smaller than a rugby/us soccer ball.
And you REALLY need to know the difference because when it hatches you need to be ready. In the wild their mothers breathe fire on them so you have to keep them warm. The egg should be either in the flames of the fire or just in the warm coals. Once the dragon has hatched, he or she will grow and grow quickly. The females will be larger and more aggressive than the males so keep that in mind.
Many say that new-borns should be fed a bucket of brandy mixed with chicken blood once every half hour. I say that chicken blood with and strong alcohol is fine and this should only be done until they reach 1 foot tall. After that you should start introducing light meat such as chicken (bones and all).
Once the meat goes into their diet you can feed once an hour and gradually weening them off.
Eventually they will eat less frequently and on a diet of predominantly red meat every 3 hours.
Finally, they will be able to eat a whole chicken twice a day.
So, the first and most important is the egg itself, this will be an egg of quite a substantial size.
Think Chicken --- Ostrich --- Dragon.
One that is ready to hatch will be slightly smaller than a rugby/us soccer ball.
And you REALLY need to know the difference because when it hatches you need to be ready. In the wild their mothers breathe fire on them so you have to keep them warm. The egg should be either in the flames of the fire or just in the warm coals. Once the dragon has hatched, he or she will grow and grow quickly. The females will be larger and more aggressive than the males so keep that in mind.
Many say that new-borns should be fed a bucket of brandy mixed with chicken blood once every half hour. I say that chicken blood with and strong alcohol is fine and this should only be done until they reach 1 foot tall. After that you should start introducing light meat such as chicken (bones and all).
Once the meat goes into their diet you can feed once an hour and gradually weening them off.
Eventually they will eat less frequently and on a diet of predominantly red meat every 3 hours.
Finally, they will be able to eat a whole chicken twice a day.
