Care Sheet for Alligator LizardsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 4.25 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 07/06/2006 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Alligator Lizards |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Lizardsrule! |
Years Experience: | Under 1 Year |
Species: | Southern Alligator Lizards |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | Northern Alligator Lizards |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males have more triangular heads, while females have more oval heads. When the female lays eggs and the male has fertilized the eggs take them out of the cage and put them in a plastic container, bury 3/4’s of the egg in moist (not wet,moist) soil do that to every egg and ALWAYS keep them moist again not wet, moist or they will dry out. Close the container and keep them in a undisturbed dark place at about 83F. When they hatch feed them ants or super small pinhead crickets. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | They need a big water bowl that they cant tip over and big because they not only drink out of it they also bath in it. For Substrate use bark or sand so they can bury themselves under it, and put in A LOT of places 4 them to hide. |
Lighting and UVB: | They need a heat lamp and a u.v.b. lighting. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | At daytime it should be 70 to 80F. In there basking area 80 to 90F. And at night 65 to 75F. Humidity around 60. |
Heating and Equipment: | You need a heating lamp or heating pad, and a temperature gauge. |
Caging Provided: | They need a 10 to 30 gallon cage I use a 10 gallon and my alligator lizard is perfectly healthy and happy. |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | They eat crickets, meal worms,pinkies (but only use every once in a while), and just about any other nonpoisonous insect. Also make sure you gut load all feeder insects. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Sprinkle calcium dust on insects before feeding to lizard. When breeding give female extra calcium. |
Maintenance: | Keep fresh water available at all times clean up droppings daily and clean the entire cage weekly. |
Some Words on this Species: | At first they are very aggressive and try to bite a lot but after some taming they can be perfect pets. Males are a little harder to tame than females. They like to hide a lot. But they are really fun pets. |
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