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#1919026
Chris14
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29 gallon tank 
Hi i have an emty 29 gallon take from my other lizard who i moved into a bigger tank is a 29 big enough for a collard lizard and if so how big do they get and anything else u want to tell me about them
thanks,
chris
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12/22/08 09:11pm
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#1919841
Mcdean
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Message To: Chris14 In reference to Message Id: 1919026
29 gallon tank
Well Chris Collared Lizards grow to about 12-14 inches in length, live 10-12 years and are very active. Be sure to have basking rocks, not the heated kind, as they like to crawl under them. If you get say two babies, captive bred , use a bark based substrate, some use sand on young ones but its better to be safe. These critters like it hot 100 degrees in basking area and not under 70 in cooler area. Mine eat crickets and worms and are very aggressive. Don’t get 2 males, they will fight. It’s best to get two that have been living together so you know they will get along. 
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12/24/08 08:23am
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#1919984
Reptileruler1
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Message To: Mcdean In reference to Message Id: 1919841
29 gallon tank
well a 29 gallon is probably big enough for one but two is a stretch because once they get full grown there might not be enough space for both of them
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12/24/08 12:55pm
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#1921070
Mcdean
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Message To: Reptileruler1 In reference to Message Id: 1919984
29 gallon tank
Yes I meant for 2 young ones, as in 6-7 inches in length...for 2 adults you would need a bigger tank as these are active guys, not like say, a chameleon which barely moves at all...and take into account that these lizards are great jumpers and runners, which accounts for their frog-like legs and 2/3 of their length is tail for balance as they are great acrobats , so give them bark, branches and rocks and stufff to "play on" but be careful not to give crickets good hiding places haha.
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12/27/08 08:41am
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#1925289
Hotvws3
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Message To: Mcdean In reference to Message Id: 1921070
29 gallon tank
cool looking lizard.
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01/02/09 11:23pm
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#1925386
Mcdean
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Message To: Hotvws3 In reference to Message Id: 1925289
29 gallon tank
thanks 2 actually, fred (the big one) and Barney the slimmer one) ...but I think Barney might be a girl, if thats the case it’d be fred and wilma wouldn’t it?? They are very acrobatic and lively and gosh darn it cute. Fierce little buggers too
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01/03/09 08:22am
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#1940536
Dminguit
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Message To: Mcdean In reference to Message Id: 1925386
29 gallon tank
OMG that pic of the lizard poking his head out of the hole is adorable. Did he do that on his own?
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01/26/09 11:59pm
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