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TinaNWarrior
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 Handling a blue belly lizard

My husband found a blue belly lizard. He brought her home and i love her. Do they like to be picked up?she jus sits there while i hold her, very still. Is this because shes scard? Is she warming up from my body heat? She closes her eyes, and looks like shes very comfy. I’m confused on this. Can some1 explain this to us? Thankx alot. Tina & Warrior
10/29/09  06:24pm

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Jared T
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   Message To: TinaNWarrior   In reference to Message Id: 2089797


 Handling a blue belly lizard

It could be a various amount of things.

Could be fear, fence lizards freeze in hopes that they’re camouflaged within their environment, while thinking that the beast won’t see them to eat them. They’re not sure what you’re after, and you’re much bigger than they are. If a dinosaur picked me up, it would be certain that I would think the same thing.

It could also be collecting your body heat. Reptiles absorb heat for energy, like most of us do with coffee or caffeine. Without it heat, they’re frozen! and sometimes so are we lol

The eye closing thing is a sign of stress. When I first got my lizards, they always closed they’re eyes. But now they jump up on my arm and either on my shirt or shoulder. They don’t mind me a bit. It just takes time, and try to not over stress the lizard often.

In order to keep these lizards alive in captivity you need the correct lighting, and the correct tank size. You also need to feed them a good diet daily.

All this info can be found here on the site.



10/29/09  11:55pm

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Jmart12
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   Message To: Jared T   In reference to Message Id: 2089905


 Handling a blue belly lizard

this story is very sweet. i love my fencie sooo much
10/30/09  01:23pm

 #2090086


Jared T
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   Message To: Jmart12   In reference to Message Id: 2090028


 Handling a blue belly lizard

Mine are awesome. They’ve been hibernating lately so it’s been kinda weird. All they do is sleep.

But this is them! One male, three females.



10/30/09  04:42pm

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TinaNWarrior
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   Message To: Jared T   In reference to Message Id: 2090086


 Handling a blue belly lizard

well it sounds like ur lizard is a pimp. and he got 3 ladies...lol
11/01/09  04:49pm

 #2090668


Jared T
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   Message To: TinaNWarrior   In reference to Message Id: 2090661


 Handling a blue belly lizard

Yup, he’s gonna be very busy in the spring lol
11/01/09  04:59pm

 #2090674


TinaNWarrior
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   Message To: Jared T   In reference to Message Id: 2090086


 Handling a blue belly lizard

hey by the way, how big r ur lizards? were not sure how old ours is. we thought they only get about 2 or 3 inches, but ur look huge. the 1 we have is about and inch and a half long not counting the tail. so it would be great if u can tell us these things. do they like water? like if we took her in the shower or something. shes a baby i think and babies need baths. so is that cool? as far as lights go, we keep her on the top of the stove in a big tupperware bowl under the light from the hood of the stove. is this ok. it gets warm up, and she looks happy. but i dont know, shes hasnt told me.lol at night sometimes i put a towle over my lamp shade in my bed room and the heat from the bulb makes it nice and toasty there and i put her there. shes falls asleep there. is this good? we dont have much money and like her and we r very fasinated. we want to take care of her. we just dont know if we r screwing up all the way around ya know.lol. this is like 1st time mom to a lizard ya know.lol let us know. thankx. Tina & Warrior
11/01/09  05:05pm

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Jared T
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   Message To: TinaNWarrior   In reference to Message Id: 2090674


 Handling a blue belly lizard

Yours is still a baby, but a little older than a hatchling.

You need lights! Lights are a must! You need to invest in a UVA dome type basking light, and also a UVA/UVB fluorescent tube light.

Taking a lizard out of the wild that depends on the sun to survive while not replacing the sun some what is a no no. Without the bulbs the lizard will slowly start to keel off. You NEED these bulbs!

My lizards are much bigger than yours. I will take a picture for size ref of my male. I’m thinking he’s full grown because the females do in turn get bigger than the males, just not completely sure on it yet.



11/01/09  05:25pm

 #2090684


Jared T
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   Message To: TinaNWarrior   In reference to Message Id: 2090674


 Handling a blue belly lizard

Oh yeah, most lizards hate to be in water.



11/01/09  05:26pm

 #2090690


Jared T
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   Message To: TinaNWarrior   In reference to Message Id: 2090674


 Handling a blue belly lizard



For full view, click this Link
11/01/09  05:39pm

 #2090709


Jared T
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   Message To: Jared T   In reference to Message Id: 2090690


 Handling a blue belly lizard

I got camera happy... One of my females is on the hibernate still. Actually they all are a bit. But she’s still buried somewhere.

In this photo is Buddy. He’s closest on the right, and for some reason when he’s joyful his scales turn gold/bronze. On the females, they’re always black. And onto it. The female closest on the left is Mama, and the female in the background is Star. Destiny is off in la la land lol


Direct Link for full view..

In the next photo is Mama(closest) and Star. I had my camera settings set low so it blurred Star out some. GRR! It would have been such a good picture, although it already is lol


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11/01/09  06:11pm

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Busch83
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   Message To: Jared T   In reference to Message Id: 2090709


 Handling a blue belly lizard

nice pics jared. Its funny my one fence freezes so well that when i caught it i thought it was dead. I flipped him/her over and everything. If it were not for the head following me as i moved it i would have never known.
11/05/09  10:48am


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