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#2274881 Shknitzle View Profile	Newbie With Two Babies We rescued one western fence (blue belly) lizard yesterday morning. Bought a small critter hut and some basic things and planned to make him a pet. He was pretty stressed and frozen-in-place yesterday. Today, he moved around and seemed to be a lot happier. I’m fairly certain it’s a male because of a photo I was able to get of his underside. He has thin blue lines on both sides of the belly and a large patch across the under chin. TODAY, I just got home with teeny tiny crickets from the local reptile store, and we found another one! So I put him in with the first one. Bad idea??? The new one, I haven’t been able to look yet for colors. I am hoping that because they are both about the same size/age, that they can live together. If the second one is a male also, do I need to seperate them, and how soon? I have pics but don’t know how to upload them here yet. Will work on that.
07/29/12  08:17pm
#2274882 Shknitzle View Profile	Message To: Shknitzle   In reference to Message Id: 2274881  Newbie With Two Babies I forgot to say, they are both about 2-1/2" long including the tails.
07/29/12  08:20pm
#2274908 ThesaurusRex View Profile	Message To: Shknitzle   In reference to Message Id: 2274881  Newbie With Two Babies Hi, welcome to the forum and the reptile hobby! - What were your basic things? - A good way to tell is if you see two enlarged scales near his vent. - YES. VERY BAD IDEA. Lizards are solitary and another lizard will only stress him out more. Not only that, but the minimum size is 10 gallons per fence lizard, and you probably did not change the tank. Separate them immediately. A common mistake most people make is the misconception that lizards are cheap ’free pets’. They are, however, anything but and if you want a reptile of any kind, you need to be prepared to spend a lot of money for supplies.
07/30/12  05:03am
#2274952 Shknitzle View Profile	Message To: ThesaurusRex   In reference to Message Id: 2274908  Newbie With Two Babies Thank You ThesaurusRex for the reply. Took the advice to seperate the two. Going to give the other one to my 21yr old daughter. As for the set up, I got a 10g glass tank with a stainless screen top. A 50w day heat lamp and a 50w black night heat lamp (Zilla). I’m using paper towels right now until he gets a smidge bigger. The tank seems ginormous for this tiny guy. It’s like the invisible lizard! Oh well, I can watch the few teeny crickets. If you click my name profile, you can click to see my images. If I knew how to add them into the post I would.
07/30/12  05:20pm
#2274955 Lizard girl 4 View Profile	Message To: Shknitzle   In reference to Message Id: 2274952  Newbie With Two Babies Hi there! That’s a nice habitat and nice lizards! You just need a UVB light, that is very important! To post a picture: Below the message box where there is Spell checker, Link maker and those things, click "Get your photo list" . Then click "Make code for this image" Then "Click here to place the code on your post". These are awesome little pets! Have fun!
07/30/12  06:00pm
#2275085 Shknitzle View Profile	Message To: Lizard girl 4   In reference to Message Id: 2274955  Newbie With Two Babies Hi Lizard girl 4. Thanks! I got a decorative background today and I enjoy viewing SO much better now! I know he’s a desert sort of lizard, but *I* like all the plant matter. :) A UVB light is next on my list. I’ve got one bookmarked online to order. He’s eating well and is getting pretty comfortable. He’s been out and about for a good deal of the day today. Let’s see if I can post today’s photo here in the post.
07/31/12  06:50pm

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