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#1770008
Animallvr96
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What do I Need????? 
I was thinking about maybe getting a frillie. Before i start making arrangements what size tank/cage do i need, what type of food, how much attention, and a general idea of handeling one. Thanks and sorry for spelling.
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06/22/08 08:38pm
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#1770020
Animallvr96
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Message To: Animallvr96 In reference to Message Id: 1770008
What do I Need?????
how big do they get??? I heard about New Guinea frillies and Australian Frillies, are there any other???? Also is there a size difference???
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06/22/08 08:45pm
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#1770502
Chippychop
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Message To: Animallvr96 In reference to Message Id: 1770020
 What do I Need?????
heres a little info for you New guinie’s are the most common on the market/aussie’s are hard to find and get!theres a lot of info out there in fact you could pick up a lot just from reading some of these posts////my answer to your question is this frillies need extra care they are ten times the lizard of any other (thats what I believe) they are smart but they are timmed and shy and need to be loved very carefully they need full spectrum lighting /a larger cage and the taller the better //they love to be in high places and hang out on logs /they are a higher humidity lizard/and they come from forest region /so you’ld want to replicate that the best you can,food sorc e ///well I started my baby boy out on meal worms and then graduated to superworms then graduated to all kinds of diffrent insects and small lizards/frillies get at to be average 20 inches although you will come across larger ones up to 3 feetwith big ol huge frills although if you get one as tame as mine you will very rarely get to see it frill out /the only time mine does is when he’s shedding /and thets the way it should be though//some people think that frillies flare all the time but thats not true when they flare it’s for deffence and can cause excess stress leading to death//I think the hardest part of taking care of a frilly would be keeping there stress levels down /or keeping them happy /thats what takes work/I used to have to totaly isolate mine with a blanket or towel/now days I don’t have to but I still do just to give my boy some me time or lizard time without any outside distractions//anyway hope this info helps/I’m new to frillies and I don’t know everything howevre my frilly is fat happy sassy and is a wounderful pet! thanks Chip!
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06/23/08 10:47am
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#1770901
Animallvr96
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Message To: Chippychop In reference to Message Id: 1770502
What do I Need?????
thanks for your help. I learned a little from reading other peoples post. DO they really eat little lizards???!!!! Also, is there a size difference between New Guinea and Australian?? And What size cage/tank do they need fullgrown????
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06/23/08 04:55pm
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#1772005
Silabiss
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Message To: Animallvr96 In reference to Message Id: 1770901
What do I Need?????
The care is pretty simple, biggest thing is the right cage and lighting setup, that is 80% of all husbandry issues gone if you get it right the first time. The size of an adult male is much larger than adult females, males also have larger heads and due to their large size, larger frills than females. New Guinea frilleds are farm raised, meaning they are hatched and cared for a very short period of time before they are imported to America. You can expect to spend from $150-175 on a small frilled and can sometimes find larger individuals on kingsnake.com or at reptile shows. Australians are a totally different matter, and usually cost about 10 times that amount, but then again there are only about 4 to 5 individuals that are breeding them in America (and they are not very easy to find). They have very different personalities, in fact my lil guy gets very mad at me if the cage is not clean, if i have put a towel over his cage for a day or so, or if he doesn’t get a chance to come out. Females generally are more skittish than males, and males seem to really calm down alot once they get closer to full size. In the few animals that i deal with, we have an adult male who is 5+ years of age (was adult before we got him) 2 adult females, a 2 year old male that is one we produced and my personal Australian male that is about a year old now. Every single one of them is very different and alot of fun to work with, the 2yr old male that i raised is trained so that anytime i show him a pinkie, he will come straight after it and ive gotten him to jump well over a foot and grab it, nice little show. My Australian frills up if i hold a pinkie up, but as SOON as the pinkie is on the ground and he see’s that it is food, he runs over and devours it.
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06/24/08 02:07pm
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