Sunday, August 2, 2009
I have 2 corn snakes one bit the other while feeding.what med can i put on the bite that whant hurt my snake?
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Nothing. Just gently rinse it for several minutes with warm water. Then, see your reptile DVM in the morning to see if it needs anything else to prevent an abscess from developing.
WHAT were they doing in the same cage while being fed?!
A Veterinarian is right in her answer and i agree with it completely. The only thing i would add is to maybe put some betadine on the wound. I always like using saline solution to rinse any wounds on animals.
Never feed the snakes together..
they usually heal on their own! you should really feed them apart! believe it or not, one can accidentally swallow the other trying to eat the same food!!
Hi I know this is not an answer, but I wanted to ask you what do corn snakes eat and like how do you take care of them. I have been considering getting one but I am not sure if they make good pet's. Can you PLEASE answer my question! thanks
my e-mail address is i_luv_dogs2010@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Kaisy
DO NOT use Betadine on a snake. Many snakes react very badly to iodine (which is in Betadine).
Believe the vet who has answered already.
The big problem you have to worry about is teeth. They have roughly a zillion little needle-sharp teeth, and they can get broken off under the skin. This applies to humans, too; I got nailed by an annoyed baby 'Glades the other day and had to dig a tooth out of my knuckle. It was like a cactus glochid -- I couldn't see it, it was so small, I just had to scrape for it. You don't want an abcess forming around a tooth like that, either in your snake or in your.
(go ahead and use the Betadine on humans!)
i have no clue so take it to the vet and next time separate them for feading because it could end up both snaks grabing the same bit of food and one will end up food for the other.
Friday, July 31, 2009
I have 2 aquaic turtles in a 20 gal tank but water get cloudy after a couple days after new water change.?
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I have 2 aquatic turtles in a 60 gallon tank and one day after a water change the water would be cloudy. I tried all the liquids and nothing worked..I finally broke down and bought another filter and it worked wonders. I use both filters in the water and it is great. The water is crystal clear now for at least a week and a half. I use Fluval Filters.they are the best, better than the filters made for aquatic turtles
Turtles need strong filtration- about 2 or even 3 times more than the same-sized fish tank would take. You can learn more about filtration ideas at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com. in the 'Articles' section.
You probably also have three other problems going on-
1. Overcrowding. Turtles need lots of room for proper exercise, stress reduction, cleanliness, etc. Aim for 10 gallons of water per inch of turtle. Thus, 2 2" turtles would need about 40 gallons of water- note that this does not mean a 40 gallon tank- but 40 gallons of water in a 60+ gallon tank. Most of us use big plastic tubs or kiddie pools for this.
2. Heat. Cloudy water is often a problem in tanks with cool water temps. Heat the water in the tank to about 75-80.
3. Diet. Often, the foods we feed add to the problem.
Try the Austin's Turtle Page link and find the care sheet for your turtle- there might be some other areas that need some tweaking and they can really help!
you need to get a big filter-you can buy it at like a fish store or at walmart. There are different sizes but you should buy a big one if the water gets dirty that fast.
They need a bigger space. I keep my two turtles in a large kiddy pool. Island in the center and a filter. I clean it about once a month.
i have 2 anoles and 1 of them i think is a male im not sure. look at description below for more info?
the 1 i believe is a male seems to have a mini dewflap. its much bigger than the other anole but yet its not way out like u see in pics. he is much bigger than the other one too and the store keeper said they were roughly the same age. i also cant pick him up and look u know where because hes really fast. can anyone help me out please.
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male anoles have a red piece of skin under its neck,and durning mating season they will display it by pushing it out fordward and display it for territory.you can also pinch it between two fingers and carefully pull down and see it
a male anole's dew flap is bigger and redder then a female's
hope this helps
You need to give a better description on how they each look. "Vaguely the same age" can mean a few years difference or a few months difference. You can't tell by age. Is one more brightly colored, do they have different colorations, what do they look like?
take it to a vet or something because usually it could be male and female mix. if it is bigger than the other that is a point for the male, if it has a small dewflap thats a point for the female.
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male anoles have a red piece of skin under its neck,and durning mating season they will display it by pushing it out fordward and display it for territory.you can also pinch it between two fingers and carefully pull down and see it
a male anole's dew flap is bigger and redder then a female's
hope this helps
You need to give a better description on how they each look. "Vaguely the same age" can mean a few years difference or a few months difference. You can't tell by age. Is one more brightly colored, do they have different colorations, what do they look like?
take it to a vet or something because usually it could be male and female mix. if it is bigger than the other that is a point for the male, if it has a small dewflap thats a point for the female.
I had a dream about a snake agian. it's no tail and the tail is the head.two heads?
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Maybe your just subconsciously wanting a snake that has two headsLOL There actuly pretty cool looking. Is the snake trying to kill you or some thing or is it just there?
Snake dreams are associated with sexual desires!! Again, this may be a fairytale..
Go online to Dream Moods. It good and free.
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Visit http://spirita.blogspot.com/ and post your question as a comment. You'll get your FREE dream interpretation (as a comment, too) shortly. Just remember where you posted your question, your dream interpretation will be under the same section.
I got my crickets in a cage, now, how do I catch them & get them to my lizard?
I bought crickets to feed my anole and I can keep them alive and gut load them and the anole likes them fine. Catches them, it's fun to watch her stalk them, etc., but trying to catch the crickets in the little plastic crate is practically impossible. If I keep the lid open too long, they hop out. If I keep it closed, I can't catch them. What's the right tool? Should I use a net? A meatball maker? Help!
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I would use a cardboard tube like for toilet paper or paper towels.they crawl inside feeling like it's protection..then you can just uncover one side and let them out into the cage..
put the cricket cage in the lizard cage then open it and wait until one jumps out.
OR!
put a small hole in the cricket cage then open a can of peas put some of the peas in front of the hole when a cricket comes out to take a pea you grab him. It's easier to sneak up on them if you wear sneakers, or tennis shoes.
Thats an awful lot of work. Why not just get a few crickets every week, rather than storing them. Keeping crickets is a smelly occupation. DO NOT put too many crickets in at once. If the anole doesn't eat them, they will get hungry and they can kill the anole. Stupid as that sounds.
What kind of twisted, sick masochistic person ARE you?
Let the lizard go outside where the real crickets are. Let the crickets go and stop torturing them for your own amusement.
It's people like you that are destroying the ecology of primitive places just so you can feel powerful over some powerless little creature.
Get some chickens instead and kill them yourself. Or get someone to put YOU in a cage, and then starve you, while they have another cage with chickens in it and once in a while, they catch one and put it in your cage so you can kill it and eat it. IF they aren't gone on vacation or something.
If the cricket container is small enough, place it with the lid open inside the lizard's aquarium and wait for them to hop out. Otherwise, try cupping your hands and catching them in your hands.
The easy way is to put a empty TP roll or paper towel roll in with them. they will climb inside and you can just lift them out and dump them in the cage with your lizard. have fun
lol, dude doesn't know what he is talking about. The best way to get the crickets out is to hold the tank sideways, and let the crickets climb into the lizard tank on their own. if your cricket tank is too large, or has moving things in it that would crush them, use a small cup with a lid, or a fish net. How many crickets are you buying for your anole? If you have less than a dozen, there is no point in having a second tank. You can put them right into the tank with your anole? As well, how old is your anole, and what is the size of crickets you are buying? The younger the anole, the smaller the crickets should be. If you breed them, the ones that you will catch the easiest will be too big for your young anole to eat. Hope this helped.
Hi, I used to have a salamander. What I did was use a single chopstick to push them towards Harry my pet salamander. It works really well so becareful because they CAN get overfed.
What you need is called a Cricket Keeper.
It is a small plastic cage with a plastic mesh lid, with 2 black tubes poking out either side. You put the crickets in the cage with food and moisture (and I suggest some sort of paper towel / aspen shavings substrate to keep the smell down). Now, the crickets will naturally climb up the tubes because they are dark, and they are higher than the ground. When you are ready to feed, pull out a tube, and cover the end with your hand. (One end will be shut off by a plastic cap already.) You can then lower the tube into the anole cage, shake out some crickets, cover the end, and pop the tube back into the hole in the cricket keeper. It's fairly escape proof, and can be found at most Petsmart / Petco type stores. It is by far the easiest thing to do. Good luck!
Since you don't mention how big your cricket cage is, I'll just give you an idea, then you can modify it to fit your cage: use a toilet paper tube.
Just set the tube inside your cricket house/cage. You can lie it down on it's side or lean it upward at a slant. The crickets crawl into it and you just pick it up and shake out as many or as little as you want. If it is filled up just shake the majority back into your cricket house, and shake the rest into your lizards cage.
I use to keep my crickets in old ten and twenty gallon aquariums with a wire mesh lids. I used paper towel rolls, though, because I need a lot of crickets at feeding time. I would just lay a bunch of them across the bottom, and when I needed them I just picked up the roll %26 shook them into a plastic bag (the kind that are used at fish stores 4"wide x 10"long) It is much easier to handle the crickets this way and I could see how many I was dealing with. You can then empty some out and keep what you need to feed your lizard. Also, with the plastic bag, you can add your calcim powder and do the shake %26 bake, then feed.
Please Don't make the mistake %26 leave a bunch of crickets in with you lizard. Crickets will EAT you lizard over a period of time. Only feed as many crickets as your lizard can eat at any given time. If you are not sure how many he will eat per day, then start with two or three. If he eats them all, add a few more, etc.
Keep count. You can always add more if he eats them.
Always move stuff around in your lizard's cage to make sure crickets are not hiding. If you get an abundance of them in the cage and don't notice them, over a period of time they will actually start breeding, and the babies are so tiney you can't even see them until it is too late for your lizard. Speaking from sad experience.
Good luck!
Its very easy to plant a tank and raise crickets so you never have to buy them again. But some people really hate the chirping all nite. Take an egg carton and cut off just 1 of the cups and its easy to shake just as many as you like in your anole tank. Cut 2 or 3 individual cups to put in with the crickets they love to hide in them. if you want to know how to raise crickets just ask. believe me once you get them going you will never have to buy them again.
What you do is take the beardie to the crickets they can catch it themself
you can use a toilet paper roll to catch them. i use a critter keeper for my crickets and i keep a toilet paper roll in there so i can catch them for my beardies. or you can go buy a cricket catcher to catch them but you can save money by just using a paper roll.
Get someone else to do it
You should try just picking up the plastic crate and dumping a portion of them into your terrarium. I don't think you have to worry about feedin him an exact amount of crickets at every meal.
try a 15 gallon plastic storage container, the kind used in offices and such to keep the crickers. They cointainers are tall and the crickets can't get out, plus there is an attached lid for easy closure.
Keep an orange slice in with them (change it once per week) and keep a couple of egg containers in there too. Use the botton of the box that eggs come in and tear them in half.
The crickets will occupy the secions on the egg container and it makes a very handy "scoop" to get the crickets an put them in the reptile's cage. You will have to be quick about it, but it is easier than a bag or net.
Every breeder I have seen who uses crickets has this set up.
put a piece of egg crate in the cage and they will crawl into the egg holder spaces then just pick out the piece of crate and shake crickets off into bag with dust powder in it shake bag to coat crickets then feed crickets to lizard
cut up egg carton are good when they climb on pull it out and shake in the cage. or you can do the same with cardboard tubes
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I would use a cardboard tube like for toilet paper or paper towels.they crawl inside feeling like it's protection..then you can just uncover one side and let them out into the cage..
put the cricket cage in the lizard cage then open it and wait until one jumps out.
OR!
put a small hole in the cricket cage then open a can of peas put some of the peas in front of the hole when a cricket comes out to take a pea you grab him. It's easier to sneak up on them if you wear sneakers, or tennis shoes.
Thats an awful lot of work. Why not just get a few crickets every week, rather than storing them. Keeping crickets is a smelly occupation. DO NOT put too many crickets in at once. If the anole doesn't eat them, they will get hungry and they can kill the anole. Stupid as that sounds.
What kind of twisted, sick masochistic person ARE you?
Let the lizard go outside where the real crickets are. Let the crickets go and stop torturing them for your own amusement.
It's people like you that are destroying the ecology of primitive places just so you can feel powerful over some powerless little creature.
Get some chickens instead and kill them yourself. Or get someone to put YOU in a cage, and then starve you, while they have another cage with chickens in it and once in a while, they catch one and put it in your cage so you can kill it and eat it. IF they aren't gone on vacation or something.
If the cricket container is small enough, place it with the lid open inside the lizard's aquarium and wait for them to hop out. Otherwise, try cupping your hands and catching them in your hands.
The easy way is to put a empty TP roll or paper towel roll in with them. they will climb inside and you can just lift them out and dump them in the cage with your lizard. have fun
lol, dude doesn't know what he is talking about. The best way to get the crickets out is to hold the tank sideways, and let the crickets climb into the lizard tank on their own. if your cricket tank is too large, or has moving things in it that would crush them, use a small cup with a lid, or a fish net. How many crickets are you buying for your anole? If you have less than a dozen, there is no point in having a second tank. You can put them right into the tank with your anole? As well, how old is your anole, and what is the size of crickets you are buying? The younger the anole, the smaller the crickets should be. If you breed them, the ones that you will catch the easiest will be too big for your young anole to eat. Hope this helped.
Hi, I used to have a salamander. What I did was use a single chopstick to push them towards Harry my pet salamander. It works really well so becareful because they CAN get overfed.
What you need is called a Cricket Keeper.
It is a small plastic cage with a plastic mesh lid, with 2 black tubes poking out either side. You put the crickets in the cage with food and moisture (and I suggest some sort of paper towel / aspen shavings substrate to keep the smell down). Now, the crickets will naturally climb up the tubes because they are dark, and they are higher than the ground. When you are ready to feed, pull out a tube, and cover the end with your hand. (One end will be shut off by a plastic cap already.) You can then lower the tube into the anole cage, shake out some crickets, cover the end, and pop the tube back into the hole in the cricket keeper. It's fairly escape proof, and can be found at most Petsmart / Petco type stores. It is by far the easiest thing to do. Good luck!
Since you don't mention how big your cricket cage is, I'll just give you an idea, then you can modify it to fit your cage: use a toilet paper tube.
Just set the tube inside your cricket house/cage. You can lie it down on it's side or lean it upward at a slant. The crickets crawl into it and you just pick it up and shake out as many or as little as you want. If it is filled up just shake the majority back into your cricket house, and shake the rest into your lizards cage.
I use to keep my crickets in old ten and twenty gallon aquariums with a wire mesh lids. I used paper towel rolls, though, because I need a lot of crickets at feeding time. I would just lay a bunch of them across the bottom, and when I needed them I just picked up the roll %26 shook them into a plastic bag (the kind that are used at fish stores 4"wide x 10"long) It is much easier to handle the crickets this way and I could see how many I was dealing with. You can then empty some out and keep what you need to feed your lizard. Also, with the plastic bag, you can add your calcim powder and do the shake %26 bake, then feed.
Please Don't make the mistake %26 leave a bunch of crickets in with you lizard. Crickets will EAT you lizard over a period of time. Only feed as many crickets as your lizard can eat at any given time. If you are not sure how many he will eat per day, then start with two or three. If he eats them all, add a few more, etc.
Keep count. You can always add more if he eats them.
Always move stuff around in your lizard's cage to make sure crickets are not hiding. If you get an abundance of them in the cage and don't notice them, over a period of time they will actually start breeding, and the babies are so tiney you can't even see them until it is too late for your lizard. Speaking from sad experience.
Good luck!
Its very easy to plant a tank and raise crickets so you never have to buy them again. But some people really hate the chirping all nite. Take an egg carton and cut off just 1 of the cups and its easy to shake just as many as you like in your anole tank. Cut 2 or 3 individual cups to put in with the crickets they love to hide in them. if you want to know how to raise crickets just ask. believe me once you get them going you will never have to buy them again.
What you do is take the beardie to the crickets they can catch it themself
you can use a toilet paper roll to catch them. i use a critter keeper for my crickets and i keep a toilet paper roll in there so i can catch them for my beardies. or you can go buy a cricket catcher to catch them but you can save money by just using a paper roll.
Get someone else to do it
You should try just picking up the plastic crate and dumping a portion of them into your terrarium. I don't think you have to worry about feedin him an exact amount of crickets at every meal.
try a 15 gallon plastic storage container, the kind used in offices and such to keep the crickers. They cointainers are tall and the crickets can't get out, plus there is an attached lid for easy closure.
Keep an orange slice in with them (change it once per week) and keep a couple of egg containers in there too. Use the botton of the box that eggs come in and tear them in half.
The crickets will occupy the secions on the egg container and it makes a very handy "scoop" to get the crickets an put them in the reptile's cage. You will have to be quick about it, but it is easier than a bag or net.
Every breeder I have seen who uses crickets has this set up.
put a piece of egg crate in the cage and they will crawl into the egg holder spaces then just pick out the piece of crate and shake crickets off into bag with dust powder in it shake bag to coat crickets then feed crickets to lizard
cut up egg carton are good when they climb on pull it out and shake in the cage. or you can do the same with cardboard tubes
i got given a month old corn snake and hasn't eaten since bin hatched ?
since my snake has bin hatched it hasn't eaten a thing and isn't very livley and im gettin worried. this morning when i woke up it hasn't moved once ! and if its dead how will i no ??
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Snakes are easy to maintain for the simple fact that you do not have to feed them daily. Your snake will not eat for a while, then it will and then it won't for another while. It is unlikely that your snake is dead. Snakes like to laze around and you'll only see it move occasionally. Have fun;)
Corn snakes do not eat until they have shed once. If the snake is not moving or is lying upside down, then the worst has happened.
are you applying the proper lighting and environment
is he warm
does he have mites
[little dark specks up under the scales]
1] get vitamin
2]get Jump Start by ZooMed
3] you can feed him raw egg by an eye dropper
did he come from a store or breeder with a warrenty
wild caughts have a low survival rate
look up Herpitilogical soceity in your area or online for other help
without uv rays his chances are slim
keep from drafts lke windows
no booming loud music etc
Actually some cornsnakes do eat before their first shed. Corns shed almost immediately after hatching, I think at a month old it will have shed by now!
Also, raw egg!? Are you serious? 0_o And corns do NOT need UV rays!
Anyway, on to the question.
When you say your snake isn't lively, do you mean when its in the tank, or when you handle it? Snakes don't move about their tanks much, at least not when humans are still up and about. This is normal. It is not normal however for your snake to be lifeless when you are touching and holding it.
I don't know how you've been feeding, but here's what I would do:
1. Take a frozen pinky mouse. If your snake is really tiny, cut it in half or give just the head. (the mouse not the snake lol)
2. Thaw the pinky in hot water. Make sure it is warm as snakes don't like cold food. Slit the mouse's back open as the smell of blood entices the snake.
3. Offer the mouse to your snake on tongs. Wiggle it around a bit and try to make the mouse seem alive. If after ten minutes the snake hasn't struck at the mouse, put the mouse down close to the snake and leave them alone together.
4. Darken the room or cover the tank with a towel to make it dark (make sure the animal can still breathe though.)
5. Leave the snake COMPLETELY alone over night. Don't be tempted to peak to see if he's eaten.
6. IF the snake doesn't eat by morning, remove the mouse from the tank.
It is extremely important that you don't keep on and on at the snake; keep trying to feed will just upset it. Offer food just once a week, or every 5/6 days if you must. Minimise stress during this time, do NOT handle the animal.
Also, check your temperatures with a DIGITAL thermometer, anything else is not accurate enough. You want the cool side about 70-75 F, the warm side between 80-85F. Your snake could be too warm or too cold.
Now, make sure the snake feels secure. Snakes need places to hide away and if he can't hide, he won't feel secure and will not eat. Make sure your snake has at least two hdies, one on the warm side one on the cool side, and they should be just big enough for him; snakes like to be touched on all sides when they hide. They don't like great cavernous spaces.
IF the method I gave you above does not work, it is time to try scenting. You can scent with tuna, but anole scenting works excellently. Try taking a piece of anole lizard skin and rubbing it all over the pinky. In the wild, corns will occasionally eat lizards so the smell of the anole entices them to eat the pinkie.
IF the snake is still not eating, it is time to try live. However, understand that live is always a last resort with any snake, and snakes can go a long time without eating, even a hatchling.
Best of luck to you.
have you picked it up to see if its dead?..some snakes like to kill their prey .some snakes will eat them dead.do you have proper heat for the snake like a heat lamp?.heat rocks can actually cook the snake they are not a good source of heat.their tank needs to be a consistant temp at all times.you may want to read up on snake care
email me at jefffrickman@yahoo.com if u love wildlife
I read the other answers and Jason is right. I have snakes and that sounds like the best plan to me. I do not like the raw egg idea, however. And it is more than past time your snake should have ate.
try feeding it some smaller food
Answers:
Snakes are easy to maintain for the simple fact that you do not have to feed them daily. Your snake will not eat for a while, then it will and then it won't for another while. It is unlikely that your snake is dead. Snakes like to laze around and you'll only see it move occasionally. Have fun;)
Corn snakes do not eat until they have shed once. If the snake is not moving or is lying upside down, then the worst has happened.
are you applying the proper lighting and environment
is he warm
does he have mites
[little dark specks up under the scales]
1] get vitamin
2]get Jump Start by ZooMed
3] you can feed him raw egg by an eye dropper
did he come from a store or breeder with a warrenty
wild caughts have a low survival rate
look up Herpitilogical soceity in your area or online for other help
without uv rays his chances are slim
keep from drafts lke windows
no booming loud music etc
Actually some cornsnakes do eat before their first shed. Corns shed almost immediately after hatching, I think at a month old it will have shed by now!
Also, raw egg!? Are you serious? 0_o And corns do NOT need UV rays!
Anyway, on to the question.
When you say your snake isn't lively, do you mean when its in the tank, or when you handle it? Snakes don't move about their tanks much, at least not when humans are still up and about. This is normal. It is not normal however for your snake to be lifeless when you are touching and holding it.
I don't know how you've been feeding, but here's what I would do:
1. Take a frozen pinky mouse. If your snake is really tiny, cut it in half or give just the head. (the mouse not the snake lol)
2. Thaw the pinky in hot water. Make sure it is warm as snakes don't like cold food. Slit the mouse's back open as the smell of blood entices the snake.
3. Offer the mouse to your snake on tongs. Wiggle it around a bit and try to make the mouse seem alive. If after ten minutes the snake hasn't struck at the mouse, put the mouse down close to the snake and leave them alone together.
4. Darken the room or cover the tank with a towel to make it dark (make sure the animal can still breathe though.)
5. Leave the snake COMPLETELY alone over night. Don't be tempted to peak to see if he's eaten.
6. IF the snake doesn't eat by morning, remove the mouse from the tank.
It is extremely important that you don't keep on and on at the snake; keep trying to feed will just upset it. Offer food just once a week, or every 5/6 days if you must. Minimise stress during this time, do NOT handle the animal.
Also, check your temperatures with a DIGITAL thermometer, anything else is not accurate enough. You want the cool side about 70-75 F, the warm side between 80-85F. Your snake could be too warm or too cold.
Now, make sure the snake feels secure. Snakes need places to hide away and if he can't hide, he won't feel secure and will not eat. Make sure your snake has at least two hdies, one on the warm side one on the cool side, and they should be just big enough for him; snakes like to be touched on all sides when they hide. They don't like great cavernous spaces.
IF the method I gave you above does not work, it is time to try scenting. You can scent with tuna, but anole scenting works excellently. Try taking a piece of anole lizard skin and rubbing it all over the pinky. In the wild, corns will occasionally eat lizards so the smell of the anole entices them to eat the pinkie.
IF the snake is still not eating, it is time to try live. However, understand that live is always a last resort with any snake, and snakes can go a long time without eating, even a hatchling.
Best of luck to you.
have you picked it up to see if its dead?..some snakes like to kill their prey .some snakes will eat them dead.do you have proper heat for the snake like a heat lamp?.heat rocks can actually cook the snake they are not a good source of heat.their tank needs to be a consistant temp at all times.you may want to read up on snake care
email me at jefffrickman@yahoo.com if u love wildlife
I read the other answers and Jason is right. I have snakes and that sounds like the best plan to me. I do not like the raw egg idea, however. And it is more than past time your snake should have ate.
try feeding it some smaller food
I got BABY fence LIZARDS?? YEAH?
Well,I have been waiting for this day to arrive well actually yesterday !! I got a question for you all do momma fence lizards eat there babys or is that just for the males . And what do the babys eat i got some termites in there and some small ants in the aquiruim but i dont know exactly what they eat and What do i need to feed the momma so she dont eat her own babies. I got 7 of them they are so cute.. YEAH IM A GRANDMA LOL
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Congratulations Britney: You can try feeding your baby fence lizards little grasshoppers, tiny beetles, small crickets and black or red ants. Try a few out and see what they prefer.
When it comes to the environment, baby fence lizards need a heat rock and especially an incandescent light because they love to bath in the sun. You may also want to put another rock (not heated) and some branches in the tank for them to relax on when they don鈥檛 want the extra heat.
On the bottom of the tank you can put sand, some fake grass (AstroTurf) and a very shallow water dish (like an ash tray) for the babies to cool off in. Just make sure the water is shallow enough that the babies can walk through it and get out easily. I also heard that it is good to mist the inside of the tank 3-4 times a day with a water bottle.
Just watch them鈥ee what they like and cater to their needs. Best to you!
The mother should not eat them that's normally the fathers or other males. Buy some tiny crickets at a pet store and stick a few in at a time. If you put too much crickets in at one time they might eat the baby lizards. That has happened to me before.
Congratulations Grandma!
Send me 1 please.!
what are fence lizards
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Congratulations Britney: You can try feeding your baby fence lizards little grasshoppers, tiny beetles, small crickets and black or red ants. Try a few out and see what they prefer.
When it comes to the environment, baby fence lizards need a heat rock and especially an incandescent light because they love to bath in the sun. You may also want to put another rock (not heated) and some branches in the tank for them to relax on when they don鈥檛 want the extra heat.
On the bottom of the tank you can put sand, some fake grass (AstroTurf) and a very shallow water dish (like an ash tray) for the babies to cool off in. Just make sure the water is shallow enough that the babies can walk through it and get out easily. I also heard that it is good to mist the inside of the tank 3-4 times a day with a water bottle.
Just watch them鈥ee what they like and cater to their needs. Best to you!
The mother should not eat them that's normally the fathers or other males. Buy some tiny crickets at a pet store and stick a few in at a time. If you put too much crickets in at one time they might eat the baby lizards. That has happened to me before.
Congratulations Grandma!
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