How and what to feed a lizard at home

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If you have chosen a lizard as a pet, you need to know everything about the peculiarities of its nutrition, and then the question of how and what to feed the lizard at home will fade into the background.

There are about 4 thousand species of lizards in nature. They have different skin colors depending on their habitat. And nutrition, respectively, can also be different. It depends on environmental conditions, on air temperature, since lizards are cold-blooded animals. If the air temperature is below 20 degrees, they do not want to eat. Therefore, in order to maintain their he alth, you need to know the features of feeding and take into account the recommendations of professionals.

In order to understand what to feed a lizard, you need to determine what type of amphibians it belongs to. Lizards are herbivorous and carnivorous. But there are cases when both of them eat food unusual for them, and mixed up: vegetables, fruits, small animals and insects.

When buying this animal for yourself, weigh the pros and cons, because lizards are very capricious, and caring for them entails many difficulties. But if you're used to gettinggoal to the end, then try. So, what to feed a lizard in a home terrarium? You can always find special food at the pet store. Lizards prefer living small animals: grasshoppers,

larvae, beetles, mice and little frogs. You can give amphibians earthworms, snails and even river inhabitants - small fish. All this living creatures must be sure to be alive and fresh, otherwise your lizard will simply die of hunger, refusing to eat "meat with a smell." We are talking about carnivorous amphibians.

What to feed a lizard if it feeds exclusively on flora? Then you're in luck. Such species eat almost all vegetables and fruits, but prefer apples, lettuce, carrots, cabbage, bananas, cucumbers. When buying a lizard, be sure to ask if it is herbivorous, carnivorous, or eats everything without a choice.

In order for the lizard to be comfortable at home, take care of her home. It should be a spacious terrarium, well ventilated and heated to 25-35 degrees. Do not forget that the condition of amphibians depends entirely on temperature conditions. How and what to feed a lizard at home if she does not want to eat? Face it

many lovers. Look at the thermometer, raise the temperature if necessary. Then your lizard will stop sleeping and start moving actively. And, of course, work up an appetite.

Now you know what to feed the lizard. It remains to find outhow to do it at home. In this case, ordinary tweezers will help you. Use it to feed your pet worms, larvae and any other living creatures. Since lizards like to climb on branches, put some pieces of vegetables or fruits for them somewhere on the high ground of the terrarium. If you are dealing with newly born baby lizards, they still need to be taught to eat. To this end, carefully hold the animal with one hand, and with the other, use tweezers, smear the larva around its mouth. Licking, the baby will understand that this is food, and quickly learn to eat.