Lizards at home

The lizard is a rather exotic pet. If you do not want to walk the dog in the morning or clean the cat's tray, and the noise from the guinea pig is too much for you, try to start a lizard. The domestic lizard does not make loud noises and does not wake up in the morning, it does not need a lot of room in your room, it does not have wool, so it's almost the perfect pet.

How to keep a lizard at home?

The content of lizards involves providing the animal with a number of specific conditions, but it is very easy to do and it will take very little time. Here are the basic tips on how to care for lizards at home:

1. Before you decide to buy and keep a lizard at home, you should select and install a terrarium for it . Its place in the lizard's house must be obligatory, otherwise it will simply run away and may get sick or injured. You can choose a terrarium of any shape, but its height should be at least two body lengths of your pet. The bottom should be covered with earth, but without various fertilizers or additives. Instead of land, you can use coconut shavings or sand, the store sells special rugs. Suitable shavings for rodents or pieces of paper, you can lace the bottom with large pieces of bark.
2. In its natural habitat the ordinary lizard loves various trees, at home it can put several branches in the terrarium . Decorate the housing of your pet can be a variety of stones, artificial plants or climbing plates.
3. Temperature regime. The content of lizards at home assumes a constant presence of two temperature zones in the terrarium. The hot zone should be warmed to 36 ° C, and cool to 30 ° C. At night, the temperature should not drop below 21 ° C. Warm up the hot zone with an incandescent lamp or glass ceramic lamp, you can use an infrared lamp. Heated soil will provide a special mat, it can be purchased at a pet store.
4. Lighting. At home, lizards need constant bright light. Be sure to install the ultraviolet lamp. If you decide to have several pets at once, take care of several heated areas.
5. Humidity. Ideal for the content of a lizard is considered to be humidity of at least 50-70%. You can provide such content at home to a lizard in several ways. In the cool zone of the terrarium, you need to put a bowl of water. The size of the bowl should be chosen according to the size of the lizard: it should easily climb into it. To achieve the necessary humidity can be by spraying or using wet sponges. Do not forget to constantly monitor the quality of ventilation, with high humidity can form fungi.

How to feed domestic lizards?

In the summer, you can feed your pet three times a day. In winter there is enough two-time feeding. What can you feed the quick lizard at home? Offer her various insects: these can be spiders, crickets, flour worms, The lizard will not refuse from bird eggs or small mammals. At home, lizards eagerly eat a specially prepared mixture: mix in equal proportions finely grated carrots and chopped meat. Add a little chopped salad and supplements in the form of calcium, vitamins.

The lizard needs to be fed during the period of its greatest activity. If you have several pets at once, they need to be fed separately. Be sure to make sure that the lizard ate everything. When your pet is active and good at drinking water, but at the same time eating a little, there is no reason for excitement.

Young animals should be fed with tweezers, and adults can eat their own from the bowl. After feeding, always wash your hands thoroughly.