Lizard Caresheets
Blue Tongue Skink Care
- Adult Size - Alprox 24"
- Avg Lifespan - 15-20 years
- Enclosure Requirements - At least 36x18x18. Longer would of course be better.
- Substrate - Loose substrate is best, this lizards love to dig and tunnel. Aspen is best for juveniles but adults can be kept on cypress mulch or orchid bark.
- Heating & Lighting - Ambient Temp of 78-80. Basking spot of 90-100 degrees with a nighttime temp of 80. UVB lighting is required.
- Humidity - 25-40% (Kei Island 40-55%)
- Diet - . Blue-tongues are omnivorous and should be fed a combination of proteins, vegetables/greens and fruits. Variety is important. Switch protein sources and provide diversity when feeding canned foods. For each feeding, a ratio of 50 percent vegetables/greens,
40 percent protein and 10 percent fruit is ideal. Adult blue-tongued skinks should be fed every two to three days. Young blue-tongues do best when fed every other day. Feed them as much as they will eat in one sitting. After your skink has stopped
eating, uneaten food should be removed immediately. A quality vitamin/calcium supplement with vitamin D3 is important, especially if you're not providing a sufficiently varied and well-rounded menu. Sprinkle the supplement over your blue-tongue's
food every third feeding for adults and every other meal for young blue-tongues that are still growing.
Geyri Uromastyx Care
Uromastyx-Geyri
- Adult Size - Alprox 10-18"
- Avg Lifespan - 15 years average (30+ has been recorded)
- Enclosure Requirements - At least 4x2, height requirements will depend on your choice of lighting. Longer would of course be better.
- Substrate - Loose substrate is best, this lizards love to dig and tunnel. Playsand is used by a lot of people but it does not allow for tunnel making so you can provide a plastic tub at least twice the size of the Lizard in the cool end with
slightly moistened substrate, also provided a tube for a tunnel into it is readily accepted by most Uromastyx. You can also use excavator clay mixed with playsand. The larger the enclosure the more you can do to replicate a natural environment for them. Provide plenty of rocks and ledges for
them to climb and bask on. PLEASE BE SAFE when using rocks in an enclosure, make sure there is no way they can collapse and injure your pet. I personally like to use "fake rock" backgrounds made of foam shaped into ledges for hiding and basking spots and flagstone on the floor of the enclosure with different types of plastic, rock looking, additions for basking and caves.
- Heating & Lighting - Ambient Temp of 80-100 Basking spot of 120 degrees (surface temp) with a nighttime temp of 70-80. Desert UVB lighting is required. A good temperature gradient is required, the hot basking spot should be on one end of the cage with
an ability to tunnel or have a cooler hide on the other end.
- Humidity - Uromastyx do not do well kept in humidity, that being said they should always be provided with a small shallow water dish on the cool end of their enclosure.
- Diet - The majority of my uro’s diet is various green plants. This can be dandelion greens, mustard and turnip greens, prepackaged spring mixes (no spinach), escarole, endive, radicchio and bok choy. These items should be chopped up and
presented like a salad for your pet. You can also add grated different squashes, carrots and sweet potatoes. They also love certain types of flowers (make sure they are safe and chemical free). They also love small bird seed (no sunflower)
and lintels.
Bearded Dragon Care
Bearded Dragon
Adult Size - Alprox 22"
Avg Lifespan - 10 years +
Enclosure Requirements - At least 3’ long, preferably 4’ and at least 18" wide.
Substrate - The larger the enclosure the more you can do to replicate a natural environment for them. We believe in providing loose substrate as a sand, soil, clay mixture works best. Make sure you create some type of hide for them, such as a manufactured cave or something you make yourself.
Heating & Lighting - Ambient Temp of 85, Basking spot of 120 degrees with a nighttime temp of 70-80. Desert UVB lighting is required. A good temperature gradient is required, the hot basking spot should be on one end of the cage with an ability to have a cooler hide on the other end.
Humidity - Very low humidity, but it is important to provide a water bowl that is shallow but big enough to soak in.
Diet - Beardies are omnivores so they will require veggies as well as protein. This can be collard greens, dandelion greens, mustard and turnip greens, escarole, endive, radicchio, bok choy and many others. These items should be chopped up and presented like a salad for your pet. You can also add different squashes. For the protein part of the diet provide a variety of crickets, roaches, etc. Juveniles will require more protein in their diet than adults.