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RE: desert horned lizard

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Posted by: fireside3 at Sun Oct 1 22:53:59 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by fireside3 ]  
   

No.



Not if you want them to be healthy-

Or you want to avoid killing them by giving them hypervitaminosis from all that excessive un-natural store shelf crap and the wrong diet. Rumors abound, however there exists no supplement that will substitute for formic acid derived from harvester ants.



This is the type of research one should do before coming home with 2 Horned Lizards...or any pet for that matter.



"Allergic" is a relative term. I am allergic to them too. They hurt like a [bleep]. To what degree you are allergic is the question. I am also "allergic" to venomous snakes...however I have learned how to handle them safely and have avoided any serious injury in the years that I have messed with them. One can learn how to handle harvester ants safely too. I can pick them up between my fingers in such a manner that they cannot sting me. And then there are gloves, and all sorts of alternatives. If you cannot do any of those, then the Horned Lizards really need to go to a home where they can get the diet they need to be healthy. Don't put them through a half-a$$ diet where they may suffer simply for your pleasure as a pet. Not saying you're that type, I'm just getting it out there.




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