Unless these are very young and small wax worms that are no more than two or three times as big as a pinhead cricket. Most are sold much larger though, and unsuitable for very young horned lizards. If you have any calcium supplement dust, you might try lightly dusting a cricket, as sometimes they tend to respond to this. Fruitflies, moths, termites, or most other species of ant will do in a pinch right now too.



There are so many issues to be aware of that it is hard sometimes to remember everything to tell someone. One of those important issues I forgot to mention is that horned lizards tend to dislike being hovered over too closely, especially during mealtime. If they are not comfortable with you, they usually won't eat anything. Especially true since this one has been moved into a new environment. Reptiles often do not take to being moved that well. They are very instinctual when it comes to predation and survival, and they feel insecure for a while after being moved.



It has been roughly 3 weeks though without food, and if he does not eat within a couple more days the process of putting him into hibernation should be begun. While he is up under lights and sun without taking in calories he is burning a lot of stored calories that he will need for hibernation. Unless he either eats, or goes into hibernation soon, problems will develop.



Antsalive could take you another week or two this time of year. This lizard will need to be in hibernation before that unless he starts to eat some crickets in the next couple of days. This is one of the biggest considerations in keeping a horned lizard awake during winter. That's why they hibernate in the wild too. It's difficult to nearly impossible to keep them feed over winter, unless you are feeding them a lot of the wrong things.


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