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I have four very young collared lizards coming. It is possible that they are siblings, or at least related. Would it be unwise for me to keep them all together, or should I plan on swapping the male before the females become ready to bear eggs?

Is somebody keeping track of collared lizards geneology so we know what we're doing?

Are they all the same age? If so I would say yes they are all sibblings, just ask person ! Don't want to breed them together !
:0) Eve

I'll decide later whether I intend to breed or not, and if so I'll probably use a different male for breeding.

I don't know if I'm ready for the whole "stud fee" thing...

For now I'll just worry about getting crickets and lacewings and feeder leopard geckos

why???

It does seem wrong doesn't it!

...The U.stansburiana is often used as a *feeder* lizard. There is an inherent risk of parasite transmission, however. I'm sure that there are folks that keep side-blotch lizards as pets that would get as torqued at the thought of using them as feeders as I did about LG's. Some consider ALL lizards as "snake food" however LOL.

DC

At least where they are prevalent, I know of that people who sometimes collect collareds, also feed them the Uta, whiptails, greater earless, and prarie lizards. The greater earless are such beautiful lizards too (sniff, sniff).

The people who regulary feed these types of meals often keep the collareds outdoor, and are simply feeding the lizard its normal diet. I don't believe I would raise a captive bred lizard on wc lizards. Maybe on leopard geckos, but never on wc LOL. Just kidding.

John

It seems natural that some creatures have more dignity than others, my natural tendancy is to value crickets less than anoles, anoles less than leapard geckos, and leapard geckos less than humans.

But I can imagine someone not drawing the same distinctions that I do.

Until further notice, I'll stick to feeding insects to my collared lizards, assuming the delivery makes it...

I think the only lizard I'd be likely to feed the collared lizards would be house geckos. I don't know why.

Feed them crickets