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I was just wondering if anyone know what lizards they eat in the wild, anything that can be found in the pet trade? just something I was thinking about.

Based on the babies we have hatched [size wise] common sense would tell anyone they have to start eating small insects, spiders and then as they grow eat other reptiles, small snakes,geckos or anything they can overpower. I had an adult male and threw in a snake [decay snake] that I picked up while out doing some local herping. That male glauerti grabbed that snake like it was just another day at the office for him. Purely out of instinct from what it looked like to me, he grabbed by the head with such presision and just beat it against the side of the cage like a mini komodo dragon. The snake was a respective 11-12 inch decay snake.
Bob
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I gave a large kimberly a carpet python hatchling(jag with nevro issues). Overpowered it in no time, gulped it down. Seem like it enjoyed it allot too.

If I could Id breed housegeckos/mourning geckos in greenhouse as a supplement.

Thanks for sharing that, I noticed it right away and already knew the glauerti were reptile eaters in the wild. My male sucked the snake down like a pasta noodle no problem. I think the only downfall to useing rodents over reptiles as a food source in captivity is the higher amounts of fat but on the flip side parasites are illimnated in captivity by useing the rodents.So many reptiles bacterias,diseases are transmissable for herps eating other live herps. Im not a big fan of feeding herps to herps either[personal preferance] but did so one time to see how the monitor would react.
Bob
www.herphatch.com

Kims will destroy Anoles if given a chance to catch them. I had to try it a couple times as well having heard they prey on other reptiles commonly. But same here, wild collected herps fed to 'clean' captives is a bad idea. Kims probably eat a lot of little skinks and geckos along with insect fare in the wild.

I will keep on feeding the glauertis jags with nevro issues or similiar. I know the babies are clean and should do the monitor no harm. Also carpets are from Oz too. Maybe glaurtis have a taste for food from down under

If I had the space for it and a cheap insect source, Id breed some skink or gecko type with fast reproduction rate to compliment the diet with as much herps as possible. Iv heard african tiger geckos Pachydactylus tigrinus are great breeders..

A friend of mine bred panther chameleons, and said he got substantialy more eggs after he started to feed reptiles consitently. He would buy at shows, cheap stuff Leopard geckos, cornsnakes whatever fit the mouth.

I have seen the best that can be offered by V. pilbarensis as far as egg reproduction and without useing any herps as a food source. I dont beleive the chameleons egg production had much to do with eating herps. Good nutrition comes in many forms and does not have to contain herps. The cons outweigh the pros with useing herps, just my 0.2
Bob