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This morning I moved my fence lizards into their new homes; 106 quart Sterilite tubs, with a few inches of clean topsoil and an interesting piece of wood to climb and bask on. The tubs have a wire screen lid. Water bowl with flat rocks to lick water off of and help the crickets when they fall in. Sedum will actually grow in the tubs, and this gives the tubs a moisture gradient of moist end to dry end.

The tubs on the front porch to catch the morning sun. First tub contains a bunch of yearlings, second tub contain a pair of breeders.

I've used these tubs for lizards before but this is the best set up to date, what with live plants and big pieces of wood. In the winter I can bring the tubs in and put them in a cool place to hibernate if there is a prolonged cold spell. They are not obligated hibernators, though and will feed and be active all winter if they have natural light and heat.

Please excuse off topic, but most all my forum friends are here.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

It's a cool thing to me that someone is taking the time to care for a lizard that is worthless ,so to speak, to most people!More power to you Dude!!
Jeff

It's a cool thing to me that someone is taking the time to care for a lizard that is worthless ,so to speak, to most people!More power to you Dude!!
Jeff
I have always had a special fondness for sceloporus species. What I have in my neck of the woods is the Western fence lizard. Not a worthless lizard at all...in places abundant with fence lizards there is a very low level of Lyme disease, as ticks feed on lizards during their nymph stage and are rid of the Lyme disease bacterium by an enzyme in the lizards' guts.
www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/wild_lives/fence_lizards_050601.php
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Cool, I learned something new! But as for the lizards being off topic, they're not. They are used for feeding kings, or scenting pinks! I like your set up, Bob!
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King Snakes! Who can make a better mouse trap?
Jorge Sierra

My Site > www.Sierrasnakes.com

Thanks, Jorge!

The fence lizards are quite easy to keep. One does need to also grow crickets for them, but that is easy, too. When I got into keeping pyros I started keeping fence lizards as well, figuring they kind of go together like peanut butter and jam! LOL!
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

Ahh, going back to basics would be a dream. I used to keep lots of sceloperus, side blotched, spiney etc. In large Large homemade cages. Man we (us nieborhood kids) had a blast with them..

Then we stareted getting into the "higher end" stuff like rock lizardfs, iguanas, chucwallas, banded geckos..I even had tamed a giant basin whiptail lizard to be completly tame..best lizard I ever owned. I would pay $1000 bucks for one like him today. A tame one that won't run away

Oh thooooose were the dayyyyys. I was around 11-14 years old.
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www.Bluerosy.com

These animals live in nature, without you. They know when to eat, when not to eat, how much to eat, etc. Why do you think they cannot do that in captivity? They do know, you are suppose to support what THEY DO, not hold back food because you keep them at temps they would not pick.
Frank Retes

I am wanting to get some emerald swifts, but they have to be kept warmer than fence lizards, so that may not happen.
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Bob
Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire
Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.