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Hi,
I'm looking for a small lizard, about the size of an anole, that I can house several females together in a 10 gallon tank. I'm do not like keeping crickets so one that I can feed meal worms as the main food would be preferable. Also I'm not interested in anoles, I have kept them before. Thanks a lot.
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1.0 ball python (vakker)
0.1 dogs
2.1 cockatiels
1.1 chinchillas
Coming soon... 1.1 corn snakes
0.1 axanthic ball python

I wouldn't recommend mealworms as a primary food for anything.

Katrina

meal worms are fatty... i wouldn't sudgest a mealworm only diet for any lizard.. if you dont like crickets you should try roaches..

According to a nutrient analysis on Melissa Kaplan's website
(www.anapsid.org):

% fat
mealworm 14.9
cricket 30.2

Crickets are fattier than mealworms. In general, insects aren't low-fat items. The rest of the table also indicates mealworms have a better calcium/phosphorous ratio than crickets.

But in general I'd agree you shouldn't feed just one food item to any animal. And supplement to offset any deficiencies in the diet.

yea but dont leos and fat tails need a lot of fat

I know a fair amount about leos already and know that they are not what I'm looking for so there out. But, the leo that I am helping raise eats mostly meal worms with only about 15 crickets every 2 weeks. It get calcium powder and occasionally wax worms or super worms and it is doing perfectly. Now, with the lizard I would be getting I would be doing a similar thing depending on what it is suppose to eat. Meal worms offered every day, crickets, waxworms, superworms and maybe kingworms occasionally with whatever suppliments they need. But the size of tank is the problem. I want several and I dont' want to pay a fortune on lighting (again). But it wouldn't be too hard to keep a 10 gallon hot would it? Anyway, I would be happy with 2-3 lizards but I'm having trouble finding one with my specifications. Maybe it doesn't exist.
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1.0 ball python (vakker)
0.1 dogs
2.1 cockatiels
1.1 chinchillas
Coming soon... 1.1 corn snakes
0.1 axanthic ball python

I not sure but I think long-tailed grass lizards can be housed in a 10 gallon tank.