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Hi Everyone,

I live in South San Francisco, CA (San Mateo County) and my uncle who lives a few blocks away found this lizard standing on his slippers in the garage.

He picked it up and put it in a plastic jar for my little cousins to eyeball before he set it free, but I felt so bad for the little guy that I put him into a 70 gallon enclosure that I had lying around with lots of bark and climbing areas in the middle, rocks on the corners, a hide log, a water dish, and branches my little cousins added in because they wanted to be helpful . I want to make sure he'll be eating right and fatten up a bit before we decide to let him go.

So... what is it? I looked around and I'm assuming it's a Western Fence Lizard, but I want to be sure so I know what else to feed him other than med-size dusted crickets. He does NOT have any blue on the throat or abdomen.

Thank you

- Aimee

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Aimee Salazar
small_scales@yahoo.com

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Thank you I changed its habitat from having a paper towel substrate to soil - and I added much more hiding places with branches, bark, and some plants and it's doing a lot better! Thanks!
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Aimee Salazar
small_scales@yahoo.com

I raised one of these from a juvy a long time ago(i found her lurking in my shoe no longer than my pinky finger). She lived to be about 8-9 years old. Very interesting animal although not always the most active. Just make sure you watch out for mites and other parasites if he/she is wild caught.