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Hopefully this will help at least 1 person if they are having trouble with giving their spiny/fence lizards water.

I just noticed my western fences doing something interesting. Most people i have talked to about how to give these lizards water say a shallow bowl or, more commonly, misting the sides of the cage work. I happened to spray the top of the cage which is wire mesh and now all of them like to go drinking hanging upside down on the top of the cage and completely ignore the other places I spray.

I figured I would make that a suggestion to somebody who is having difficulty with giving theirs water. It also seems to keep the substrate from becoming too moist.

-matt

Your lizards should always have a fresh bowl of water. Drinking from something like the screen lid sounds like they are not getting a bowl of water and have to climb up there to drink. A dog will drink from a dirty toilet if its not given water but that dosnt mean its good or healthy for them.

They do have a bowl which I change daily. My point was they seemed to prefer it from the screen. I assure you it is not because they don't have water available elsewhere. Thank you for the concern though.

-Matt
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