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Picked these 2 up this morning and ugliest yet cutest lizards I've seen. Love how they his and lunge reminds me of my W. Hognose Juve.

Nice babies! Congrats! Welcome to the addiction. You seem to be a very proud owner by the pics. I know you're gonna enjoy them. Be extra careful with your vicious babies. They hiss, huff, puff, lunge, n try to bite like crazy. Unlike hognose or some other herps they mean business. Most of my adults have mellowed out but I 've been chased out my lizard room by one of my big males before.

Fyi friend I keep my lizards in 66qt sterlite boxes with the hinged locking lids I buy at Walmart....Their footprints roughly 2ftX3.5ft. Keep the back about 86f for `12 hours a day with flexwatt n keep big water dishes with um all the time. Big thing I noticed about a beaded much much different than a gila is their metabolism is much higher. A beaded the same size as a gila on average can eat more than twice as much. When my beadeds are growing up,they are bottomless pits but my gilas can eat a mouse a week an still be very meaty. I've seen a lot of beadeds out there not getting enough grub even from people who think they are the "world's greatest" at the hobbie. With just two you'll have no problem letting them pound and before ya know it have two lil'godzillas on your hands....

Peace

Dennis

Thanks Dennis for the info. Nice pic that hope to replicate in a few years.
I plan to buy a couple of cage for down the road. I was thinking 4x2x2 . Is this too small or should i get 5ft long?
My other question what make for easier handling and cleanng, sliding doors or swinging doors. I know it's preference but I haven't used them so I wouldn't know either way.

Hope you don't mind me asking alot of questions. It pretty slow here and unlike most herps there's not alot of basic info on these guys..

As long as you make certain the babies are thermoregulating n drinking on their own, I'd say bigger the cage the better for them. As babies they may be intimidated by a huge cage for a while but they'll adjust quick I'd bet.

Provide them with a humid hide in addition to a dry shelter of sorts. As babies they grow so fast, they shed constantly. They got pretty thick skin and in dry set ups it can build up easy or make the little guys so tight it iterfers with digestion....plus they love a butter dish with a hole in the lid full of damp peat.

Good Luck

Peace
Dennis

I am using eco earth so mine will just dig out a sleeping hole . When I feed him I put down a napkin & lure him over to it so that he won't eat any of the bedding . As for humidity the bedding will take care of that . The only downfall is that the water bowl needs to be cleaned daily . He actually ate today but I did have to dip the fuzzy in egg in order for him to eat .

I picked up 1 from Doug today . Mean ass little boogers aren't they . Do you just reach down & pick them up ? I was kinda afraid at first . I'm still waiting on the bedding to dry up .

Open the image in a new tab to view my photo of it .