Sceloporus occidentalis this time of year especially don’t always take prey in captivity, Give them a little while. Try every couple of days. Some Sceloporus I have worked with would not take prey in captivity at all. You must be careful with feeding meal worms to this species as they don’t always have the best time digesting them. If you are to feed meal worms feed ones that are newly shed, they will have a somewhat light or sometimes a pink appearance. This means the worms are softer and easier digested. All of my current Sceloporus are wild caught and prey on crickets purchased from my local pet store. Sceloporus occidentalis are a visual species meaning they rely highly on there preys movements to stimulate a feeding response. This mean the more the prey moves the more likely they are to go for it. Meal worms are a low and slow moving prey so you may not always get desired results with them. Crickets on the other hand are a highly mobile prey and seem to excite the lizards a lot more. Don’t put to many crickets in the enclosure at once as this can produce undesirable results. Only put maybe 1-2 crickets per inde3vidual in the enclosure. Once they are gone add some more. Of there are any prey items left in the enclosure after feeding is over remove them and store for the next feeding. There are many very good care sheets for Sceloporus occidentalis online as well as sheets explaining how to maintain live prey items. I would suggest reading several of each. Sceloporus occidentalis are my #1 research interest so I to would be more than happy to answer any questions you may have on any scale of the husbandry of this species. How many of them are you attempting to maintain?
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