I appreciate your information, on hydration, also I am not agaisnt feeding a horned lizard mixed insects, as they are opportunistic in the wild do eat other insects, but scat analysis does show that ants as you said are the main diet. I assume your jesting about the "horned lizard gods", because any information I give out is done humbly and with the intent that someone might night have to spend the next 5 years coming up with some of the observations and experiences that others have come to......Also everyones opinion is relevant to the conversation which I highly prize as we all learn together about the natural history and husbandry of these great animals.



Another little trick for the sake of conversation with respect to water, is to get some 1/4" mesh screen and cut a piece out the same configuration as your shallow water bowl just alittle larger than the inside dcemonsion of the bowl or container, and then push it in the bowl then pull it out and turn it upside down and gently push it into the bowl so it locks down in the bowl solidly, then fill with water to the mesh screen. As the hl's cross the screen they smell and often see the water and lap the water through the screen with no sense of fear of getting wet or drowning. This has worked for me for years and I put a water bowl in every week or week in and half depending on the weather and if they have taken in any greens, depending on the specie. Cheers!
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