Quote from above "Unfortunately I have been searching all morning for a study that has looked at the total body fat of whole lizards and I have not been able to find anything concrete. I will keep looking. After performing necropsy on many lizards (mostly iguanas, beardies, and leopards) I doubt that their body fat percentage is much different just based on visible fat stores... but I could be wrong and maybe a true lizard diet is markedly different in this regard."



HAHA I don't think that you can open up captive lizards and compare that to what a BHP would be eating in the wild. Captive beardies are way overweight compared to wild beardies. Same with everything else in captivity. Looking at the wild iggies in Florida would be a fair comparison in a way but that is about it.

One big thing being left out is famine and hunting activity. BHP are seek and destroy type predators more than ambush. They get a lot of activity in the wild and besides Derek taking his out for a walk I am not aware of anybody else that really lets them cruise like they should. I would highly recommend (though I can't currently provide it myself) large enclosures that also provides height and climbing opportunities.

Jason

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