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#1 ·
I was building up a Leopard Gecko tank, and when I finally went to buy one I saw these guys and decided they'd probably make better use of the rock background I made. I bought 2 Girdled lizards that were being sold as Armadillo lizards :roll: if I'm wrong and these are something other than Girdled lizards, please correct me. I am new to lizards in general.

I could only get a pic of 1 of them, as the other is hiding in the rocks. Also I forgot to get a FTS, so that will have to wait :)

Let me know what you think!












 
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#5 ·
They grow to about 10 inches I believe.
They're both about 6.5" right now, and they live in a 24 gallon tank.
I think once they get a bit bigger I'll get them a new one, cause I got this one
for free and the glass is all scratched and stained and no matter what I use I
can't get it to look very good. I couldn't tell when it held fish, but now I sure can.
 
#8 ·
Sure I'll keep you updated.
The last couple days have not gone so smooth, as some crickets (5 or 6 that I know of) got out
of the tank. They climb up the fake vine I have and out a small hole where the screen top doesn't
quite meet the tank edge because of the thermostat cord.
Needless to say, the family was not so happy when one crawled across the living room floor, and
another was found in the bathroom in my Mom's room.
This bring about the question.. does anyone know of anything i can put along the edge of the
tank to keep the crickets in that would not be toxic to lizards?
Or alternatively, can anyone suggest a good staple food that can't crawl out of my tank? lol.
I either solve the problem or get rid of the lizards :S

Anyways, thanks for being so interested in this, I didn't think anyone would be lol. And I'll get
that FTS up sometime this weekend, I have lots to do though!
 
#9 ·
FTS(full tank shot) will be great to see.
as for the crickets,that's why i changed to locus.
finding a cricket in my bed was just to much to take!!
and as for interest,it does really interest me :)
having geckos opens the reptile world up for me,and i love to see the
different ones that grace our lives. Jpet has some wonderfull Spiders,
try placing some aluminum(sp)foil around the cord and see if that helps.
i don't think they can cross it,when you get five mins to yourself post a picture
of the back of the tank where the trouble is,and we can see what else we can suggest.
 
#12 ·
Thanks Willow! That was a whole lot of info lol. How do locusts differ from
crickets as far as escaping goes? That tin foil idea is a good one too, I'll
have to test it.
As far as the area on the tank where they get out, I've just stuffed some
toilet paper in there for the time being, I'm not sure if it works because I
don't know how many originally got out, or how many are currently in the
tank because of the huge amount of hiding spaces they have. I will still get
a couple pictures of it though and you can let me know what you think.

Aunt Kymmie, my lizards do love meal worms and they get them frequently,
I'm just worried about nutritional value. You can't gut load a meal worm like you
can a cricket. I dust them with calcium+vitamin D3 powder prior to feeding, but
I still don't think it's a good staple food. More of a quick snack :)
 
#14 ·
Thanks Willow! That was a whole lot of info lol. How do locusts differ from
crickets as far as escaping goes? That tin foil idea is a good one too, I'll
have to test it.
As far as the area on the tank where they get out, I've just stuffed some
toilet paper in there for the time being, I'm not sure if it works because I
don't know how many originally got out, or how many are currently in the
tank because of the huge amount of hiding spaces they have. I will still get
a couple pictures of it though and you can let me know what you think.

Aunt Kymmie, my lizards do love meal worms and they get them frequently,
I'm just worried about nutritional value. You can't gut load a meal worm like you
can a cricket. I dust them with calcium+vitamin D3 powder prior to feeding, but
I still don't think it's a good staple food. More of a quick snack :)
hi
toilet paper is fine. :)
well locus can still get out,as they are good climbers even on glass !
although you could take the legs off.
howerer i don't find them offensive to see if one does escape.
they just like grass hoppers to me,and luckily they don't bother me,
unlike Tangy who use to frequent these boards,,,,,,,,anyhoo
leave some apple,orange or lettus in the tank,and you should get to see how many crickets
are in there,the problem with non eaten crickets is that,they can turn on your lizard
and pick at them for something to eat:shock: and be anoying,or they can hide away
in a rock and die :sick:
as for the mealworms,i find putting apple dusted in powder in with them,never
seems to last very long they munch it real quick.
the other thing i do is just dip them(whatever they are getting)in the powder as i feed them.
i did that to one of my sick geckos,i squished the bum of a wax worm diped it in some
calcium powder then wiped it around the geckos mouth,so when she licked her mouth
the powder was going in.
 
#16 ·
now all you need is a lizard,so you "kill two birds with one stone"
kitty exerciser and lizard dinner !!
did you really need an excuse to get some other kind of tank. :lol:
 
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