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Posted by Esther on July 05, 2002 at 03:09:14:

In Reply to: fence lizard posted by J. Stricklin on July 04, 2002 at 23:31:26:

Baby lizards which are newly-hatched still have a bit of the yolk in their stomachs, nourishing them. They usually don't eat for a couple of days after hatching. Make sure you have water available for them, and that it's not too deep that they could fall in and drown in it. They will go right after small pinhead crickets, which you should gut-load with cricket gut-loading food for 24 hrs. before you feed them to the lizards. Every third time, you should do the "shake and bake" thing with a very small amount of a good calcium powder for reptiles. You should have a good UVB light over them to encourage good bone development and prevent metabolic bone disease, like a Reptisun 5.0. And an incandescent basking light of maybe 40W. Be very careful NOT to OVERHEAT them--make sure there's plenty of ventilation for heat to escape their tank. Tiny lizards overheat easily. They will like some stable piles of flat rocks to hang out on, as well as some driftwood branches.

Make sure the mesh on your screen top is the medium mesh, not the fine one like the screen on a window, or too much of the UVB rays will be filtered out and not be able to benefit your little ones.

Good luck, and enjoy them!

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: Baby lizards which are newly-hatched still have a bit of the yolk in their stomachs, nourishing them. They usually don't eat for a couple of days after hatching. Make sure you have water available for them, and that it's not too deep that they could fall in and drown in it. They will go right after small pinhead crickets, which you should gut-load with cricket gut-loading food for 24 hrs. before you feed them to the lizards. Every third time, you should do the "shake and bake" thing with a very small amount of a good calcium powder for reptiles. You should have a good UVB light over them to encourage good bone development and prevent metabolic bone disease, like a Reptisun 5.0. And an incandescent basking light of maybe 40W. Be very careful NOT to OVERHEAT them--make sure there's plenty of ventilation for heat to escape their tank. Tiny lizards overheat easily. They will like some stable piles of flat rocks to hang out on, as well as some driftwood branches. : Make sure the mesh on your screen top is the medium mesh, not the fine one like the screen on a window, or too much of the UVB rays will be filtered out and not be able to benefit your little ones. : Good luck, and enjoy them!

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