Saturday, May 22, 2010

How do you take care of a lizzard and how do i find out what kind it is?and how do i know what sex it is?

i just got a lizzard it is green but now it has brown mixed in with the green because i put stix and green leaves in the container that i got when i got the lizzard i know it is getting used to its new enviorment and i know it can eat crickets and i have to put it under a lamp at night and i have to clean its cage every week but is there anyone thant can tell me how to tell if it is a boy or girl and what is the best way to hold it and how do i know what kind it is and what other things can it eat. well my lizzard like i said is green and brown and it moves fast and it is about 7 or 8 in long and it has a pink toung. thanks for your help.
Answers:
Well the reason it turned a little brown is because you put sticks and stuff in there. Make sure that you always keep him under the light. Any type of reptile is cold blooded, which means the have to rely on the sun or any other type of heat source to stay warm. You can tell when your lizard is too cold when it is moving kind of slow. the lizard you described sounds like a "Green Anole". The only way you kind tell the sex is by having the oposite sex with it during mating season it will have a wierd thing pop out of its throat. i hope that this helped you out.
it is probably either a large green (American) anole or a small green iguana. Does it have spikes on its back? if it does then it is a iguana. If it is an anole then you can tell the difference between a male and a femal because males have a dewlap (a flap of skin under thier neck)
If you caught it in the wild I would suggest you let it go. You are obviously not ready to take care of it. Do some research on different types of lizards and propper care. When you're truly ready you can get another one.
Where di you buy it? I had an iguana and it was like green at first and then kinda purple on top. They told me not to feed it crickets because it can slog up their digestive tract. Feed it greens like collards or turnips, and carrots. Mine liked the carrots the most but my cuz said if you don't feed them greens theys lose their color. For snacks you are supposed to feed them strawberries or bananas but Haze really didn't like them. Also he loved to swim in the bathtub a few times a week. He was fast as hell too. In fact I tried to grab him one day and his tail came off. I cried. As for sex he told me that once the get older you can look between their legs if they have spots they are a boy and if not they are a girl or vicxe versa. I found alot of websites about them!!
Take it to a pet store and ask someone that works there. If not cared for properly it could die.

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