- How much space are you willing to devote to your lizard’s cage?
- If you will have more than one lizard, do you have room to house them separately, if necessary?
- Will you be willing to feed your lizard insects or rodents, or is a herbivore a better choice for you?
- Will your children and other family members be willing to learn how to properly handle a delicate lizard?
Important Factors in Making Your Choice
Now that you’ve decided to get a lizard, which one should you choose and why? The first and foremost consideration, aside from price, is the size to which your lizard will grow and the space that it needs. If your space is limited, you should start off with a lizard you can comfortably accommodate in your own living quarters. Baby iguanas may be inexpensive, cute and seemingly easy to care for, but it is important to remember that, if properly nurtured, an iguana will grow rapidly, reaching maximum lengths, including the tail, of 5 feet or so. They need plenty of room, sunlight and special facilities. The larger monitor lizards also grow to relatively great lengths. They are spectacular animals and well worth the efforts, but you have to be realistic about what you can provide your new lizard. There are many lizards that can be adequately housed in aquarium tanks 3 feet long and 1 foot or so wide.
Another consideration is food. Vegetarian lizards can be accommodated by the fresh or frozen produce section of your supermarket. In a pinch, monitor lizards can be fed canned dog food and the same sorts of meats, and even some vegetable matter, that we eat. A lot of lizards are insectivores. They need to be fed live insects such as crickets, wingless fruit flies, mealworms (Flour Beetle larvae) and other bugs and worms, all of which are available in your local pet or bait shop, or by mail from live food suppliers.
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