How Do You Feed A Pet Lizard?
Enjoying a lizard as a pet starts with knowing how best to care for one. You must know the particular foods your breed of lizard will eat; some are vegetarians while others are not. Learn how to feed your breed of pet lizard properly and ensure its health and quality of life in captivity. Know that most lizards eat insects like crickets and mealworms. To balance their diets it’s best if the insects are coated in calcium and/or a vitamin powder. Live crickets can be bought either at your local pet store or over the Internet. Discover that some lizards have vegetarian diets. Some examples of what they like are green leafy vegetables, green beans, snap peas and fruits such as figs and peaches. They also benefit from vegetable-based protein sources like rolled oats to round out their diets. Realize that some larger lizards will eat small rodents. These can be ordered over the Internet and will be shipped frozen to your home. Find that the time of day you feed your lizard can be very critic
