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How Do You Care For A Baby Lizard?

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Ok, for a baby lizard, a good water source is water, shallow so he doesn't drown, in a bottle cap. Every day refill the cap with GOOD, and, CLEAN water. Sometimes they go to the bathroom in their water, and you don't want the 'lil' guy eating it, thinking it's food. Also, every day check the cage, for bug carcass, or poop. When you clean the tank, don't use soap. If you use soap, and if the lizard gets soap in his mouth or eyes, it can hurt him. Oh, did I mention food? The best food when I catch lizards is mainly ants. Not the red ones though, because, since red ants can sting, and they are half the size of a small baby lizard, it will hurt the lizard in his stomach. Some good food is small meal worms for the average baby lizard, small fruit flies, non poisonous spiders, ants (the best choice, for me at least), and small crickets. Anything is fine, BUT no poisonous bugs and no bugs, bigger then the lizards' head. Ok, if you ever see the lizards' skin BAGGING then let him go. He is dehydrated. If you don't want your lizard to get dehydrated, be a good owner: Spray the cage with non-soapy water with a sprayer. If you THINK he is dehydrated, thinking is alright. Put a dab of water on the lizards' back. The moisture will soak into his/her skin. Don't feel mad at yourself if for the first time the lizard doesn't eat. He is scared, more scared then anything. You just CAUGHT him! He thinks your going to EAT him. To prevent him of thinking your going to eat him, hold him in your hands, lay him back on his belly and calm him down by rubbing his belly. This kind of hypnotizes him. Also, to get him to know his/her owner, I would recommend to hold him a lot to form a bond with you, which means he is getting to know you and to get over the fact that you're going to eat him. When you drop food in his cage, don't make any sudden movements. That will make his stressed. Take about 3-feet back when you put food in his cage. If doing so, he won't feel like he is being watched. He might think the food is toxic/poisonous, and not eat if your standing there, wide-eyed. If you can't find your lizard under bark, rocks, etc., don't worry. Lizards burrow under the ground when they go to sleep so they can get some peace, and, quiet. Also, think about it, in the wild they burrow because if a bird, raccoon, etc. Came along, they'd be safe, just like they think your a predator to them. If you find an injured lizard, I am sorry, leave the lizard alone. You will just cause more effect on the injury if you pick him up. Sadly, you have to leave him there. DON'T squish lizards when they are injured. They may survive for all you know. It would be cruel to squash the poor little guy. If the lizard has an injured eye, that is acceptable. You make pick him up and help him back to health, and form a bond with him. :D But, if you find a lizard with an injured eye, and when you drop food into his cage, he bumps into the side, and can't find his food, let him go. It won't be any help to the little guy. For a small lizard, I would recommend about a 10-gallon tank. Bigger, is awesome. The more space, the happier the lizard. The male lizards have a blue dot on their chins and dark blue on their bellies. The females have a light-greenish blue and no blue dot on their chin. Anymore questions or comments? Ask me! I'd be happy to answer! Hope this helped!
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At night, go to your flood light, it attracts insects, scoop them up with a net, or cup and cover the top quickly. Put cup in refrigerator for 15 seconds, this slows down the bugs making them easy to transport. Dump them in the tank.
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My friend and I also found little baby LIZARDS three of them . I would recommend feeding them dead squished ants or look in your yard an find flies squish them and give him as many ants and flies as you possibly can hope I helped keep on trying its a little bit hard at first ****** if you have any more questions **** please ask
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You would get help by asking the local pet store, also I'm a lizard breeder and now containing 12 lizards so when the first hatch if you keep make sure to have a heating lamp, and enough room to stretch or run around. Also keep fresh water and feed it mule worms or  small crickets. Make sure if you do get more lizards don't cram to many in a cage and when they get old enough to survive in the wild you should let the go and fend for themselves. Also if anyone is looking for baby lizards I have 5 and I'm letting 5 adults leave and breeding the other two again
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Do some research and see what type of lizard it is, if it is an Anole they like to eat insects and drink droplets of water off of plants and other things. It's embedded in their DNA to hunt for food, so you could go out to a pet store and buy some bugs and let them go in it's cage, and it should eat some. The bugs should be no bigger than half the size of the lizards' head.
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It will eat apples {small peices} insects NOT PLANTS!!!!!  you have to feed it put your hand down it's throat and it'll open it's mouth then eat you have to feed it
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Probably will eat ground meal worms until it's big enough to eat small crickets.
I'd ask at the local pet store, to be sure.
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Maybe you should watch it for a little wile 2 see what it does and if it just stays there take he lizard 2 a veterinarian or a specialist 2 answer your question.
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You should probably feed it because it might not survive the things I would recommend you get for it are small crickets and small mule worms from the pet shop  possibly wax worms I am not sure if it would be good for the young or first born you can check tho

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