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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 2:47 pm Post subject: sudan plated lizards
i bought a sudan plated lizard and listened to all the advice i could on these dudes, but would like to hear from all of you, your take on these lizards. as far as care goes, the personality of it seems good, but how intelligent are they? how can i sex them?
Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 312 Location: Phoenix AZ
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:22 pm Post subject:
not so smart . I used to own two of them, they were nifty little animals to have. I feed them superworms, crickets, etc. and they would occasionally eat some fruit. I kept them together in a 3 ft by 1 ft enclosure, kept the humidity low and the heat high (80-85 amb., 100+ basking spot). On the cool side I had rock structure with stacked up flat rocks with lots of little crevices they could wedge themselves into - they seemed to like that. I also used UV lights, though I don't know if they are necessary (personally I use UV for everything but snakes and nocturnal geckos).
They were both pretty calm and didn't seem to enjoy being handled but tolerated it with no agression and minimal squirming.
I'd encourage you to do your own research, I have no idea if what I did was the best way to keep them, but it was what I had success with _________________ Elliot
damn I thought hey this thing is cute, and its docile so maybe it'll be a nice pet, the dude told me to keep him in a 20gallon Long, *cough* bullshit *cough* needless to say came home and found out that they liked to climb.
Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 312 Location: Phoenix AZ
Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2005 9:32 pm Post subject:
Well you could probably get by with a 20 gal - but that's definetly a bare minimum IMO. Do yours like to climb? odd...mine didn't... weeeiiirrdddd. Mabye we had/have different species - from what I remember there are a number of different species in the trade that all look pretty similar - enough that pet stores are probably mis-labeling a lot of what they sell. But hey good luck, they are cute and docile. _________________ Elliot
I don't know if mine likes to climb, I just read somewhere that they did so I thought it might.... heh he finally ate the crickets I HATE crickets but its the only food available until I find a place that sells roaches locally.
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. I used to own two of them, they were nifty little animals to have. I feed them superworms, crickets, etc. and they would occasionally eat some fruit. I kept them together in a 3 ft by 1 ft enclosure, kept the humidity low and the heat high (80-85 amb., 100+ basking spot). On the cool side I had rock structure with stacked up flat rocks with lots of little crevices they could wedge themselves into - they seemed to like that. I also used UV lights, though I don't know if they are necessary (personally I use UV for everything but snakes and nocturnal geckos).
