i have a blue tongue lizard what things do i need in his encloser?

Question

i have a blue tongue lizard what things do i need in his encloser i have a water boil a food boil 2 hiding spots and a heater rock what else do i need in my cage

Answer 1

You'll want at least a 20 gallon tank. A uva/uvb light for calcium or else the lizard's bones will brittle and it'll just die slowly. You'll want a heating lamp.

I always read that heating rocks are bad because it burns the lizards but, I'm not so sure about that one. You'll want substrate(fake dirt).

Probably some fake tree to climb if you don't already have one.

Answer 2

If you are speaking of the Blue Tongued Skink, which is from Africa, it is a wonderful pet that gets to be about 18" long so it needs a nice large area for moving around. This lizard will also live with Bearded Dragons and some kinds of Uromastyx. Be sure to have a large enough hiding are and make sure the cage is hot enough. There are much better alternatives than a heat rock. We recommend A CHE-ceramic heat emitter. There are several sizes for different size cages and they last for a long time. Heat rocks are not a regulated temperature and if your lizard is small, the heat rock will dehydrate it.

Answer 3

Lizard Enclosure

Answer 4

Equipment needed

Indoor Enclosures
Juvenile blue-tongue lizards will need to be housed indoors. A suitable enclosure to house juveniles would be about 60cm x 30cm x 30cm. To house up to 3 adults, a 120cm long enclosure would be ideal. Remember, it is impossible to provide too large an enclosure, but if you provide one that is too small, you risk stressing your lizard.

It is very important that your enclosure has adequate ventilation and is easily cleanable. Never house lizards in cardboard boxes, as they will quickly claw their way through.

Enclosure Furnishing
Too many furnishings can provide problems with cleaning. You will also find that blue-tongues when kept in confined areas will be relatively destructive. Remember, blue-tongues do not ‘play’ so do not need many things.

You will need a closely fitting hide area. This can be a purpose bought hiding den, a hollowed log or a PVC pipe. You may want to also put a flat rock or log in for the lizard under the basking light. Branches are unnecessary as blue-tongues are not big climbers, and branches will often aid a blue-tongue to escape, or if it falls, it may injure itself. A rough rock in the enlcosure can help with shedding.

Blue-tongues will need a water bowl that is not too deep and away from the basking site. Some blue-tongues will bath in the water bowl, so make sure it is big enough for the size of your lizard. This is especially important when shedding.

Substrate
There are many different materials that can be used for a substrate. The easiest is butchers paper or newspaper, although blue-tongues may have difficulty getting traction on paper. If you would like a more aesthetically pleasing substrate you could use artificial turf, aquarium gravel, red sand, lizard litter or bark chips.

Outdoor Enclosures
Once your blue-tongue has gone through it’s first winter indoors, you can move it to an outdoor enclosure (provided you live in an area where Eastern Blue-tongue Lizards occur naturally – you would not for example, keep a Blue-tongue native to Queensland outside during a Victorian winter).

One of the big advantages of housing your blue-tongue outdoors is that there is ample UV light from the sun which is beneficial. With this in mind, placement of an outdoor enclosure should be where full sun is available for most of the day. Provide shady areas, such as hollow logs, so that your lizard can retreat when it gets too hot. A water dish large enough to bath in is also needed.

The walls of the enclosure should be smooth, and not be made with chicken wire as the lizards may damage their nose by rubbing against it. Sheets of metal are perfect. Walls should be sunk into the ground about 20cm, and extend upwards to a height of at least 60cm. If cats, dogs or birds are a problem, you may have to cover the top with wire or netting.

In outdoor enclosures you can provide many different plants to provide a more natural environment for your lizard. Generally speaking, any of the native plants are suitable for lizards, but if you are unsure as to which plants are safe, ask our staff or enquire at your local plant nursery.



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Answer 5

Your best bet is to look it up on the internet, go to google, and search Blue Tongue Lizard Caresheets, I bet he wants a hid box and some fake plants though

Answer 6

Cats are avid hunters. I know this for a fact because I don't know how many "presents" (birds, snakes, mice, chipmunks, etc.)I got from my cats when they go outside. If the lizard is smart enough it will run off before the cat gets a chance to catch it. Unfortunatly there is really nothing you can do and just hope for the best for the lizard.

Answer 7

I would remove the heater rock and substitute som under tank heaters and a heat lamp if needed. Heat rocks have been known to malfunction and bur reptiles. And some reptile can get burned on it even when it is opperating normally. (Reptiles don't experiance pain in the same way (that's what I heard) and so will not move if something is burning them.)