Somehow I just ended up with two adult horny toads. They are currently in a ten gallon aquarium. Help. I have no idea what to do now. How do I water these buggers?
Put some real or plastic vegetation in the cage and spray it. The lizards will lap the moisture off the leaves. You can put a small dish of water in the cage, but they usually don’t have pools of water where they live.
The problem is that horned lizards normally eat ants. You can try mealworms and wax worms to see if they work, but your best bet is to get a care sheet: Try www.repticzone.com. Also, ask your nearest pet shop that specializes in reptiles what you can feed them. You also need to pay attention to warmth (they tend to like it very warm during the day) and humidity (they live in dry climates).
Get some good advice or your horney toads will soon be dead.
Good luck!
October 17th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Put some real or plastic vegetation in the cage and spray it. The lizards will lap the moisture off the leaves. You can put a small dish of water in the cage, but they usually don’t have pools of water where they live.
The problem is that horned lizards normally eat ants. You can try mealworms and wax worms to see if they work, but your best bet is to get a care sheet: Try http://www.repticzone.com. Also, ask your nearest pet shop that specializes in reptiles what you can feed them. You also need to pay attention to warmth (they tend to like it very warm during the day) and humidity (they live in dry climates).
Get some good advice or your horney toads will soon be dead.
Good luck!
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October 17th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
please explain how you ended up with them as in alot of states wild collection is illegal
well basking spot of 95-100F 10-12% UVB, you’ll need a colony of ants (like havester ants) to feed them as 70% of there diet needs to be ants. they tend to not do well in captivity if you dont know what you doing: this seems a goodish caresheet http://www.repticzone.com/caresheets/1339.html
honestly tho i would recommend you get yourself signed up to a good active forum reptile forum so you can get more on hand advice yahoo answers isnt the best place when u need good help fast
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