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08-10-16, 02:49 PM
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Breeding Feeder Lizards
A curiousity question.
Has anyone managed to breed feeder lizards?
The impulse to ask this question is Riddick's new snake that is a lizard eater and there not being a lot of places to source food from.
A look online shows that anoles are difficult. There has been limited mention of spiny lizards as well.
Might be a nice departure from mice to talk about despite maybe becoming a touchy subject, feeding herps to herps. (For some)
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08-10-16, 04:43 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
Hey, the best lizards are bearded dragons or leopard geckos, they're much more prolific than anoles/easier to set up/and will breed like crazy, I've fed still born leopard geckos to my monitor.
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08-10-16, 04:59 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
I've actually thought about leopard geckos since they seem to breed easy but I really don't want to care for a bunch of lizards.
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08-10-16, 05:44 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
Well they would certainly be simpler to care for than a couple of anoles, 1 male and 3 females in a 55 gallon bioactive enclosure, you could get 6+ eggs per month, honesty all you would do is throw a handful of roaches in every night, and your set
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08-10-16, 05:45 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
Yeah, the care and relatively slow growth would be a big deterrent.
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08-10-16, 06:45 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
I had a "lizard eater" for years, It was easy to scent train and switch to mice. I used anole sheds and wrapped the shed skin around pinkies until the snake eventually took the mice without scenting.
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08-11-16, 03:33 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
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Originally Posted by sirtalis
Hey, the best lizards are bearded dragons or leopard geckos, they're much more prolific than anoles/easier to set up/and will breed like crazy, I've fed still born leopard geckos to my monitor.
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Good choices. I would also go with pictus geckos. Breed at a more crazy rate!
I would also consider finding someone who breeds a lot and get their deformities, still borns and etc.
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08-12-16, 10:29 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
@Aaron_S Never thought of using those, it's interesting how some people consider certain reptiles (anoles, house geckos, etc) as feeders while the more commonly kept "pet" reptiles are not.
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08-13-16, 04:55 AM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
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@Aaron_S Never thought of using those, it's interesting how some people consider certain reptiles (anoles, house geckos, etc) as feeders while the more commonly kept "pet" reptiles are not.
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Probably tied to the touchy feeling of some about feeding 'pets'. When feeders are looked at as feeders it detaches from the emotional side. While in reality your 'pet' comes down to what species and in some cases specific animal you want to keep and care for while others have use as purposeful food source. Some keep pet rats while feeding rats to their snakes.
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08-13-16, 05:07 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
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@Aaron_S Never thought of using those, it's interesting how some people consider certain reptiles (anoles, house geckos, etc) as feeders while the more commonly kept "pet" reptiles are not.
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Not gonna lie, it's weird seeing ball pythons being eaten by king cobras and indigos in pics on the net at first. It gets easier though and I completely understand they why it happens.
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08-14-16, 12:01 AM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
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Not gonna lie, it's weird seeing ball pythons being eaten by king cobras and indigos in pics on the net at first. It gets easier though and I completely understand they why it happens.
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I get where your coming from, I own and [kinda of] breed a few Leopard Geckos and honestly I felt a bit weird feeding one of my still borns to my monitor haha
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08-14-16, 06:24 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
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I get where your coming from, I own and [kinda of] breed a few Leopard Geckos and honestly I felt a bit weird feeding one of my still borns to my monitor haha
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My buddy fed some to his blue tongue skink in the past. She slowly ate them over a day or two.
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08-17-16, 08:51 PM
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Re: Breeding Feeder Lizards
Feeder lizards are like 2$ each or less depending on where you are. I know in my case, I probably couldn't breed anything that cheap plus it would take time an energy but if you need a very small size or something might be the only way to ensure a large amount of the right size at the right time,
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