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Post by althepalme on Jul 16, 2007 21:43:38 GMT
My dad has already posted 5 pictures of my baby lizards earlier but this is my deformed lizard. As you can see it is blind in one eye, has a crushed jaw and has three legs. It was born with these defects.  |
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lee
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Post by lee on Jul 20, 2007 20:31:05 GMT
So i take it this lizard is still alive is it eating and developing?
How easy did you find it to breed common lizards and what is your set up as i have a vision of keeping them in my garden in an outdoor viv thinking of using perspex for walls and breeding them to hopefully release the young back onto local sites that seem suitable but where they are absent.
good pictures
Lee
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phil
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Post by phil on Jul 20, 2007 22:24:24 GMT
against my sons wishes i euthenised the lizard, as i thought it unfair to prolong this kind of existence. common lizards are not difficult to breed under artificial conditions so i should imagine it would be even less troublesome in an outdoor enclosure. contrary to the needs of most other lacertids one of the main criteria for successful husbandry appears to be maintaining relatively low temperatures, certainly less than 30c with a good winter brumation period. ours were overwintered in a spare fridge which i keep in the shed at about 4 degrees c. but if suitable hibernacula can be incorporated into your outdoor enclosure that would be even better providing its frostproof and well drained. i hope you find them as rewarding (and prolific, we now have 24 babies)as we do. if anyone needs a couple of babies to build a colony let us know. we can't sell them as they are only f1 captive bred but your welcome to a couple if you can either collect or pay for carriage
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