a few reptile Q's

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can a fire skink live with an alligator lizrd? or a few fire skinks.

can u feed anols to your snake?
and
can a matamata turtle be kept with a redear slider?
 
can a fire skink live with an alligator lizrd? or a few fire skinks.

probably - but mixing species is a bad idea in general

can u feed anols to your snake?

yes - if your snake will eat them


can a matamata turtle be kept with a redear slider?

Sorry - I don't honestly know much about turtles - but if pressed I'd half to reinterate my early suggestion - just don't mix species


best solution -

just get a tegu...duh :y220d:
 
best solution -

just get a tegu...duh :y220d:[/QUOTE]

lol. i wish, i dont have the room.or the time to tame it. i kinda like the small lizards 'cause instaed of playin with them on the floor or outside on the grass, you can do it on the computer desk :hitting:
 
nativelover said:
can a fire skink live with an alligator lizrd? or a few fire skinks.

can u feed anols to your snake?
and
can a matamata turtle be kept with a redear slider?
Red ears will do okay with the matamata but need a sturdy sunning spot and should start smaller. Many snakes and lizards will eat green anoles, I feed them to my tokays, Cuban anoles get pretty big and will eat small snakes. Alligator lizards are notorious for eating other lizards and have jaws strong enough to do damage to lizards their own size.
 
cenecker said:
probably - but mixing species is a bad idea in general



yes - if your snake will eat them




Sorry - I don't honestly know much about turtles - but if pressed I'd half to reinterate my early suggestion - just don't mix species




best solution -

just get a tegu...duh :y220d:

If you wanna know anything about turtles i reckon your best man in here would be RAYMAN45 ask him he seem's to know what he's on about.
 
DanDanThePiranhaMan said:
If you wanna know anything about turtles i reckon your best man in here would be RAYMAN45 ask him he seem's to know what he's on about.

okay. ill wait for him to browse through. lol.


hurry RAY!
 
I don't know about the skinks but I do know a little about feeding snakes. Most snakes will readily eat anoles (snakes small enough that is). They have a habit of being picky eaters once introduced to a natural food source (chikens, anoles, frogs, ext.) though. Sometimes they will refuse the regular food items. It would not be as cheap or as easy to obtain anoles as it is to get rodents. So unless you have a steady supply of anoles (breeding them?) I would not suggest anoles. They can be helpful in getting wild caught or baby tropical snakes to start eating, but would try to switch to rodents as soon as possible.
 
Wild caught anoles and fence swifts are bad news as feeders because they almost always carry ticks or mites that can overrun a herp tank. If you have problems with rodent and your snake or predator lizard is big enough try fresh hatched chickens, a lot of granges, feed stores, or hatcheries sell them cheaper than pet store weaner rats.
 
oh, i wasnt catching them, a petstor down the street gets them ineveryonce in awhile and he sells them for like $4 a piece, and their like 6 inches long. and their green, idk if there differ types but these ones are green and i think have a brownish bottom. i think.
 
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