Short-horned Lizard Care Sheet

Short-horned lizards are found in many States like Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana. Some people say that they are hard to care for because they can squirt blood from their eyes. This is a defense for land predators but will not work for birds.

FEEDING-

A Short-horned lizard eats Harvester ants as a main food. You can also feed them crickets or mealworms as a treat. If you catch the lizard in the wild you can catch the ants for food, the ants make up to 90 percent of the lizards diet and the lizard will eat probably 100 ants in a day.

HOUSING-
                                                         
Short-horned lizards need a ten gallon tank per lizard or a critter keeper, but with a critter keeper you can't use a heat pad because it will melt the tank; if you have other pets like a dog or cat you should put a lid on top of the tank.

TANK STUFF-

A water dish is needed so your lizard can drink out of it. Some people say that if your lizard does not drink you should spray your lizards back, but do not do this because this can lead to skin disease. A better idea is to spray the plant in the cage because this mimics the wild. Sand is needed, three to four inches, because they like to burrow in it.

                                                                                                                                                                       
                                       

Fire Bellied Toad Care Sheet

A Fire Bellied Toad is a small frog. People often buy this frog because it is easy to care for. This isn't really a toad, people call it a toad because of its warty skin; and plus toads don't jump but this frog does jump.

FEEDING -

A Fire Bellied Toad will eat crickets and mealworms, but in the wild they will eat anything that can fit in their mouth. Remove any uneaten food, this helps in three ways :

1. You should count how many insects you put in their tank and see how many insects he eats in five minutes.

2. It helps you save food for your frog.

3. If you keep the insects in the tank they might bite the frog.

HOUSING -

Fire bellied toads need at least five gallons of aquarium space per frog. If you put them in an aquarium, put a screen on the top to make sure they don't escape. A "Critter Keeper" is a good plastic tank for your frog, it comes with the tank and the lid.

TANK MATES -

A Fire Bellied Newt might be a good tank mate. If you mix them make sure they are the same size. Bigger Fire Bellied Toads might  injure or kill the newt; but the main reason not to mix them is because they each have toxins that can kill each other. You can put guppies in the tank but the frog might eat eat them. Practically the only thing you can put in the tank that won't get hurt would be another frog that is the same species, never mix amphibians.

WATER -

Water is more important to amphibians than people. If a amphibian doesn't have water it will die, so for the frog half of the aquarium should be land and half water. You can put a water dish in the tank but you should mist the tank because an amphibian drinks water through its skin the same way as they breath.

TANK DECORATIONS -

You should put plants in the tank so the frog feels more comfortable, also you should put a background in there. You could also put a waterfall in the tank.

LIGHTING -

A Fire Bellied Toad doesn't need a light unless you live somewhere where its extremely cold.

I hope this helps you take care of your Fire Bellied Toad.