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.