Sudan Plated Lizard
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== Housing == | == Housing == | ||
===Housing Size=== | ===Housing Size=== | ||
| + | Single plateds should be housed in no less than a 55 gal. (or 40 gal. breeder) tank as babies and young lizards. The temperature gradients cannot be achieved in anything less. Of course, bigger is better and you may quickly find you have run out of room in the 55 gal. I keep mine in a 75 gal. and even this has limited room with the extras. Though not an overly active lizard, it does appreciate the room offered by larger accommodations. A custom built cage would be ideal for a plated lizard. | ||
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| + | Here are some simple dimensions: | ||
| + | * 12” to 14” animals are housed in 5’L x 2’D x 2’H | ||
| + | ** 6’L x 2’D x 2’H or 4’L x 3’D x 2’H melamine cages for pairs & trios | ||
| + | * 14” to 24” animals are housed in 6’L x 3’D x 2'H | ||
| + | ** 54"L x 36"D x 18"H or 72"L x 28"D x 16"H for pairs & select trios of 1.2 | ||
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=== Substrate === | === Substrate === | ||
Plated lizards love to dig. They're very good at it. A fertilizer-free potting soil lightened with clean sand and orchid bark shreds will work well. Newspaper is easier to clean and easy to feed on, but they are made for burrowing and will do quite well on the substrate mixture. My plated enjoys the children's playsand very much, but not only did it make the already heavy cage even heavier, it was hard to keep the sand out of the food with his digging. I have offered him instead a kitty litter pan filled with sand and his hide sits in it. I will soon be changing to a covered rubbermaid container so the sand stays in it better. | Plated lizards love to dig. They're very good at it. A fertilizer-free potting soil lightened with clean sand and orchid bark shreds will work well. Newspaper is easier to clean and easy to feed on, but they are made for burrowing and will do quite well on the substrate mixture. My plated enjoys the children's playsand very much, but not only did it make the already heavy cage even heavier, it was hard to keep the sand out of the food with his digging. I have offered him instead a kitty litter pan filled with sand and his hide sits in it. I will soon be changing to a covered rubbermaid container so the sand stays in it better. | ||
