What do lizards eat?
Lizards are one of the most common species of reptiles on earth. However, few know what is included in the diet of lizards.
In this article, we'll look at what lizards eat. Consider the ration of reptiles relatively small and large species of lizards.
The ration of small specimens
The most common on the planet are small lizards,The lizards are real, mainly eat insects. Larger species can feed on small vertebrates. As a rule, such lizards hunt because of shelter. It is worth saying that among the small species of lizards there are also those that are not carnivorous. Such lizards prefer to eat fruits and berries.
Some individuals of small lizards, for example,South Asian lizard eat ants. To catch prey, the lizard uses its tongue, which is covered with a special sticky substance. Larger representatives eat fish, turtles, frogs, crabs and other arthropods. Often lizards use poison for hunting, which may not be dangerous to humans, but be fatal to other animals. To such lizards is the gila monster.
Diet of large lizards
Such large lizards as lizards, usuallythey hunt large animals. Their diet can include animals of cattle or deer, antelope and gazelle. We emphasize that we are talking about especially large lizards, they include the so-called dragons of the Komod Islands. However, among the lizards there are also smaller species that eat the eggs of other reptiles. For example, crocodiles. By the way, the crocodiles themselves do not belong to the suborder of lizards.
What do lizards eat?
The diet of domestic lizards as a whole does not differ fromthe diet of their wild relatives. Large lizards can be fed with fish, small snakes, eggs of birds, and can also be given vegetable feed. In addition, many lizards can eat fruits and vegetables. The most common type of food for carnivorous lizards are insects, for example, earthworms, moths, beetles, flies, larvae of various species of insects.
As for small species of lizards, for example,gecko, a lizard's sweep, a yellow-belly, a green lizard, then insects, various mixtures of vegetables and fruits, as well as vegetable feeds are perfect for them.
When feeding lizards, it is necessary to take into account their waking period. After all, lizards are divided into two types, one of which is awake at night, and the other - in the afternoon.
Lizards can not be fed with food that wastreated with chemicals. Some of the lizards can not eat for a long time, while it is important to know that in such cases it is necessary to use force feeding. Forced feeding is used in cases where, as a result of prolonged fasting of the lizard, bones appear at the base of the tail. Forced feeding lasts for two to three days. After this, the animal must begin to eat itself. If this does not happen, the forced feeding continues.
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