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 #1774815


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 Humidity

i think blue bellies should have somewhere around 50 to 70% humidity ( i think ) but will higher levels of humidity pose a problem for them
06/26/08  07:18pm

 #1775474


Greatballzofire
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Too much humidity will cause problems. Installing a humidity gauge is a good thing. They like it a little on the dry side. I have 4 inch pots of grass in my tubs for the grasshoppers to eat while they wait to be eaten by my bluebellies. I mist these pots (one pot in each tank) every morning. I also keep a bowl of water with a rock in it for the grasshoppers to crawl onto if they fall in the water, and the lizards can lick the rock for water. Under the bowl I have some moss for a little moisture. I am using aspen substrate as it is easier to keep clean than soil, although I do have a pan of moistened vermiculite with a piece of bark over it for my female to lay eggs in.


One of my sterilite 26 gallon tubs. The lizards like to play, so I give them as big a home as I can manage. The top is 1/8 inch screen. I put these tubs out on my porch in the morning for early sunlight, before it gets too hot. In the colder months I have zoomed uvb lighting.
The tub is a lot bigger than just this one little corner, but the wire is bolted on to keep the cats out, and the camera wont shoot a decent picture through the wire.


Gah! Don’t take my picture! My male, Indigo.


Sky, my female, looking pretty gravid.
06/27/08  12:16pm

 #1777305


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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1775474


 Humidity

sweet thanks alot, i had a couple for a while but had to let them go, but now that i got a another tank i just caught two a couple days ago , they both have almost no colour on their stomachs just a slight amount and its clear they are full grown, but they both have a pretty good patch of blue on their chin, when i checked the vent area i didnt see those two scales or dots below the anal area, i think thats what to look for so im pretty sure they are females, and they are both looking pretty wide so maybe their gravid that would be cool, im going to try and get pics later of them
06/29/08  03:07am

 #1777397


Greatballzofire
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   Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 1777305


 Humidity

The females never have any blue on their dorsal area (backside) although they can have faded blue on their ventral area (belly side).
You are lucky to have two females! I recently raided an old woodpile for a few more lizards and caught four males, no females.
06/29/08  09:09am

 #1778333


Hunter Breed
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1777397


 Humidity

ya i know what you mean, there is a big field/park area by my house and ive caught close to a dozen of them over the last few months and always let them go a couple days later but ive only come across one or two females



06/30/08  03:39am

 #1778423


Greatballzofire
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   Message To: Hunter Breed   In reference to Message Id: 1778333


 Humidity

The males are always out and about showing off their colors, while the females keep a low profile close to the ground. I found Sky early on a chilly May morning hiding underneath a big sheet of plywood. I was able to easily pick her up. Indigo was caught while he showed off his Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions doing push ups on a fence post. I kept eye contact with him while reaching around the post and grabbing him.
06/30/08  09:26am

 #1781323


Asira
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1778423


 Humidity

hey, this is random but I was wondering if you guys think this might be a female northern fence lizard.... I cant quite tell... & i think she might be gravid but still not sure..... can you tell?

her name is Godzira
07/03/08  01:20am

 #1781668


Reptileruler1
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   Message To: Asira   In reference to Message Id: 1781323


 Humidity

female
07/03/08  12:44pm

 #1781753


Asira
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   Message To: Reptileruler1   In reference to Message Id: 1781668


 Humidity

yeah, but Is it a northern fence lizard?
07/03/08  02:32pm

 #1794025


Geckos1218
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   Message To: Greatballzofire   In reference to Message Id: 1775474


 Humidity

that is a beutyfull fence lizard i have never seen one with blue scales on top
07/13/08  07:58pm

 #1849560


Smokehound
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   Message To: Geckos1218   In reference to Message Id: 1794025


 Humidity

Asira, thats a sagebrush lizard. Possibly Northern sagebrush lizard. pretty huge for a sagebrush lizard, actually.

To get back on topic, they dont really encounter much humidity during the day. Most of the humidity they see in the wild is during the night, when the marine layer moves in.

Since this is dealing with humidity, i’ll also say that these guys dont lap dew up. You need to do more than just mist the tank a few times. By the time they are active, the dew is gone-- burned off by the sun.

This is a myth that actually causes alot of impaction deaths. Impaction is actually caused by severe dehydration in -most- cases.


When you give your lizard water, make sure he’s chugging it. And i mean chugging it! Not just lapping.






09/02/08  03:03pm

 #1849772


Greatballzofire
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   Message To: Smokehound   In reference to Message Id: 1849560


 Humidity


Here is how I give my fence lizards water. I put a large leaf (here is a squash leaf, lettuce would work ) weight it down with a rock, and the lizards can climb down to the water and lick it off the leaf. The other day I saw one of my hatchlings actually sitting in the water enjoying itself on a very hot day. They feel secure having a way to climb in and out of the bowl. If a cricket falls in the bowl it can climb out, too. The larger blue bowl is to prevent slop over into the substrate when I move the tubs.
09/02/08  07:14pm


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