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 #1769770


Moomooccow
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 Any advice?

Hello,
I am looking for a lizard to buy and i was thinking about getting a plated lizard off of kingsnake. com. Well,i got some questions about them so here we go!

1. What size cage can i keep it in?
2. How big do they get?
3. What kinda substrate can i use?

Alex aka bumb P.S.
If you can post some pictures of your cages and you lizards that will be really appractied!
06/22/08  04:45pm

 #1769864


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Moomooccow   In reference to Message Id: 1769770


 Any advice?

1.a 40 gallon minimum.larger is always better.
2. they can get up to 2 feet long including tail.
3.a good substrate i use is a mixture of reptibark, aspen snake bedding, ecoearth/bedabeast,playsand, and millet seed. make sure it is deep enough so the plated lizard can burrow in it.

here’s my cage. it’s kind of hard to see the substrate. the cage is also larger.



here’s his old cage before i knew they burrow, sometimes,depends on the species you get.





06/22/08  06:24pm

 #1769925


Moomooccow
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1769864


 Any advice?

Thank-you for the fast repliy,
I got one more question about your incloser.

1. On the post "tony23" you posted a picture of a borrow that was really cool. I want to know is how you made it?
2. Can you tell me how you made it step by step please?
Alex aka bumb
06/22/08  07:20pm

 #1770406


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Moomooccow   In reference to Message Id: 1769925


 Any advice?

1. make the substrate mix i was talking about and dampen half of the enclosure.

2.i got a broken turtle dock to make it.first make a ditch/hole on the far end-as you can kind of see.so the platform will hold and not fall.



3. put the broken turtle dock in there, making a cave.

4. put substrate on the top of the platform.
06/23/08  08:23am

 #1770415


Moomooccow
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1770406


 Any advice?

Thank-you!
Hey, i’m going to brake one my dads pots like that to make the cave thing it looks really cool i like it. I’ll tell you yall when i get my plated lizard going to a animale show next week so i hope theres plated lizards there! I’m gonna buy a lizard there or on kingsnake. com. At the animale show i’m getting a maybe a 55 gal cage there for him. Is a 55 gal big enough for a plated lizard?
Alex aka bumb
06/23/08  08:30am

 #1770551


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Moomooccow   In reference to Message Id: 1770415


 Any advice?

yes a fifty gallon is good, the minimum is a 40 gallon for any plated lizard.what kind are you getting?
06/23/08  11:38am

 #1770562


Moomooccow
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1770551


 Any advice?

Hello,
The kind with the orange on its side its name starts with a o. It’s very pretty i really like it its only for like maybe 15$
Alex aka bumb
06/23/08  11:44am

 #1770659


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Moomooccow   In reference to Message Id: 1770562


 Any advice?

a yellow throated?

i don’t know any with an "o" as a beginning letter.

that’s pretty cheap though!



06/23/08  01:18pm

 #1770724


Moomooccow
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1770659


 Any advice?

hello,
Ornate plated lizard. Just found him on king snake and thinking of getting a uro not sure.
Alex aka bumb
06/23/08  02:02pm

 #1776135


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Moomooccow   In reference to Message Id: 1770724


 Any advice?

never heard of that kind.have any pics?
06/27/08  11:39pm

 #1776165


TutThePlatedLizard
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1776135


 Any advice?

yea, i’d beware of the name, they incorrectly name what they have plated wise all the time on kingsnake. could you send a link?
06/27/08  11:53pm

 #1779994


Moomooccow
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   Message To: TutThePlatedLizard   In reference to Message Id: 1776165


 Any advice?

Ok, ill put a link up tomorrw i’m going to bed right now
Alex aka bumb
07/01/08  08:05pm

 #1782497


Gottee guy
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   Message To: Moomooccow   In reference to Message Id: 1779994


 Any advice?

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07/04/08  01:40am

 #1830762


Kirsrokz
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   Message To: Gottee guy   In reference to Message Id: 1782497


 Any advice?

welll my brother has two plated lizards and the cage is on the big size but you should be ok with a medium size cage for one
08/14/08  01:23pm

 #1833248


Bdog
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   Message To: Kirsrokz   In reference to Message Id: 1830762


 Any advice?

Krisrokz is my stupid little sister don’t take anything she says seriously
08/16/08  08:27pm

 #1833964


Reptilius
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   Message To: Bdog   In reference to Message Id: 1833248


 Any advice?

ornate’s do exist, but they are somewhat unusual in the pet trade, so there might be a lack of information on it, but they are beautiful lizards. i have a 60 gallon (but u can get away with smaller) for my black-lined, with a substrate of fine sand, but if u use sand, make sure it’s natural and not imitation aquarium gravel. basking area should linger around a hundred, give or take a few degrees. make sure you have several hiding places and things to climb on wouldn’t hurt either.
08/17/08  02:52pm

 #1834382


TutThePlatedLizard
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   Message To: Reptilius   In reference to Message Id: 1833964


 Any advice?

i found the link, it wasnt a true ornate, just a regular plated. true ornates are really hard to keep cause theyre smaller than the rest and dont take to glass well. they are beautes though, really bright colors
08/17/08  09:54pm


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