{"id":149,"date":"2021-06-19T09:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T09:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reptilefollower.com\/?p=149"},"modified":"2023-11-07T09:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T09:07:48","slug":"pygmy-short-horned-lizard-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reptilefollower.com\/pygmy-short-horned-lizard-care\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Pygmy Short-horned lizards eat? (Insects or Veg?)"},"content":{"rendered":"
If you are interested or researching pygmy short-horned lizards you may be wondering what they eat, and other facts about them…<\/p>\n
Pygmy short-horned lizards are classed as insectivores and mainly eat ants and beetles. Ants are mostly sufficient to provide most of their dietary needs. Most pygmy lizards have specialized teeth and a larger stomach capacity to store and digest prey which developed as an adaptation for eating ants.<\/strong><\/p>\n So, now you know. But, what do pygmy short-horned lizard babies eat? Do they drink water? Why do bob their heads? keep reading for these answers, and much more…<\/p>\n\n <\/a><\/p>\n Click here to see the price, on Amazon #Ad<\/a><\/p>\n Baby pygmy short-horned lizards prefer eating ants and they make up 90% of their total diet. However, the younglings prefer to eat beetles while the adults like to mix and match and eat other insects such as beetles, grasshoppers, crickets<\/a>, spiders, flies, honeybees, termites, and even larvae.<\/p>\n However, ants still constitute about 70% of their total diet. This is also why they appear fat and round.<\/p>\n Horned lizards in general are not good in captivity as pets. And, the pygmy short-horned lizard, in particular, requires a license in some states in the United States because of its rarity.<\/p>\n Therefore, unless you are a professional lizard keeper it’s not the ideal pet lizard for most people. And, there are many other lizards, that are not so rare, that make great pets.<\/p>\nWhat do baby pygmy short-horned lizards eat?<\/h2>\n
Can you keep a horned lizard as a pet?<\/h2>\n
Are short-horned lizards poisonous?<\/h2>\n