Northern alligator lizard

[dylanjwicklund]

Hi I picked this cool guy up from my friend who had caught it in the wild and decided he didn't want it anymore so I snagged him up for 20 bucks and for a wild caught lizard he/she is super tame always eats on time for but I was wondering if anybody else has any of these guys?

[midgard]

Wow he is cool.

[dylanjwicklund]

Thanks I thought so I want to get a few more if I can and he is almost perfect except one little bite from something I thought he had a tick or something till I looked closer

[jclaiborne]

I would be careful about keeping a WC animal around all your others, until you know if he is carrying any parasites etc, my guess he probably is. Just my 2 cents.

[dylanjwicklund]

He is away from the others and I always wash my hands after handling just incase but is their a way I can see if he does or just get rid of them some how?

[jclaiborne]

He is away from the others and I always wash my hands after handling just incase but is their a way I can see if he does or just get rid of them some how?

You can either get a fecal done at a vet to check for parasites or dose with panacur.

[dylanjwicklund]

Lol facial for a lizard fancy but thank you I have a vet just up the road Dr adrian Walton who is very good with reptiles he gets all sorts of animals and reptiles it's actually really cool

[hungba]

Yeah get the lizard a facial at a beauty parlour. It will let you know if they have worms. I heard mediterranean sea mud with cucumbers over their eyes are particularly effective at identifying parasites.

[jclaiborne]

Lol facial for a lizard fancy but thank you I have a vet just up the road Dr adrian Walton who is very good with reptiles he gets all sorts of animals and reptiles it's actually really cool

FECAL, These lizards are all over my yard, I'm guessing you bought him because the aren't common where you are located? It is common from my experience that most WC animals have a parasite load due to eating insects, or in the case of snakes the rodents that are wild as well. How long has this lizard been "captive?"

[dylanjwicklund]

About 2 weeks and he has been eating alot crickets and the occasional super worm and poops alot lol but yea their not that common I'm usually out looking for wild reptiles and I only ever find garter snakes frogs toads and salamanders