The new guy

[Raptor]

African plated lizard.

I was going to get the red bellied armadillo lizard, but turns out he was $50 and not the $30 we thought he was. So, I got this guy.

Eco earth with cyprus mulch on top, uvb light plus a heat lamp. He's currently hanging out under the heat lamp, which isn't a surprise since as far as I could tell, the store didn't have heat for him. I might need to get a stronger bulb for his basking spot since I only have a 60 watt.

Anyways. Tossed in some mealworms on a plastic lid for him, but I doubt he'll eat.

[Mike41793]

Neat, never really heard of these guys. He looks like a little dinosaur!

[Raptor]

I narrowed down the subspecies to 'yellow throated plated lizard'. Tossed in a log under the light and changed the bulb to a 60 watt day. He's pretty active and is losing a lot of dead scales. Because of this, I'm misting him down to encourage everything to fall off.

[Anatopism]

Give him some fruits and veggies

[Raptor]

Yep. He has some sweet potato baby food with some calcium powder mixed in. Getting ready to go back into town to get the second one.

[Raptor]

Here's the new girl.

[Mike41793]

She looks like shes shedding and has some skin on her.

[Raptor]

Try "completely covered in dead skin". It's bad enough that she's lost a few toes.

[Mike41793]

Oh wow. So this is like a rescue lol

[Raptor]

Petco. Go figure.

Anyways. Both lizards are snoozing, one of which is in the food bowl. Male has already lost a lot of dead skin from scurrying around today and is looking better. I figure that on Sunday, I'll give them both a warm bath to try and get some more of the dead skin to come off.