Anyone have experience with Burton Legless Lizard?

[twiztard]

My local pet store has one of these available I was wondering if anyone had some experience with them so I could have an idea what the care would be like for them. I have tried searching the net but I cannot find a Care sheet anywhere. Any informtation would be greatly appreciated.

[Schlyne]

They are primarily lizard eaters, so you're going to end up either trying to scent rodents or have a steady access to anoles or house geckos.

I"ll try contacting one of my friends and seeing if I can get her to post, she has either a burton's or a russian legless lizard. She feeds her lizard anoles.

[reptilemama]

They are primarily lizard eaters, so you're going to end up either trying to scent rodents or have a steady access to anoles or house geckos.

I"ll try contacting one of my friends and seeing if I can get her to post, she has either a burton's or a russian legless lizard. She feeds her lizard anoles.

Ok, ya finally got me over here. Yes, mine is a Burton's. They're neat little lizards, but they do require feeder anoles or house geckos. I read somewhere that they seem to prefer anoles, but I have never tried geckos with mine. I have been buying anoles a few at a time from the pet store and killing, then freezing them. My little guy/gal has had no problem eating thawed prey- they seem to rely more on movement than heat. I was told by the vendor I bought mine from that it was eating crickets, but the one time I tried it, it wouldn't touch them. Once I did some research and found out they are lizard eaters in the wild, I switched to anoles and have had no troubles since. I have a heat mat under one end of the cage, and the rest of the cage stays ambient room temp- 75-77 in my house. Mine doesn't care to be handled, and will occasionally vocalize when I have to move it for cage maintenance. So far it has been a fun little display animal, and seems to be fairly hardy.

[twiztard]

Awesome thanks for the info!! I am really interested in picking one of these guys up. I am glad that you can freeze the food and they will take it. That relives my main concern which was not being able to locate food for him. I will just have to stock up on a few when I find a store that has them, I guess I probably shouldnt tell them that im feeding them lol.


Thanks again