Hello, they're just single use plastic containers that were supposed to be for sauces or something small. I cut a small hole and painted them or used silicone to stick Coco fibre to. Then I stuck the rim to the enclosure wall to make tiny wall hides. I used some with their lids for normal hides too.

Thank you! Have you managed with the humidity yet? I can't say I've had any humidity problems but I'm also not very strict with it. I find the basking lamps lower the humidity a lot in that area during the day, while cooler areas stay the same as my house. They raise overnight which is good as that happens naturally with real weather.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 yeah came up with my own solution of just drilling a few holes big enough to put some extra vents in to increase air flow and the humidity now is perfect

It took a long time to tame them. Luna (the female) never warmed up to me. Sol (the male) I still have and he's around 6 now. He was always more calm, but age and the time he's known me has made him very tame now. He lives in a new enclosure in the living room, which is a very busy room, and he confidently watches my cat, large dog, TV, everything. He's not as tame as a beardie, if he comes out of his enclosure he has to stay on a person or a table, if he goes on the floor then he thinks you're a predator. He's happy to climb on anyone though.

Sounds like it! I'm no diet expert but from what I've heard dubias are a good staple. The more variety the better, but that's hard to do in reality, so having a healthy staple and then adding extra variety when you can is the next best thing.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 I agree. He manage his own weight and have a healthy bodyshape with good muscularity. Here in Norway its winter and cold, so he now slows down and eats less and with longer periods without food, and he dont loose weight. I did it a lot 2-3 weeks strait before the winter, so they know it from instinct :)

thank you! I'm glad you found the video helpful. I'm sorry to hear about Spinky, sometimes we do everything we can and we still lose them. Sounds like you're doing everything perfectly with his brother to gain his trust :)

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 thanks for your kind words! It's seems like I am doing it right, three weeks in and he is eating from my hand and climbs up my arm. Still a bit skeptical about movements, but that is the last that let go. He is very food motivated so that is a advantage for building trust. How often and how much do you feed yours? And any recommendations for good dry foods to give the dubia cockroaches?

I hope yours are doing well! Sorry for the late reply, I can't remember exactly how old they were here, but probably around 2 months old is my best guess based on the date

Sorry for the delay in reply, I just go for any plants that are non toxic to tortoises, as that tends to have decent online resources

Hello, how is she doing now? It's normal for them to vanish for a few days napping sometimes. It can also be a sign something's wrong, so although she's likely fine, since it's not a brumating season I think it's fine to check on her. I check on mine when they do that, then I put stuff back how it was (or rebury them) and they usually come out by themselves in a few hours. It can be very tricky to find them when they've buried themselves because they're the same temp as the soil and are often so covered in soil it's hard to see them too.

If I remember right, they will have been 1-2 months old in this video

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 oh wow. My Lacerta is 8 months old or so and is still only very small. Do you know what could be wrong?

@@TobysExotics seems like there's a lot of influences, like the size and health of their mum. The mum of this clutch was like 2-3 years old and it was her second year of breeding. One of the babies in this video went on to accidentally lay fertile eggs at 4-5 months old, they aren't normally capable of breeding that young. From talking to other lacerta breeders, seems like this clutch was particularly healthy and fast growing for it to happen. The babies that hatched from the accidental clutch were small and much weaker. Their care has an effect too of course, I fed the babies as much as they wanted. They eat all day so I kept a bowl of worms, plus other insects lived in the soil that they foraged for. I'd recommend getting a parasite test for yours, that can affect their growth a lot and they can get them easily. Does yours have any other issues apart from size?

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 That is very helpful thank you. I got him at a reptile expo so potentially he may have issues yes. His setup is very good to the best of my knowledge. He eats well (3 times a week or so) and in general is very active and seems happy. It is a good point that he may have parasites. I'll be looking into it

@@TobysExotics yeah unfortunately they're often bred before they're adults, since they aren't really adult size till about 2. You could try feeding more, it takes a lot for them to get overweight, especially when young. Most of them tend to diet themselves if they start getting chunky. They're like opposite to beardies in that way.

Sure I'd be happy to! You can email me at jewelledlacertacare@gmail.com and we can arrange something

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 sent 😁

Thanks!

I can't find anything on this online, would you mind sending me a link with info on it please? I did start out with them in a 1.2m vivarium, which is the recommended size I could find online, but I found it wasn't enough space which is why I made my own vivs which are significantly bigger when you include the depth and height.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 then the article of law is in French unfortunately, but for information, my terrarium is 2m50x1m50x1m00, and they live in three in 1.2 I know that in the USA it is different, I see them regularly in terrarium of 120, but I find that a pity, mine spend their days exploring their entire terrarium, moreover it is a European species, suddenly they winter from November to February, and from March to September they are in a large aviary outside, in my garden. you can not winter them, but they will live less long

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 on youtbe I can't send you pictures in the comments but if you have an email I can send it to you if you want to discuss it

@@DeKalion_Psy my email is jewelledlacertacare@gmail.com I do let them brumate in winter by mimicking the winter daylight cycle and temperatures, I have heard the same thing that they don't live as long without a winter cycle. The room they live in doesn't have indoor heating, which allows me greater temperature control of their enclosures. I'm not sure if I can keep them outdoors at all as I live near the border of Scotland, and the outdoor examples for them are southern England, where the temperatures are much milder. So until I know more I am just focusing on making their indoor enclosure fit their needs as best as I can. If you can send the french article I should be able to translate enough to get most the information from it.

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Brumation is something I'm not confident enough on yet, as I've only done it a couple times, and neither times really went to plan. It's so hard to find any info about it, I just go off of a mix of brumation guides based on other species. I feed them as much as they will eat in a sitting, and then I usually pop some more food in their tank or food bowl. I use ceramic dog food bowls for worms so they can't escape. How much they eat varies a lot, so I just let the individuals decide, they usually have a good sense for it. For babies I aim to always have food available for them, since they're growing so much. The adults get fed nearly every day during the spring, but closer to every other day by the time it's autumn. Sol and Luna can easily eat 10 adult locusts in a day if they're particularly hungry. Other days they will just eat a few. And thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Thank you so much for your response! I completely understand your position on brumation. As far as food, that makes a lot of sense. I just want to make sure I have everything the best I can get it before the big arrival next year. :)

They're cheap hanging bird houses, they only cost a couple of quid from garden shops. All I changed was tying the hanging rope a little shorter. You can grab some real bargains from garden shops that are useful in reptile enclosures 🙂

thanks!

The lepidus com from France, spain, et Portugal, the French lizard are bigger 😄

It really depends on the individuals whether they can co-hab happily at all. Some will peacefully share space, others will chase others down for territory. Females tend to be more physically aggressive, relying on biting. They also tend to flunctuate their moods/behaviours quite dramatically at times, particularly during spring/breeding season. So even pairs that live peacefully half the year, it can flip to violence quickly. I really recommend having an extra set up, as the chances of this happening for at least portions of the year are rather high in my experience. If they don't get along, there doesn't seem to be a risk of life threatening injuries, at least I've never experienced anything close, and other breeders I've spoken to haven't either. It's more that they can bully each other, prevent another from eating, and cause stress. Im not really sure how big 120 gallon enclosures are, as in the UK we go by the length/height/depth. The design of the enclosure can go a long way in reducing hostility, having a lot of visual barriers let's them have their own space and avoid each other when they want to. My most recent video has my adult lacerta pair, and their tank is set up so that they can't see the whole enclosure from anywhere, so a dominant lacerta can't keep watch everywhere, the more submissive lacerta can still get to many areas without being seen if they want to. There's also over 100 litres of substrate which they've built a little tunnel network in. Having a motion detection security camera is very handy for co-habbing. Then you can see what they act like without you there, it's often very different and can be very reasurring to know whether there's any secret bullying.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 oh ok, i was planning on sort of doin group activities with them, like taking them on short walks, and feeding them together, but i will get the camera just be sure. Thanks for your help!

Luna certainly is at the moment! But it's breeding season so it's a good thing, she's likely gravid (pregnant) right now and needs fat stores for that. Sol is mostly muscle, the fat pads under his face are supposed to be there for males, and he seems to enjoy having them gently rubbed, like a cat 🙂 He's particularly good at managing his own weight, if he starts to get a little chunky he just stops eating as much by choice.

They seem to be very high in demand, but low in supply for the US. This is a good time of year to be looking for one, your best bet would be to contact as many reptile shops as you can that can transport one to you, or that's within driving distance, and give them your contact details to call ASAP if they get any in stock. Shipping across countries is very complicated and expensive from what I've read. If you have the money to spare, their are travel companies that specialise in flying pets, you can get a quote from them, contact a breeder in the UK, and ask if they are willing to sell to you. You would have to handle all the arrangements though. UK sites where jewelled lacertas are often listed (from spring through to autumn) are preloved, gumtree, and pets4homes.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 oh ok, theres a website i found but the babies are 69 usd with out shipping, so ill wait for those to come in stock

@@kaiser1920 a really good breeder is Frank Payne, but he is out of stock now. Ones that cost 69 dollars probably are wild caught, id wager you saw that on backwater reptiles which is not a reputable source of reptiles at all.

The perlite was just to substitute a drainage layer, since perlites fine to get mixed into the soil over time, and is often used for plants to increase drainage. I've never done a real drainage layer, and I'm not knowledgeable about them, so take my advice on them with a grain of salt. It was just to try and prevent the bottom of the soil being damp all the time, to help the plants out so their roots aren't as prone to moulding. I also went in blind when I got my jewelled lacertas, it's so hard to find info on them! Thankfully they're very hardy and forgiving in many ways

Thanks! And yes it can be so hard to find info, it's why I started the channel. Whenever I sold baby lacertas I'd have to give so much info to each person I thought it would be easier in the long run to have videos with the info

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Totally! I'm thinking of maybe getting jeweled lacertas myself sometime, do you sell babies often? And would it be possible to ship them to germany, or do you know other breeders who are located nearer? And again, thank you for all the work you do!

I'm very busy with work this year, so I don't have enough time to raise/sell babies unfortunately. Any eggs Luna produces this year will be going to a trusted reptile shop owner who will raise and sell them locally. I do have a contact in Denmark, but they don't breed timon lepidus anymore. They directed me to this: www.deine-tierwelt.de/ They said that babies pop up on there occasionally. They also said there's a Facebook group called lacertidae that has a lot of European breeders on. Spring/summer is the easiest time to find babies. Good luck!

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Thanks a lot!!

Thanks!

Yes a male and a female. I was surprised to see the weird mix, male was very active while awake, but spent so much more time then the female underground, presumably sleeping. I suspect the female is gravid, so that probably affects how active she is. Although the male is generally more curious and willing to explore then her. Im planning to do another time lapse, to see how much variety their is in their behaviours. I suspect theres a lot. Hoping to find a better time lapse camera for it.

Thanks for making this btw, really informative.

Yeah they're both fully grown, they're about 4 years old if I remember correctly. Males head is still slowly getting bigger, maybe a lifelong way to show off age. That size sounds great for a single adult. My only regret with my enclosure is I wish it was taller, recently added a new plant thats a bit too tall, but Ill probably think that no matter how tall it is!

Thank you 😊

Hello! These are the parents to the babies, they are about 4-5 years old i think, if i remmeber right anyways!

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 si, claro, ya me parecía que estaban muy grandes.ok. Pues a ver si vuelve a poner huevos otra vez, y vamos viendo. Yo aqui no he conseguido todavia hacerme con mi mascota......pero bueno, no desisto.Un saludo.

@@flapas4403 Female should lay eggs again this year, usually I have to seperate them so that she doesn't lay too many eggs! Good luck on finding one :)

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Si tu quieres yo puedo quedarme con alguno de tus huevos e intentar incubarlos, no se si seria pedir demasiado o no te gusta a ti la opción. Yo te los pagaría. Yo no quiero cojer del campo un individuo mayor puesto que lo quitaria de su habitat, y me parece muy difícil dar con una pareja para cojerle algun huevo de su puesta. Supongo que me entiendes. Bueno....estamos en contacto, vamos hablando, tenemos nuestros correos también. Un saludo.😊👍

Congrats, they are lovely little animals!

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 He's name is Jule and he is like my little puppy lizard

@@nasty_tasty4996 Great name!

Its great thats your preparing so much before getting one, it really helps reduce the stress for both you and the lacerta. Unfortunately 2 of the have died. Baby A had been hiding away and when I spotted him a few days later he had lost weight and was much skinnier then the others. I put him in hiw own set up, and fed him a liquid diet from the vets but he passed away after a few days. He only weighed about a gram. A few weeks later the same happened to another one, and this time round i even put him in an incubator to keep his temperature stable, as neither had been self regulating. Unfortunately he passed away even faster. They had a pretty rough start in life, as their mother had been only 5 months old when laying them, which is why they were so small. The mother wasnt intended to breed, she had been living with 3 of her siblings, and I had thought they were all the same gender. I also had no idea they could breed so young! Lesson learnt there. I think the rough start must have made them weaker then normal. Out of the 7 eggs laid, only 4 hatched. in comparision, my adult female last year laid two clutches of 24/25 eggs with only one egg failing to hatch in each clutch. Thankfully the 2 which survived are healthy and have been rehomed, although at an older age then normal since they were still small for their age.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Very glad the other 2 are doing well though. I'm not cut out to breed animals, I would imagine heartache is fairly common. Just owning creatures who live shorter lives than we do is hard enough! Thank you for sharing the story though. I knew they were hard to sex as youngsters. Do you think there are any differences between the genders in terms of typical personality? I'll look forward to seeing more videos when you make any more. Take care of yourself and all you lovely lacertas 🙂

@@jotalbot2719 I have heard that males tend to be more confident and can become tamer. I've just got the one adult of each gender and it is the male that's more confident, but with the 23 hatchlings I raised last year, 3 stood out as being particularly confident and interesting in handling, 2 of those turned out to be female! So it seems to really just depend on the individual. The only consistent thing is that the females are more moody, their behaviour and attitude varies much more, which I suppose is their hormones. My adult female will be very timid most the time, and then have days where she's extremely confident and fearless. Other times during breeding season she can be riled up and aggressive (although never towards me) and has tried to fight any animal that passes her enclosure. The females tend to be more aggressive in general, but again it does depend. When puberty started with the hatchlings last year, it was usually the odd female that would decide to chase every sibling around. They also go for face biting, I guess to make up for their smaller size. The males tend to just try and indimidate with stalking behaviours, making the most of their size. If your planning to have yours as tame as possible, I'd recommend buying directly from a breeder and mentioning that. I would give the most confident babies to buyers who wanted to spend a lot of time with their lacerta, and who showed they were going to provide a really good home. Good luck for finding a lacerta, and your always welcome to ask me any questions or concerns 🙂

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 thank you so much for your response.

I'm glad it was helpful! Good luck in your search for the right lizard for you 🙂

Aw thanks! Lacerta keeping is such a small world!

Personally, I cant tell the difference till they're more like 5-6 months but even then I'm pretty bad at telling. Signs to look for are the femoral pores become a bit bigger in males and produce a visible waxy substance, but if that's not there, it's hard to say if they're female or if they just haven't developed that far yet. Males get a slight bulge at their cloaca, as well as larger heads. The blue spots stay smaller in females, and they start to spread out more and get bigger in males. Sperm plugs with their poop is a sure sign of a male, but that doesnt seem to happen till at least 6 months or so. With my last clutch, the males seemed to develop their back colours quicker, but that's just my limited experience.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 thank you for answering me

I have a head start with mine as they're usually a group, so it just takes one baby to be brave. Then the others will watch the brave baby with horror, then confusion as they see brave baby doesnt get eaten. After a bit they start copying, as they copy and learn off each other a lot when they're very young. Sounds like your doing everything right though, and it'll pay off in time 🙂

Thanks 🙂 Its purposely just for raising babies in, nearly all have been rehomed now. There was probably about a dozen living in there at the time of the video, but once they reached puberty most became territorial and were split out between more enclosures. Theres currently just 2 sisters living in there, they dont show signs of terrirorial behaviour, and are 8-9 months old, maybe about half the size of an adult. When they get a little bigger they will get upgraded to a bigger enclosure. Also, sadly, all the viv plants have died since then!

Es porque todavía son jóvenes. Son grises / marrones y blancos cuando nacen, y se necesita mucho tiempo para que aparezcan los colores adultos. Sus padres se pueden ver aquí: imgur.com/gallery/BSXitz4

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 ok gracias

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 What kind of light do you use and how long, or heat mat?

@@flapas4403 I use a desert strength UVB light, and either a standard or hallogen basking bulb. I try to keep the surface temperature on the hot side varied, by stacking objects so that there are areas closer or further from the bulb, so that they can choose their own temparature, usually between 30-45 degrees surface temp. I keep their cold side about 20-25 degrees ambient temp (if it reaches 30 degrees i turn all their heating off). I try to copy the length of day in Spain/northern italy. Since its winter, they only having heat and lighting 9 hours of the day (apart from the hatchlings, they have 12 hours). I provide extra heating at night if it drops below 15 degrees. Since i have a lot of them, i just heat the room instead of the vivs at night. A heat mat or ceramic heat emiter, with a thermostat, would be ideal for a single enclosure.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 I always have 20/21 degrees here at home, and while I had it with me I didn't put any lights on it and it was fully active without problems. I believe that at that temperature they are perfectly fine because their species is in a range of 10-12 to 30-40. That is what I think is clear. I don't know for sure but it's my experience

Eso no lo sabía. Tiene sentido para ayudar a proteger la población silvestre. Sería bueno que se le permitieran individuos criados en cautiverio, con certificados que demuestren que no son capturados en la naturaleza. Usé el traductor de Google para esto, ¡espero que el español tenga sentido!

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 es que ni con certificado criado en cautividad se puefe tener, yo si traigo uno de fuera aun asi no podria.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Yo porque estuve curando uno de un mordisco, pero ya lo volvi soltar en su sitio.... Yo me arriesgaria a tener uno de los tuyos si quieres podemos estar en contacto. Flapas9000@gmail.com

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Un saludo

I will be eventually, not sure when yet

Is her appetite and other behaviour, like basking, normal? They do seem to forget taming progress, but they learn it faster each time. I think the only thing you can do is go back to the start, do what you did the first time around, and she will progress faster then the first time, since you'll have more practice, and she's learnt your not a threat once before. I find females tend to be more unpredictable, they definitely have more dramatic moods, and behaviour to go along with that. My adult female can go from very timid, to trying to fight my beardie through the glass doors (hes like twice her weight, minding his own business, having a strole on the floor). Yours is likely going through puberty too, which seems to cause some personality changes in many reptiles. It can be disheartening when there seems to be a setback, but your doing really well to have gotten her to eat out your hand in just a month. When I first got my adults, it took several months for just one of them to go on my hand. Practice makes a big difference, as does the length of time they've known you.

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 That makes me feel a lot better to know that it takes a long time and it's normal to have setbacks. Thank you for all of that! Her behaviour has been normal, she's basking, looks healthy but I think she is on a food strike. It hasn't been very long only like 4 days but being that she is so young it does make me nervous and normally she acts so food motivated. Has this ever happened with yours?

@@emmas5 yeah their appetites vary a lot with my adults, they seem to have days where they eat a lot, then a few days where they eat nothing. Harder to tell with the teenage ones, as they're in bioactive vivs and can do their own hunting without me adding food very often. I'm guessing its winter in your area? They seem able to tell, even if you don't change the lighting, so that usually makes them eat less over all too. Does she have a favourite food? You could try offering her that, as a peace offering of sorts too. If shes a healthy weight then it shouldn't do her harm to fast for a bit, but i know it can be worrying, so it might reassure you if she does go for her favourite thing

@@jewelledlacertacare2712 Yes I live in Canada and it has been a little colder outside recently, you're right that could be a factor for sure. I'll keep trying with crickets as that seems to be her favourite. She was a little bit on the chubbier side so hopefully it doesn't do too much harm! You made me feel so much better I was so stressed, thank you again for all your help. I'm glad someone is sharing lots of good information because info on them does seem pretty sparse. With my other lizards they're so common that I can search up anything and get the answer, and it's not like that at all with jeweled lacertas lol! Keep up with the great videos :)

Aw I'm glad I could help! I've had my fair share of scares over their odd behaviours, so I know the fear 🙂 let me know how she gets on, or if you have any other concerns in the future

Glad I could help! They do take a lot of time and patience at that age

Thanks so much!

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed 🙂

Yeah they remind me of cats in a lot of ways!

They seem to be like cats, some individuals do best alone, others can live together. In my experience, the females seem to be more aggressive and territorial, but not all. There is a great deal of variety in personalities. I have 2 sisters still living together, from the same clutch as the babies in this viv. There has been no aggression between them, and they will sometimes sunbathe together. They are both very shy with me, so perhaps its that they both have submissive personalities. Total opposite to miss sassypants, yet they grew up with her. For any group, I'd recommend having extra set ups available in case there is fighting. My adults display territorial behaviour based on the time of year, and it can start up quite suddenly. They currently have an enclosure each, but the female is allowed to enter the males if she wants to, and can choose to live with him. She comes to the glass and makes it obvious when she wants to get away from him. They live in "loose colonies" in the wild, so this method seems to allow them to replicate that. Motion based security cameras are also incredibly helpful for groups, and should pick up on any obvious fighting. The enclosure also has a big impact on territorial behaviour, include plenty of everything, lots of line of sight blocks (foliage, cork bark tubes are great for this) and multiple food sources, some of them being quite hidden, can prevent a dominant lizard from being able to bully a submissive one as easily.