i found one of these in a storm drain. he had a injured foot so i bought a reptile enclosure and a small uv bub an some crickets its been 1 year and hes a great pet. very healthy a great an hardy eater. i named him George cause hes very curious
They are so much fun! I have a couple outside my backdoor. I've named them and really appreciate the way they pretend to be interested in what I say to them. Thanks for this video!
Very informative video! My son wanted to research eastern fence lizards, and this is definitely the best video we could find on them. Thank you for putting this together 😊
They are really cool little guys! They are curious and nosy. We have a camp in south Mississippi and they are everywhere. They live under the deck of our pavilion and in our woodpile. They just hang out with us catching bugs and sunning themselves! So cool to watch!
That is really great you have so many...here for me they are few and far between..I can count on only two hands the number I have seen in the wild in a life time!
Great video! Thank you for the information! We live in mid central Florida and they get pretty big here! Ours are usually really dark grey and super pretty!
Absolutely love these dudes when I was living in Alabama back in 2013, I think I must’ve seen about a couple dozen individuals during the ten months I was there. Found big ones that were about six inches long and one had eggs developing in them from looking at how big the belly the female was. At July 4th in that year saw the female’s new young and they were extremely tiny. When the day came I moved out in August I saw one of the hatchlings got slightly bigger (about as much as 3/4ths of my pinky finger) and said my goodbyes. I have a bunch of stories with these dudes and for that they’re my favorite kind of lizard and I really enjoyed this video since there wasn’t too much exposure with the species which is a great shame. Take care now and have a nice evening!
Wow! Thanks for sharing your experience with our learning community! Here they are not so common...or at least not so visible. Cool how territorial they are ...i am hoping to see my guy as he comes out of hibernation...i could see him sunny on my rock pile almost everyday. And yes..like you..,I find them fascinating and was really surprised I didn't get more views on this video!
Mine is Lizzy almost 2 years old , had her since she was very tiny , she is awesome and well loved part of my family .she will even now and then take a mealworm from a spoon from me. ❤️ her bunches...
That is awesome Miranda. It would be fascinating to keep a fence lizard as a pet with proper environmental conditions. So cool Lizzy is doing so well. Can you share/post a photo of her on my Nature at Your Door facebook page under vistor posts?
I don't know how... almost 65 but still a kid at heart... But my Lizzy is pretty cool , I also have one named pepper , he is still skittish. I have two tree frogs ( sticky & Puppy ) had them for quite some time also . Yes everyone gets a name comes from care & love . Tell me how to post and I will try .
Just so happen to walk by one under my truck in the parking lot of my apartment ive never seen a lizard that big in western North Carolina so my research lead me here great video👍
Hey we just saw a bunch of these on the AT and was wondering what they were! Thanks for your videos!! It was so nice meeting you on the trail! Thanks for showing us so many plants out there, we learned a lot! -Supermom and supergirl
That is fantastic DarkWolfMoons ! I just saw one outside my house again this weekend...i can't say for sure it is the one I filmed last fall..but it sure looks like him! Thanks for sharing!
@@natureatyourdoor depends on the year. There's a hiking trail I hike a couple times a week. On the trail itself it's almost always Side Blotched Lizards I see, but on the curb of the sidewalk leading to the trail head I see several western fence lizards basking on sunny days. They have the curb to bask on, and bushes a few feet away to run to. There are fence posts on the other side of the side walk, and they will run around those posts to keep away from people.
@@natureatyourdoor, mostly crickets with mealworms and hornworms as treats. My emerald swift loves to eat, the blue bellies need somewhere to hide first before they eat. There a little shy.
Do yours like to dig ?? After my baby northwestern fence lizard last shed shes been digging and leaving her mouth open while basking sometimes and climbing all around. Only had her a month.
@@eminemilly If she is leaving her mouth open while basking, it typically isn't a good sign. Best case scenario, it means the basking spot is too hot. Worst case scenario is a respiratory infection. When I was less experienced, I had unfortunately lost some lizards to respiratory disease :(. Assuming is respiratory disease, the best way to help them is to increase their vitamin intake (gut loaded/dusted crickets if they will eat*). Additionally, a humidifier will help them breathe better while they are sick. (If water is condensing on the sides of the enclosure, its too humid, which could worsen the condition.) Most of all, replace all the dirt in the enclosure (you can use paper towels so that its easier to monitor their condition, but replace them OFTEN) and wash everything else. You want to reduce any further bacterial exposure. If they wont eat, there are plenty of appetite stimulants/vitamin mixes you can buy online that you can give by mouth via a syringe.* *1 Since they are a baby, the best thing to feed them is pinhead/small crickets or wingless fruit flies *2 if you are not careful when syringe feeding, you can break their jaw. It would be wise to look up a guide if you have to do this. I don't mean to cause alarm, I am just speaking from personal experience and again this is WORST case scenario.
Thank you for this information we have a Boy scout group camping and they seem to have captured one of these lovely creatures they wanted to know about it and you were there to explain it thank you
@@wayne387 opps...I mean he was so cool to see! I never keep any of the animals I film more than a day..unless they are caterpillars I am filming life cycle. I didn't mean to imply his early demise!
Hey! I found an eastern fence lizard, and have decided to keep it as a pet for a day or two just to look at them and study what’s in my back yard. I saw in the video that they ate millipedes, and was just making sure they weren’t poisonous to them. I looked it up, and it shows that millipedes are poisonous to bearded dragons as well as a few other reptiles, and was making sure that they weren’t poisonous to these guys!
Cool about your fence lizard find. I am skeptical about feeding them millipedes in a controlled environment...they may eat them in wild but also choose species. Different Millipedes release different toxins so my non-professional-pet care opinion is to play it safe and find a more innocuous prey item! I would love to know what you learn from trying to find food they eat. Message me (us), the NAYD community back with updates!
Future herpetologist here! This video is great and super informative! However, he mispronounces the latin name Sceloporus undulatus (herpetologist=person who studies reptiles and amphibians)
I found a baby no tail he got into a tub of water I was washing rugs I got him out three different times I decided to keep him as a pet I named him lucky
Hi! I have one hanging around my steps for 5 hours today. I think my cat got to him but he is moving around. Brought him in now teying to figure out what next. Tried to feed him celery!!
@@natureatyourdoor He seemed fine the next day so I carried him to a spot away from my cats. I hope he found something good to eat there. Tried to feed him small centipedes from under a rock but he had no appetite while in my home.
Hello!! I live in central Florida and my husband found a lizard that we are having trouble identifying. I was hoping you might be able to help? We thought it might be an eastern fence lizard, but after watching this video, I don't think that what it is. It looks very similar, however it has blue lines down the back of its head. And my husband said when he caught it it turned a purplish color. We thought it might be a bearded dragon as well, but i'm not so sure.
Hi! So my grandparents took a trip to West Virginia and accidentally brought back an eastern fence lizard. I have chosen to keep him as a pet since he isn’t native to our area and probably won’t survive. I was wondering what would be best to feed him. From what I’ve found through research I should feed him small crickets and mealworms, but you know a lot more than me. Also is there anything specific I should include in his habitat? Thank you!!
Clarrisa Headrick. Yes. You never want to relocate a reptile for reasons of survival, genetics, disease and invasive risks. Could choice in this situation. I am not an expert on home care of reptiles but my first thought is fence lizards spend a lot of time basking in the sun...so to keep them healthy you would need to provide them with real or artificial sunlight and a spot to bask. There are many resources on keeping fences lizards on line! Keep me posted on how it goes and what YOU learn from this experience! 👍
@@natureatyourdoor I know right. I caught one at a scrap yard we were sorting at when I was in prison. I snuck him in the prison. Named him loki. Got caught with him they let me keep him. Another cool thing is after they eat they hold there mouth open in the sun, and they do what looks like pushups. But from what I was told that's how they digest food.
Learned so much from your videos 🙏 thank u I incorporate what I learned into my videos.😊 passing along information like storytelling which you do quite well.
@@squizitzithatsitalianforyu4782 thank you! Always means a lot to me! Subscribed to you btw! And...jumping spiders are the coolest! A spider with personality.
