burtons legless lizards, anyone keep or breed them?

[hornet]

hey, just wondering if anyone keeps or breeds this sp and how 2 house and look after it.
john

 

[MrBredli]

I used to keep one, ended up selling it to URS.

I kept it in a 2ft cage with a 40W blue light globe which was on 24 hours, attached to a thermostat set at about 27 degrees. I used sand, top soil & breeders choice as substrates. Cage decoration included lots of native grass tussocks, a log, an overturned pot holder thingy with a small access hole cut out on the side and a water bowl of course. Feeding consisted of small skinks, usually garden skinks but also the occasional Copper-tail or Red-throat.

Hope this helps some.

 

[Pike01]

I keep 1, have it in a 2ft fish tank with course sand substrate and grass tussocks stuck into plaster bases.I usually feed it asian house geckos with an occassional garden skink for a change.

 

[Pike01]

heres a couple of pics

 

[reptililian]

NOOOO. Poor little gekky being eaten by the big meany nasty-face thing. :cry:

 

[Bakes]

We come across these lizards quite a lot up here. I came across one that had its tail crushed by a car. It was surrounded by a dozen birds of different varities and was doing its best snake impersonation, tounge flicking out and coiled ready to strike. Very impressive. I picked him up and gave him to Yommy but it died of its wounds that day.

 

[stencorp69]

I used to keep one years ago when I was in NSW. Pretty easy to keep provided you have access to a lot of garden skinks or the like.

 

[Dicco]

NOOOO. Poor little gekky being eaten by the big meany nasty-face thing. :cry:

That poor little Gecko is a pest that won't hesitate to eat it's own kin, they have been known to wipe out local Geckoes from houses ect.

 

[geckodan]

Mine have just laid this years clutch of eggs over the weekend. I am slowly bringing mine around to eating mouse tails. From there, next step is pinkies (hopefully).

 

[jnglgrl]

:shock: Lol Lily, im with you on that.

 

[Rediah]

We come across these lizards quite a lot up here. I came across one that had its tail crushed by a car. It was surrounded by a dozen birds of different varities and was doing its best snake impersonation, tounge flicking out and coiled ready to strike. Very impressive. I picked him up and gave him to Yommy but it died of its wounds that day.

It doesnt look to wounded to me... Evil i tell ya... Evil :evil:

Anyway, that is a gorgeous animal you got there.

 

[jordo]

Nice lizard, I think Mip Pugh has breed burtons before (but don't quote me on that). I know she keeps them, she brought one to a VAAH meeting along with other reptiles for display maybe 2 years ago, gee they are good looking reptiles, hopefully they become more easily trained on pinkies in future generations so they're able to be kept in captivity more.

 

[jordo]

Nice lizard, I think Mip Pugh has breed burtons before (but don't quote me on that). I know she keeps them, she brought one to a VAAH meeting along with other reptiles for display maybe 2 years ago, gee they are good looking reptiles, hopefully they become more easily trained on pinkies in future generations so they're able to be kept in captivity more.

 

[jordo]

lol, didn't mean to post twice, it was the computer I swear!