Also,
Males are VERY territorial, only 1 per enclosure.
Females can be territorial as well, keep an eye on them.
I keep mine in 1.2 groups however a person I know of that has kept many podarcis species (In Europe) suggests pairs are the best way to go.
They'll eat pretty much any insect they can fit in their mouths.
Also they will take fruits as well.
I dont have any good pictures of the podarcis cages to show what I was talking about in the previous post. But this enclosure (housing young jeweled lacertas)is set up similarly minus the the branches and logs that I include for the podarcis cages.
If you look at the bottom of the "steps" you can see a burrow.
The steps absorb all the heat so the burrow (which is a couple inches under ground) stays cool.
Each of my outdoor cages has a minimum of 4 undergound burrows spread through out the cage so as the sun moves around they always have options of where to hide. I dunno, hope that helps a bit.
I'm surprised more people dont keep these and other lacertids. They are awesome lol
