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My ameiva wont eat

Have you tried egg? Both tegus and ameivas love it. Also if I were you I would put a branch/log in a 45 degree angle inside the enclosure (I'm assuming you have a mesh cover on the top). That will allow for the animal to choose different spots/temperature gradients and will provide hide spots. One thing that both tegus and ameivas love in the wild are spiders, it usually triggers an immediate feeding response.

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Thanks for all the help, but im pretty much positive he ate. When I left for dinner tonight, I put a pinky in, and now when I got back, its gone. I cant see the pinky got out, and I dug through all the substrate... so tommorow im going to go and get him a proper sized cage and lighting.
 
Thanks. As I said tommorow im going to get a much bigger cage with the right lighting. Also what substrate should I use? He seems to dig around a lot, and the wood chips just dont seem to fit.
 
ball pythonz said:
Thanks. As I said tommorow im going to get a much bigger cage with the right lighting. Also what substrate should I use? He seems to dig around a lot, and the wood chips just dont seem to fit.
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Cypress Mulch would be best for him, and seeing how you are in Fla, it's cheap down there...
 
They do sell it at Home depot. As for the size of the tank, a 40 breeder would be a lot better. :)
 
Mark,

You are really going to go far in this hobby. Well done! :)

Regards.
 
Well I love reptiles, and its so awesome that I got one of these. Now for my other problem... it wont touch crickets. It ate another pinky today, so thats 2 pinkys. But pinkys are a pain for me to get right now, and I always have a lot of crickets for my other animals. Any ways I could get it to eat crickets? Hopefuly i'll keep trying and it will eat crickets... I dont leave the crickets in there to long because my friend had the bad experience of his tegus eyes gitten eaten by crickets. I also might take it to a vet just since its wc.
 
It sounds like you are doing a great job setting him up!! :)

Does you room get below 70*? If not it will be fine.

Also, have you tried roaches, or super worms? He should take them.
 
Can you get any roaches? They will eat them too. No, I don't think the temperatures in your room will be too low at night for the ameiva.
 
lol we had roaches actually but my dad got rid of that... yea I have super worms but they bury under the bedding and he doesnt see them. Ill try putting a plate or something in there.
 
I'll get pics also, but for now if you go on google images and search for green ameiva, he looks exactley like the first picture but his colors are even brighter.(or she, I dont know yet)
 
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