Horned Toad

[Preston Cook]

Hey,

What's up everybody? I work at a petshop and one of our wholesalers got in baby Horned toads (Phyrnosoma Unknown). He said the person he got them from caught a gravid female. I am so excited because these guys are pigs! There eating crickets like mad . There only about 1 1/4 inches long! I will try to get some pictures as soon as possible. Also I was woundering what ants have in them, for lack of better words. So I know what to supplement the crickets with.

Best regards,

Preston

 

[strikedistance]

Basically since you got the horned lizard from a wholeseller you have no idea what they are or if they are CH or WC. I would say WC because no whole seller is going to take the time to hatch the eggs. Unless the are Mountain Short Horns. Speaking of the if they are you have one of the hardest horned lizard in your care. So from my understanding they have not been fed any any what soever. That is not really good. There was a study done that if the horned lizard can lick up its prey and the prey arn't any bigger than ants they will do fine. But you should get some ants for then sometimes. www.antsalive.com I would love to see picture since i am really into Phyrnosoma. I am getting so platyrhinos very soon myself. Hope they do well and if you need any more help than i can give you. Go to www.Phyrnosoma.com or www.Phyrnosoma.org

 

[docszoo]

The phrynosoma.org even has a forum. I would try to get as much info about this species out of cable hoge as you can, as he has done so many studies on horned lizards.

But yeah, if they are hernandesi, they will eat good for you for the first few months, but then they will slowly loose interest in eating for you. . . that is why I let my remaining HL go, cause he lost interest totaly in food.

 

[Preston Cook]

Basically since you got the horned lizard from a wholeseller you have no idea what they are or if they are CH or WC. I would say WC because no whole seller is going to take the time to hatch the eggs. Unless the are Mountain Short Horns. Speaking of the if they are you have one of the hardest horned lizard in your care. So from my understanding they have not been fed any any what soever. That is not really good. There was a study done that if the horned lizard can lick up its prey and the prey arn't any bigger than ants they will do fine. But you should get some ants for then sometimes. www.antsalive.com I would love to see picture since i am really into Phyrnosoma. I am getting so platyrhinos very soon myself. Hope they do well and if you need any more help than i can give you. Go to www.Phyrnosoma.com or www.Phyrnosoma.org

The wholeseller is pretty honest. These guys are only about 1 inch long, I doubt they caught them in the wild. He got them from a collector that had a gravid wc female.

 

[strikedistance]

Ok i know theres always one in a million but i have worked with at least 4 wholesellers for 3 different pet stores and i am on 15. None of them know what they are taking about. Im not calling your guy a lier im just speaking from experience. Also it is not that hard to find babies in the right time of the year. I was up near Reno Nevada for a while and found 8 babieds within an hour.
Bruce
I would love to see pictures though.

Heres some that i found in Reno.