The Blue-tongue lizards diet: What to feed your pet lizard!

[@papillonone1417]

Most excellent vid, thank you!

[@ReptileWay]

Thanks soo much for the feedback! We are glad it proved useful 🤗

[@cassandraharman3059]

I ask for feedback on a brand of dog food, just if it was generally good and the RUDEST shop clerk, told me not to feed my bluey dog/cat food (shes been raised on it for 2 years) i tried to explain that the nutritional value was great for blueys but she thought i was an idiot. Needless to say i wont be back there. But glad to hear i was on the right track 🤣 love the list too, ill definitely be adding more variety to their diet. Thank you 💜

[@ReptileWay]

It's unfortunate when you encounter people like that, however their loss. Soo glad the information was useful! Thanks for the positive feedback 😀 🙏

[@cassandraharman3059]

@@ReptileWay ill just direct them to this video next time! 👌😌😉

[@ReptileWay]

@@cassandraharman3059 yes please!! 🤣

[@DJ-mk2ez]

Hey, I just got my first Lizard, he’s a bluey, and I’m wondering what’s a go to food that is safe for all lizards that I can give him.

[@ReptileWay]

First of all it is important to know what species of Blue-tongue lizard it is: For example In Australia we have six species of lizards in Australia: - Pygmy blue-tongue lizard - Centralian blue-tongue lizard - Southern/Blotched blue-tongue lizard - Western blue-tongue lizard - Shingleback (4 sub species) - common Blue-tongue lizard (3 Subspecies: Tanimbar (Indonesian), Northern, eastern ) The reason being, depending on the species/subspecies, their dietary requirements in terms of protein to plant ratio could be slightly different and how often they need to be fed also. If you are not sure what species/subspecies you have, there are Blue-tongue lizard Facebook groups that may assist with IDs, or Vets that specialise in reptiles or reputable Blue-tongue lizard breeders. Once you know the species/subspecies then you can specifically research the dietary requirements online as there are alot of scientific studies and vet guides out there for each species. But in saying that this video has a safe foods table, whereby alot of the foods on this table are safe for all Blue-tongues, but for the species that require less protein, be mindful of, and research it in depth. This video is directed alot at Northern Blue-tongue lizards. Hope that helps! Goodluck with your lizard they make wonderful pets 😊

[@thuanngo3277]

what species is the one lying on the rock

[@emmacaisley7293]

Ive found on the internet that any kind of seafood is toxic to blue tongues. I looked at feeding Ziwi but saw that it has mussels in there. Is seafood a problem?

[@ReptileWay]

Through my research I found the fish etc should be kept to a minimal, but it won't necessarily kill them with very small doses that are in the Ziwi peak. I've had no issues at all.

[@ReptileWay]

However if you are uncomfortable with that brand, there's the K9 natural beef flavour is a great alternative! 😊

[@rhiannamclean2978]

hi my name is Rhianna and I was wandering what the best substrate for a bearded dragon would be, because i have been told that dirt gives then a raspatory infection and to use tiles, what should I do?

[@ReptileWay]

If you want to use a loose substrate, a good and less expensive option for a Bearded dragon is sanitised playsand (try look for a brand that has the larger grains of sand instead of the super fine sand, this will reduce chance of respitory issues). As it's not going to have any nasties and is a good option for lower humidity enclosure setups. It's also really good for their joints as when they jump off things in the enclosure it cushions the impact. Whereas solid tiles can do a bit of damage later on to their joints. Also if they are hard smooth tiles that cause the feet to slip it can make it difficult to move around with ease due to the lack of grip. When it comes to respitory infections, it's not as simple as dirt/all substrates leads to respitory infections. A big cause of respitory infections is having inadequate or no ventilation in the enclosure, choosing the wrong substrate for that species, not have humidity levels correct and poor cleaning and husbandry etc. So all in all you can safely have substrate in your reptile enclosure, you just have to do your research to make sure it's the correct type. Having loose substrate does provide alot of enrichment for reptiles. Now with loose substrate you want to reduce the chance of your animal getting impaction. This can be achieved by not feeding your lizard directly on the substrate, use a feeding bowl and/or tong feeding. Also reptile friendly bioactive substrates are great, you need to look at more arid setups. Check out the biodudes website for that. Goodluck!

[@rhiannamclean2978]

@@ReptileWay thankyou so much for your response this has helped me a lot. all the vids you make are amazing 🥰

[@ReptileWay]

@@rhiannamclean2978 no worries! Soo glad the videos are proving useful! Goodluck 🙂

[@zoeyreptiliusowner]

wanted to let you know. reptifiles isent a good/trustworthy sourse of informationits litterally just a copy and past with out crediting the original source. one or two maybe three things might be fine. but most of it is outdated and or copy and past from other sites and or Wiki....

[@ReptileWay]

I think I might have to respectfully disagree with that statement in regards to the reptifiles information I shared as it was backed up by numerous reliable vet, breeder sources, scientific papers and textbooks.

[@zoeyreptiliusowner]

@@ReptileWay eh i just wanted to let you know :T but it is true...im not to good at explaining so sorry on that part. but it is just just that. copy and past/taken from other sources :T at one point it may of been good. but it no longer is.

[@ReptileWay]

@@zoeyreptiliusowner All good thanks for letting us know 🙏