Lizards are different: herbivorous, carnivorous and omnivorous. Before you begin to feed, you need to determine what type of food is peculiar to the species that you live in.
The most common reptiles in the temperate climate are representatives of the True Lizards family, as well as the Forest lizards. They are all carnivorous. However, in the southern regions there are habitats of omnivorous lizards, such as the Average Lizard.
Lizards-meat eaters
If you have determined that the ordinary lizard has got to you, the problem of what to feed is solved quite simply: insects, worms, small mice and rats, occasionally with meat. Locusts, grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, drosophila flies - that's what the usual lizard should feed. Note that cockroaches are not Prussians caught somewhere, but black cockroaches, which are specially bred for feeding reptiles, amphibians and spiders. Ask at a pet store or look for people who are breeding insects: it will be much more beneficial to grow insects at home than to buy them each time.
Fish and meat - this is another option, than you can feed the lizard. Although this option is very risky: raw meat can contain parasites, and your lizard can get helminthic invasion. Meat and fish should not be included in the ration of the animal often and in large quantities; Before feeding, make sure that all the bones from the tissues have been removed.
Another good solution than feeding the lizard at home is snails . They are easy to breed, besides, their shells contain calcium, which when lactating the lizard with other types of food must be mixed. If you feed the lizards in mice, you can first make an injection of a vitamin-mineral complex. Another source of calcium is the eggshell.
Herbivorous lizards
Fruits and vegetables - this is the basis of what to feed the lizard, leading the vegetarian way of life. Suitable cabbage, carrots, lettuce, apples, grapes, potatoes (occasionally).
Watch the lizard during the feeding and do not be afraid to experiment - so you will reveal the gastronomic predilections of your lizard specifically. However, remember that the products must be safe for the reptile - that is, you do not need to feed it with chips. Carnivorous is once a week to offer herbal food, herbivorous - an insect.
A lizard must be fed daily. If she suddenly began to refuse food - feed forcibly once every two days. If in a week the lizard does not start taking food by itself - show the animal to the veterinarian.