Decoration :

Crevice spiny lizards should always be kept on a dry substrate so not to increase the humidity inside the vivarium.We keep crevice spiny lizards on sand. Whilst any loose substrate has the potential to be accidentally swallowed we have found that with a good diet and the correct set up the crevice spiny lizard is unlikely to ingest it's substrate.

Whilst crevice spiny lizards are not an arboreal lizard, they do like to climb on top of things to survey their surroundings. The vivarium should be decorated with various pieces of wood or rock to enable them to do this.

The crevice spiny lizard vivarium can be decorated with artificial plants for a more natural look. Desert plants look very effective and also provide further perches for the crevice spiny lizard. Trailing plants are very good at disguising electrical wires and equipment, as well as providing cover for young lizards.

Diet & Water :

Crevice spiny lizards are dry animals so they do not require any water in the vivarium. Crevice spiny lizards are mainly herbivores. Good vegetables include: dandelion, clover, honeysuckle, leafy salads, watercress, curly kale, brussel tops, spring greens, coriander, parsley, rocket, carrot, parsnip, courgette, peppers and small amounts of non citric fruit. Ones to avoid include: cabbage, spinach, onion, tomato, buttercup, citric fruits and iceberg lettuce. Calcium should be provided daily and dusted directly onto the crevice spiny lizards food. Vitamins may be also be added daily.

Crevice spiny lizard should also be provided a livefood diet. We have found that brown crickets are the most readily accepted, but you can also try black crickets, dubia cockroachesor locusts (hoppers). On occasion, for variation you can offer other bugs such as mealworms, waxworms or calciworms.

Breeding :

If you keep a male and female together, they may breed. You do not need to do anything to encourage this, providing they are healthy and the conditions are good, it will happen naturally. You need to consider whether you want this to happen. What will you do with the babies?

A gravid female does not require any additional nesting material. In some cases if the male is extremely active or is stressin the female it may be worth temporarily removing him from the enclosure. Common Boa constrictors are a livebearing species so they will not lay eggs. Roughly 24 weeks after mating she will give birth, the babies should be removed immediately and placed in a smaller enclosure with a moist substrate.