Today I am venturing out to purchase my first armadillo lizard, not even technically mine, rather a gift for a friend who will obtain it on a future date. I intend to put up a full care sheet (including eventually how to entice them to mate), and add as much information as I can. When looking on the internet I could not find any information pertaining to raising, breeding, or even where to obtain these lizards, I now intend to do all of that on my own.

 

From current reading this is what I understand to be the way in which you care for them:

  • 20 gallon tank (screen lid)
  • coconut sub-strait (3 inches thick)
  • hiding place
  • water dish
  • crickets for food
  • UVB and heat lamp
  • a couple large rocks for basking (100 degrees)
  • up to three can be housed in that 20 gallon tank (though not recommended) and only one male per.
  • lighting is on for 8-10 hours per day