What do you feed a teensy lizard caught in the park?

• Answer:

  Hmm, if you've washed your hands nice and clean, and it really is a teensy lizard as you say.... Feed it a finger tip. Really, let it bite or nip your finger....if its teeth are *sharp* it is likely an insect eater, but if its bite feels dull, or its teeth like blunt nubs or pegs, it likely eats little bits of fruit and leaf...or you can take the dull, boring and sanitary way out just by a) getting it to open its mouth so you can see its teeth, or b) just alternate feeding it mealworms and wee bits of fruit until it bites something.... But yeah, that is the thing with reptiles, they won't have sharp teeth unless they eat some form of meat. They aren't heterodont the way mammals are (meaning, reptiles will have the same general kind and shape of tooth all through their mouth--snakes and their fangs being the one exception). So check the teeth if you can, some lizards are stupid enough to try eating the wrong thing until it sickens them... Hope this helps and I hope your lizard ends up a good deal less teensy. A fat lizard is generally a happy one if you don't handle it too much. ;)