Great pictures.
I used to catch lizards and frogs when I was growing up. I wanted to keep them, but my grandfather said they’d die “cooped up.” It’s interesting… I’ve known a other folks who kept some type of small lizards as pets and a failure to thrive seems endemic to lizards in domestic captivity. Yet, the ones in the habits at zoos seem to do well.
@momzillanc
I think my mom would get mad at me if I did that, I also grew up in the city so not too many things to catch.. Just squirrels lol.. But that makes since, they are used to being wild so cooping them up probably is too much of a change for them. And yeah I think you're right, maybe my gecko enclosure was too small.. good chance that was the problem. thanks for sharing your story!