I had three slowworms once; I don’t think you can get them anymore. They were about the nicest lizards you could ever meet. They had these bright little faces, grew to be really tame in next to no time, and seemed very quick to learn. Honest, they’re not a bit like snakes.
My slowworms died because of stuff in the environment. I fed them worms and slugs and bugs that I caught outside, never suspecting the ground was tainted with assorted pesticides from years back. Their appetite for pests is why they’re so welcome in English gardens.
Yes, I miss my good little slowworms. If it seems strange to talk about lizards having personality–well, no one who really knows lizards would think that.
I have never seen one of these before.
They’re from England and elsewhere in Europe. We do have a couple of kinds of legless lizards here in the US, but they’re not slowworms.
Good video. Thanks for posting. I could use a few of those here, but they would get fat, with all the food they would find.
Where in the Philippines do you live, Mike?
So true, Lee. You put that correctly: “I miss my good little slowworms. If it seems strange to talk about lizards having personality–well, no one who really knows lizards would think that. So many people don’t know it’s not safe to offer the wigglies and crawlers from outside. This was so informative, and I am amazed they can live 54 years in captivity!!
A good thing about iguanas–you can feed them off your own dinner plate.