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[[Image:Elgaria_multicarinata_eating_mantis.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''A Southern Alligator Lizard (''Elgaria multicarinata'') eating a preying mantis''' (© Rémi Jouan, CC-BY-SA, GNU Free Documentation License, Wikimedia Commons)]]

[[Image:Elgaria_multicarinata_eating_mantis.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''A Southern Alligator Lizard (''Elgaria multicarinata'')]]

The best diet for a pet lizard is one that is as close as possible to the diet of a free-ranging lizard. Unfortunately not all the ingredients are available. Until controlled studies are done, it is best to feed a variety of foods and not rely on any one to form the bulk of the diet. Regular voracious eating is usually a good indicator of health. It is also necessary to have a feeding arrangement so that food is uncontaminated by litter.

The best diet for a pet lizard is one that is as close as possible to the diet of a free-ranging lizard. Unfortunately not all the ingredients are available. Until controlled studies are done, it is best to feed a variety of foods and not rely on any one to form the bulk of the diet. Regular voracious eating is usually a good indicator of health. It is also necessary to have a feeding arrangement so that food is uncontaminated by litter.

== Insectivore ==

== Insectivore ==

[[Image:Lizard_feed.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Insectivore''' (Wikimedia Commons)]]

[[Image:Lizard_feed.jpg|300px|thumb|right|'''Insectivore''' (© Rémi Jouan, CC-BY-SA, GNU Free Documentation License, Wikimedia Commons)]]

Crickets should not be more than 50% of the diet and the remainder can include mealworms, king mealworms, wax worms, earthworms, cockroaches, giant cockroaches, flies, cicadas, grasshoppers, field crickets, caterpillars and newborn pinkie mice.

Crickets should not be more than 50% of the diet and the remainder can include mealworms, king mealworms, wax worms, earthworms, cockroaches, giant cockroaches, flies, cicadas, grasshoppers, field crickets, caterpillars and newborn pinkie mice.