170 TERR ARIA 



Occupants for Terraria. The large majority of cold-blooded 

 animals of suitable sizes may be introduced. In the moist terrarium the 

 principal animals used are young alligators, newts, salamanders, tadpoles, 

 frogs, water snakes, turtles, aquatic insects and their larvae. For the 

 dry terrarium we have tree toads, hop toads, horned toads, beetles, 

 spiders, lizards, chameleons, tortoises, snakes, butterflies, moths and other 

 insects. 



Feeding in the Terrarium. The different occupants of the terrar- 

 ium naturally require a varying range of foods. Those containing 

 chameleons, frogs, toads, tree toads, do well on flies. It is a good plan 

 to have a fly trap which can be emptied into the terrarium. It is quite an 

 amusing thing to see the animals waiting for the flies to emerge after they 

 have learned that they are fed in this manner. The dexterity with which 

 they are caught and eaten is a never-ending marvel. While these animals 

 can live on little, they ought to be well fed in warm weather, giving them 

 once daily all the flies they can consume, which will be found to be a 

 considerable number. In winter when flies are scarce they may be fed 

 on meal worms and meal bugs, which are easily cultivated in bran flour, 

 once a small stock is started. Particular care should be taken not to 

 allow any of the meal breeding stock to escape into the house, as it is 

 liable to become a pest in the kitchen. Roach traps are useful ad- 

 juncts in providing food for the larger lizards and insectivorous 

 snakes. 



Alligators, carnivorous turtles, newts and salamanders are fed 

 on bits of meat, fish, oysters, scrambled tgg and worms. 



Snakes and lizards require large and small insects, worms, small live 

 fish, toads and animals. 



Box tortoises select their food from a large menu. They like almost 

 anything that man eats and a few things besides, including, in the last, 

 slugs and earthworms. Thick, sour milk is taken eagerly. 



As with the aquarium, particular care should be exercised not lo 

 allow any excess of food which is liable to decay, all such surplus being 

 removed immediately after the feeding hour. 



