{"id":73357,"date":"2024-08-14T05:56:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/?p=73357"},"modified":"2025-10-28T00:18:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T05:18:34","slug":"world-lizard-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/world-lizard-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Lizard Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Everyone is Excited for World Lizard Day <\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_73373\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Video-2-Defensive-posture-lizard-Mede-Copy-low-1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73373\" class=\"wp-image-73373 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Video-2-Defensive-posture-lizard-Mede-Copy-low-1.gif\" alt=\"Aggressive behavior in a lizard. Erica Mede, CVT\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-73373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small><strong>Figure 1.<\/strong> Learn more about what this lizard&#8217;s posture indicates in <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/lizard-handling-restraint\/#Defense_mechanisms\">Lizard Handling &amp; Restraint<\/a>. Video credit: Erica Mede, CVT.<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">LafeberVet is rich in lizard-focused content. Check out our collection of <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/species\/lizard\/?fwp_content_type=client-education-handout\">client education handouts<\/a> plus RACE-approved <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/content_types\/webinar\/?fwp_species=lizard\">webinar recordings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/species\/lizard\/?fwp_content_type=teaching-module&amp;fwp_species=reptiles-amphibians\">teaching modules<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/video\/?fwp_species=lizard\">educational videos<\/a>, and informative articles<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Client education handouts *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 339px;\" width=\"633\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gecko-restrained-in-blue-towel-cropped-vertical-Mede-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73367\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gecko-restrained-in-blue-towel-cropped-vertical-Mede--286x400.png\" alt=\"gecko restrained in blue towel cropped vertical Mede\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gecko-restrained-in-blue-towel-cropped-vertical-Mede--286x400.png 286w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Gecko-restrained-in-blue-towel-cropped-vertical-Mede-.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><small><\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>Photo credit:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/mede\/\">Erica Mede<\/a>, CVT<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/aggressive-behavior-in-captive-reptiles\/\">Aggressive Behavior in Captive Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/bearded-dragons-care-of-the-australian\/\">Australian Bearded Dragon Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/blue-tongued-skink\/\">Blue-tailed Skink Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/cold-weather-tips-for-exotic-animal-pets\/\">Cold Weather Tips for Exotic Animal Pets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/emergency-preparedness-plan-for-exotic-pets\/\">Emergency Preparedness Plan for Exotic Pets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/feeding-insect-eating-reptiles\/\">Feeding Insect-Eating Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/green-iguana-care-of-the\/\">Green Iguana Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/reptile-and-amphibian-nutrition\/#Client_education_handout\">Mealworms &amp; Superworms<\/a>, How to Grow<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/metabolic-bone-disease-in-reptiles-and-amphibians\/\">Metabolic Bone Disease in Reptiles &amp; Amphibians<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/old-world-chameleon-care\/\">Old World Chameleon Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/responsible-reptile-amphibian-ownership-know-the-facts-on-salmonellosis\/\">Salmonellosis, Know the Facts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/savannah-monitor-care-of-the-pet\/\">Savannah Monitor Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/setting-up-your-lizards-home\/\">Setting Up Your Lizard&#8217;s Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/tegu-basic-care\/\">Tegu Basic Care<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/uvb-lighting-in-reptiles-client-education-handout\/\">UVB Lighting for Reptiles Client Education Handout<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>RACE-approved continuing education<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 339px;\" width=\"633\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Veiled-Chameleon-Mouth-Speculum-Erica-Mede-cropped-vertical.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73363\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Veiled-Chameleon-Mouth-Speculum-Erica-Mede-cropped-vertical-286x400.png\" alt=\"veiled chameleon mouth speculum Erica Mede\" width=\"250\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Veiled-Chameleon-Mouth-Speculum-Erica-Mede-cropped-vertical-286x400.png 286w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Veiled-Chameleon-Mouth-Speculum-Erica-Mede-cropped-vertical.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><small><\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>Photo credit:\u00a0 Erica Mede, CVT<\/small><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/anesthetic-monitoring-teaching-module\/\">Anesthetic Monitoring Teaching Module<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/clinical-pathology-of-herptiles\/\">Clinical Pathology of Herptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/the-critical-reptile-patient\/\">The Critical Reptile Patient<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/herptile-handling\/\">Herptile Handling Teaching Module<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/reptile-and-amphibian-imaging\/\">Reptile and Amphibian Imaging<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/reptile-and-amphibian-nutrition\/\">Reptile and Amphibian Nutrition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/case-challenge-an-8-month-old-chameleon-with-anorexia-lethargy\/\">Reptile Case Challenge Teaching Module<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/reptile-venipuncture\/\">Reptile Venipuncture Teaching Module<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/spotlight-anesthesia-analgesia-reptiles\/\">Spotlight on Anesthesia &amp; Analgesia in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Videos<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 339px;\" width=\"633\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catheter-Fig-2-IO-cath-lizard-rad-width-600-cropped-square-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17654 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catheter-Fig-2-IO-cath-lizard-rad-width-600-cropped-square-copy-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catheter-Fig-2-IO-cath-lizard-rad-width-600-cropped-square-copy-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catheter-Fig-2-IO-cath-lizard-rad-width-600-cropped-square-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catheter-Fig-2-IO-cath-lizard-rad-width-600-cropped-square-copy-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/Catheter-Fig-2-IO-cath-lizard-rad-width-600-cropped-square-copy.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>Photo credit:\u00a0 LafeberVet<\/small><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/administration-of-medication-in-reptiles-2\/\">Administration of Medication in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/blood-collection-in-lizards\/\">Blood Collection in Lizards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/catheters-in-reptiles\/\">Catheters in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/how-to-guide-nutritional-support-in-reptiles\/\">Nutritional Support in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 339px;\" width=\"633\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Beardie-swallowing-air-Mede-cropped.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73359 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Beardie-swallowing-air-Mede-cropped-286x400.png\" alt=\"beardie swallowing air Erica Mede\" width=\"286\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Beardie-swallowing-air-Mede-cropped-286x400.png 286w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Beardie-swallowing-air-Mede-cropped.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><small><\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>Photo credit: Erica Mede, CVT<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/assessing-the-sick-lizard\/\">Assessing the Sick Lizard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-husbandry-hospitalizing-non-traditional-pets\/\">Basic Husbandry:\u00a0 Hospitalizing Non-Traditional Pets<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/bearded-dragon-infectious-disease-slideshow\/\">Bearded Dragon Infectious Disease Slideshow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/presenting-problem-burns-in-snakes-and-lizards\/\">Burns in Snakes and Lizards<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/presenting-problem-dysecdysis-in-reptiles\/\">Dysecdysis in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/exotic-icu-nursing-care-for-reptiles\/\">Exotic ICU:\u00a0 Nursing Care for Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/feeding-the-hospitalized-lizard\/\">Feeding the Hospitalized Lizard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/fluid-administration-in-reptiles\/\">Fluid Administration in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/lizard-handling-restraint\/\">Lizard Handling and Restraint<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/presenting-problem-prolapse-in-reptiles\/\">Prolapse in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/how-to-verify-life-and-death-in-reptiles\/\">How to Verify Life (and Death) in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/reptile-and-amphibian-equipment-list\/\">Reptile &amp; Amphibian Equipment List<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/presenting-problem-retained-spectacles-in-reptiles\/\">Retained Spectacles in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/zoonotic-concern-salmonellosis-in-reptiles\/\">Salmonellosis in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/presenting-problem-stomatitis-in-reptiles\/\">Stomatitis in Reptiles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/understanding-reptile-dental-anatomy-clinical-applications\/\">Understanding Reptile Dental Anatomy<\/a>:\u00a0 Clinical Applications<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/uvb-lighting-for-reptiles\/\">UVB Lighting for Reptiles <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/vascular-cutdown-techniques\/\">Vascular Cutdown Techniques<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/veterinary-answers-case-study-8-year-old-iguana-with-ascending-tail-necrosis\/\">Veterinary Answers Case Study<\/a>:\u00a0 8-year-old Iguana with Ascending Tail Necrosis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Basic information sheets<\/strong><\/h2>\n<table style=\"height: 339px;\" width=\"633\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11324 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600-250x250.jpg\" alt=\"BT skink\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/BlueTonguedSkink-Conor-Lawless-FCC-cropped-square-width-600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><small><\/small><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>Photo credit: C. Lawless\/Flickr Creative Commons<br \/>\n<\/small><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"312\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-chinese-or-green-water-dragons\/\">Chinese or Green Water Dragon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-sheet-for-green-or-common-iguana\/\">Green Iguana<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-the-inland-bearded-dragon\/\">Inland Bearded Dragon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-jacksons-or-three-horned-chameleon\/\">Jackson&#8217;s Chameleon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-leopard-gecko\/\">Leopard Gecko<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-the-northern-blue-tongued-skink\/\">Northern Blue-Tongued Skink<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-the-panther-chameleon\/\">Panther Chameleon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-savannah-monitor\/\">Savannah Monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-uromastyx\/\">Uromastyx<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lafeber.com\/vet\/basic-information-for-veiled-chameleon\/\">Veiled Chameleon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* Open access at all times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is Excited for World Lizard Day! LafeberVet is rich in lizard-focused content. Check out our collection of:  (1) client education material, which is always open access, including &#8220;Old World Chameleon Care&#8221;, (2) RACE-approved webinar recordings and teaching modules,, including the &#8220;Anesthetic Monitoring Teaching Module&#8221;, approved for 1 credit hour, (3) educational videos (or text with still images), including &#8220;Administration of Medication in Reptiles&#8221;, as well as (4) informative articles, such as \u201cUVB Lighting for Reptiles\u201d by Frances Baines, MA, VetMB, MRCVS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":69467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5497,5901,5902,5903,5904,5602,5906,5900],"class_list":["post-73357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-aggression","tag-bask","tag-infrared","tag-light","tag-sanitation","tag-substrate","tag-tegu","tag-ultraviolet","content_types-article","species-lizard","species-reptiles-amphibians","contributor-pollock"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Lizard Day - LafeberVet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Everyone is Excited for World Lizard Day! 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