Has anyone tired using a lizard within a tortoise habitat to help control insects? I don't mean an infestation or bugs that result from poor sanitation, I mean just a few stray bugs or so. It seems that when insects wander indoors, they can be attracted to the food and heat that a tortoise habitat or cage provides.
Of course, I don't mean a large aggressive carnivorous lizard, but such species as a gecko or anole or even pygmy chameleons for baby and juveniles tortoises. My main concern is the potential for the spread of parasites or diseases in the pairing of species.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows of such an arrangement, even if it is just keeping a tortoise and lizard within the same enclosure as companions or out of a lack of space.
Of course, I don't mean a large aggressive carnivorous lizard, but such species as a gecko or anole or even pygmy chameleons for baby and juveniles tortoises. My main concern is the potential for the spread of parasites or diseases in the pairing of species.
So I'm wondering if anyone knows of such an arrangement, even if it is just keeping a tortoise and lizard within the same enclosure as companions or out of a lack of space.