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Was supposed to be a feeder

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Now he is a pet used for scenting. :)

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I got myself in the same situation once. Bought 3 anoles as feeders, and they ended up as pets.
As a result I discovered that anoles are highly underrated. I got a lot of enjoyment watching those guys hunt and interact with each other.
 
Very cute little guy there. That's one of my boyfriend's biggest fears that I'm going to wind up feeling sorry or liking one of the rodents that I use for feeding too much and make it a pet.
 
I've got 2 gerbils in the same boat...their names are now Franklin and Strawberry, and they reside in my daughter's bedroom, lol.
 
Not trying to start a fight, this is just my personal opinion but Anoles shouldn't be feeders and don't do great in captivity. These are just my thoughts since having Piccolo. They are TO cute and loads of fun to watch. You creep up to the tank to take a peek and next thing you know you've been standing there for two hours watching them. Their pretty tempermental little critters. What were you going to feed him to SPJ? Anoles aren't boring, watch a Tarantula. lol
 
Leighanne said:
Not trying to start a fight, this is just my personal opinion but Anoles shouldn't be feeders and don't do great in captivity.
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Anoles can do quite well in captivity. The most important thing is being able to obtain a heathy lizard to start with. Many do not seem to tolerate regular handling well. The cost of caring for them propery also far exceeds the cost of the lizard. Back when I kept them, I had a 1.2 trio set up in a 15 gallon tank with a 50 watt basking light and a UV flourescent. I used reptibark as a substrate and had a potted plant. All crickets were gut loaded and dusted with Reptical with vitamin D3 and Herptivite. They did very well and were very prolific ;o) They don't always recognize standing water so it's important to mist once or twice a day. If the scenting seems to stress him unduly, you could consider getting a green treefrog to cohabitate with him, as long as you're gentle frogs work great for scenting too and it's often sufficient to just run the pinky over the frog's back as it sits in the cage. I seem to recall that viper boas will take frogs readily too.

-Alice
 
Wow some anole people are passionate about handling these things.

Handling for 10 minutes a week to use to scent a rodent is better than being the meal IMO.
 
SPJ said:
Wow some anole people are passionate about handling these things.

Handling for 10 minutes a week to use to scent a rodent is better than being the meal IMO.
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I agree that the temporary discomfort of handling is preferable to being dinner. I was just throwing out other options in case it started to adversely affect him and you were interested in maximizing his longevity. If he does die, you can freeze him to use for continued scenting. For guys predisposed to eating frogs, I've also had much better luck in terms of eliciting a feeding response using amphibians; a lot of scent seems to get transferred in the slime. I have a pet skink and spiny lizard that I kept for the same purpose, and have kept frogs as well. Luckily for them, those snakes are now taking unscented.

-Alice
 
That wasn't directed at you.
That was becuase some people stated that you should NEVER handle an anole and diong so for scenting is going to stress him to the point he dies.

I think he would rather have a few minutes of handling over being lunch. :D
 
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