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RE: New Anole, 1st time lizard person!

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Posted by: abukuchick at Tue Mar 14 22:15:35 2006  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by abukuchick ]  
   

After work we went and bought a 20 gallon high tank. They are in there now and are resting after the stressful capture and release. We now have the heat pad and basking light on one side, and the UVA/UVB light on the other side. It's only been set up for 2 hours or so, so it's still warming up. It's currently 71 on the cool side and 75 on the warm side. There are vines winding all over (up high on the basking side) and a pair of hanging plants on the back wall. They seem to like the decor so far.



They are both sleeping, one on each side. The browner (male) one seems to be doing well. He eats, drinks, poos and changes color. He did go pretty green for a while and other than that has been a lighter shade of brown (his eyelids stay bright green if that means anything)and a mix of brown/green. He is filling out and looks great. The female on the other hand is getting skinnier. I make sure there is always at least 1 cricket in there but I still haven't physically seen her eat anything. We also have a dish in there with 2 waxworms that they can eat at their leisure. I'm a little worried about the female. How long does it take them to starve? She can move really fast still and is drinking well. Is there anything she might like better than crickets or waxworms?



One more thing, how many times/how often should we mist the tank? We've each been doing it 2-4x's a day, making the overall number 6-8x's. Is this enough or too much? They do seem to enjoy the water droplets everytime we spray them.



Thanks for your help, these two will be forever grateful!


   

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