Yes I am in south Florida, up near Sarasota/Tampa. The anoles around here must have suicide wishes or something, the way they always run out in front of people and bikes.

The lizard seems to be doing better. The skin on his face was peeling, that is why it looked white. It's all back to normal now. It was cool for a few days but now it is back to being warm so I have been putting him in the sunlight for a few days and he seems to enjoy it. He is getting pretty good at responding when I poke him in the nose with a meal worm, he opens his mouth and takes it or waits for me to put it in. He opens his good eye while he eats and then closes it as soon as he's done. If it wasn't for that I think he'd be ok to let loose, I don't know how he'd find food if he won't keep his eye open. I have a bunch of leaves and branches in his enclosure, which used to be a large tupperware for cakes, and he navigates around them well. I took a branch from the jasmine bush that he was running to when he got stepped on and gave it to him and he kept sleeping on and clutching it. He doesn't seem too sickly now, except for not being overly active which seems to make sense if his eye stil hurts. I'll keep people posted on how he does.

Thanks for the input,

Sarah

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• Wild Brown anole in need of help, hurt eye and ill. - sarahcookies, Fri Oct 3 08:59:54 2003
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• RE: Wild Brown anole in need of help, hurt eye and ill. - cheshireycat, Mon Oct 6 02:16:38 2003
• RE: Wild Brown anole in need of help, hurt eye and ill. - sarahcookies, Tue Oct 7 18:14:29 2003
• RE: Wild Brown anole in need of help, hurt eye and ill. - cheshireycat, Fri Oct 10 00:42:02 2003