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Is this normal...? They have all been growing and eating fine...hanging around here and there...doing the usual anoley behavior. Just for the past couple days even my largest male only eats a worm or a cricket or nothing at all. All 3 of my anoles have been growing quite well, molting and everything. I haven't changed anything about their tanks, lighting, ...all food is homegrown.....I can't really think of anything that would change the way they've been behaving. Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

Anoles go through a sort of hybernation in the winter months, especially if their photo period and tempture is naturally decreasing with the fall and winter months. They will sleep more, be lazy more, eat less and generally not be on the move as much as during the spring and summer months. Look at this link under Photoperiod for a better explanation then I can offer as I don't breed or change seasons on my anoles. If you don't want this to happen to them, then it's fairly easy to fix.

http://www.kingsnake.com/anolecare/15.htm

But like I said, this is my opinion, especially if they all have been happy green and eating and acting well up to this point. Hey I wish I could hibernate through the winter, would save me scraping ice off my jeep and ploughing through 4 feet of snow to go 10 miles to work every day
ANOLE CARE - VERY GOOD INFO

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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

2.4.0 green anoles
2.2.0 green tree frogs
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Cobalt froglets)
0.0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake
2.4 Domestic house cats
1.0 Rottweiler
1.0 Husband (who loves all my critters too)
AND I play foster care for 3 homeless kittens & their mom for a few weeks for the shelter.
(and not even going to count what I raise as food for all these guys)

np
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