Well, there's been a sudden uprise in my location of Bark Anoles where not long ago I didn't even know what one was. Now they're everywhere, almost as common as Brown anoles in my yard, and I think they're quite nifty.
Anyway, I found one the other night when I lifted a bucket out from another that had sand in it. In the bottom bucket was a shedding Bark anole, but it seemed to be having problems. For one, it had a little trouble moving with the skin, more so than what I've seen in Brown anoles at least. Also, the shedding skin was mostly dark grey, not a whitish grey, and didn't look like it was peeling off right. I picked up the anole (yeah, it let me) and put it into a 20-H mesh cage I wasn't using at the time. I kept the cage in half sun-half shade and made sure to wet it, but the anole still wasn't shedding. A few days later, I moved it into a large plastic tub without substrate and just a stick and a leaf and put it into my room. It's not getting UVB in there, which is a concern that I can fix. Right now, it usually stays under a warm bulb even though my room is 80*F... and when I have a red bulb on at night it's under that, too. It's eating and drinking, although it's had a lot of trouble hunting the crickets.
The shed on its body has mostly peeled off, but there looks like there could be a sore on the leg of the little guy. The possible sore was looking nearly black the other day but is now barely visible. It doesn't look like necrosed skin to me, but it really could be. It just looked like humid, dark, slightly loose flesh. Now it looks a little darker, but doesn't look humid or loose. The peeling process has gotten much better inside, maybe from the lack of humidity, but it still hasn't fully peeled more than a week later, and doesn't look like it will finish very soon. At least the peeling skin looks normal, though.
He's somewhat active, but very alert. He recognizes me enough to not act bothered when I check the tank or move close, but won't let me pick it up anymore (which I consider a good sign) to examine its skin. I'm scared that putting Neosporin on it (the possible sore), like I'd do for frogs, will inhibit some of the movement or something. Does anyone have any ideas?
This is the first Bark anole I've kept, so if anyone has any tips I sure would appreciate them. I figure the tank temps, humidity, etc. are fine because they run rampant here at this moment and I'm familiar with the climate in Hispanola, where I read they're from.
Thanks in advance.
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