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So, I live in FLorida and it has been storming non stop here. I went outside today to feed the neighborhood cat and I saw a peice of a palm tree that had fallen and there were 6 little anole eggs all over the grass! The storm must have ripped their palm tree nest apart. I have a good amount of experience when it comes to anoles but not their eggs. The only time that I have sucessfully hatched a baby anole was when it's mother laid it in her cage and I didn't do anything special to the egg. The last time I tried to actually incubate anole eggs, they shriveled up. Maybe I kept them too moist? How should I go about keeping these little guys ok? What is the right amount of heat and moisture to incubate them? Thanks!

Sorry! Anoles don't lay eggs in nests nor do they lay them in trees. They may have washed out of the ground from various locations because of the heavy rain. They might not even be Anole eggs.

Oh yes they do! Atleast in south Florida they do! Once I was with my dad and he was taking down a lamp from one of our trees and an anole egg fell out. I opened it up and there was a little anole inside. I know the exact size and shape of anole eggs and these are them! Plus, the only other reptile that they could be is a snake and they are NOT snake eggs. Snakes cant even climb palm trees. The part of the tree that they fell out of was moist so it makes perfect sense that they would be protected in there from the storm.Maybe that was where the mother was taking shelter and she had no other choice but to lay them in there.

They could be house gecko eggs but the only way to be for sure is to incubate them. Even then I find it hard to beleive that anything besides a day gecko would lay eggs in such a dangerous location.

I know it!I went out looking around the area and I found yet another one just sitting out on the grass! I took it in just before a big storm hit. Lol it is so wierd but who knows. I am incubating them and they are doing just fine so I am really exited to see what they will turn out to be!

my poor anole is hungry, but he can not eat. his mouth can hardly open. do u think his jaw is broken? can that heal? do u know what to do?