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My green anole has been at my house two weeks. Its now sick and its eyes are sunken back. GOOD cage, water bowl, water drop systen, crickets, and a UVA UVB light... yet it wont eat or drink. It looks dead. What do you guys think?

I meant drinking, sorry!

Unfortunately once they get sick it can often be very difficult to get them back to health.

Does he have a basking light? Does he have plenty of hiding places? Was he sick when you first bought him? What is the temperature in his tank? I set my tank to 79 degrees during the day, with about 12 hours light, the UVB bulb is a tropical one, 5.0 UVB output. They like their tanks to be fairly humid, so a spritz with a water spray once a day is good for them, they are usually wild caught and often wont drink from a static water source such as a bowl, so in spraying the leaves in the tank he might be encouraged to lick water from there instead.

Do you use plastic or real plants? If they are real plants and toxic your live foods might be ok but then your pet might not after he has eaten the live food, check the labels if you have live plants. Also they tend to suffer with parasites in captivity, have you checked him for mites and worms? They hide in the folds of their arms and legs, and are quite difficult to spot unless close up.

It may help him to gently stroke the side of his face to encourage him to open his mouth, and pop in a small wax worm, I wouldnt use meal worms if he is skinny as it might be too harsh for him to digest the exo skeleton, but waxies are also a good source of moisture, and fattening too, though make sure it is not too big for him to swallow.

Let us know how he gets on?
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Kelly

There is a thin person inside of me trying to get out. I keep her quiet with chocolate

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It bites so I'm not about to touch it. It has moss and shredded cocunut (the plants) and it has a hiding place. It has a basking light and I spray it, and I also keep a water dish just in case. It also has a drip system.. I dont know what the problem is. No mites or worms either

They bite, but rarely hard enough to draw blood, and usually only if their movement is restricted, do it with a cotton bud instead of your finger, if it cant find the energy to hunt it certainly wont have the energy to bite you that hard, and really it isnt worth letting him die just to save a little nip, be brave and try it with the cotton bud, lol. If necessary try using tweezers to put the food in his mouth
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Kelly

There is a thin person inside of me trying to get out. I keep her quiet with chocolate

www.collaredlizards.co.uk