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I have had a male and female anole for 3 weeks and am a new herp owner. Today I saw a half inch oval creamy colored "thing" stuck to a leaf in their cage. It looked slightly misshapen. The female then began to attempt to eat it. It looked soft and after much "mashing" with her jaws, it seemed to become more yellow. She finally succeeded in rupturing it. Now I can't find it, she may have eaten it entirely. Could this have been an egg? Is this normal behavior?

It was likely an infertile egg. Females will sometimes eat them to recycle the nutrients. Fertile aggs are usually buried in the corners of the enclosure or near the base of a plant.

Thank you for your response, I think it must have been an egg.

Make sure that you have a substrate that the female can dig in. Good ones are organic potting soil (without Perlite) and organic compost. Both are absorbant and easy for the female to bury her eggs in.