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I have kindof a silly question. I have raised many snakes and some geckos over the years, but I have never kept any lizard other than relatively slow moving leopard geckos. Anoles are fast!

I'm setting up a terrarium with anoles in my office. I've read all about their care. I just have one question. When I want to clean their tank...what is the best way to catch them?

Ho do you catch these fast lizards and move them to a new tank? I don't want them to jump and get loose in my office!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Hayseed

With top-opening cages, I used to carefully remove as much cage furniture as possible so they didn't have anywhere to hide. I did this while keeping the screen top covering as much of the opening as possible. Then I would herd them into an open kritter keeper. They don't like to cooperate, but I never had one drop a tail.

Now that I have a front opening vivarium with permanent plants and non-removable wood, I dread having to try rounding Bowser up. Best luck has come from from curling a hand around him enough to get him to bite me. Once they latch on, you can move them with ease.
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Torey
Eugene, Oregon, USA
1.1 Saharan Uros (Joe and Arthur)
3.0 Mali Uros (Spike, Turtle, and Tank)
1.1 Ornate Uros (Scuttlebutt and Shazzbot)
0.1 Collared Lizard (Rorschach)
2.0 Green Anoles (Bowser and Sprocket)
1.1 Chubby Housecats (Roscolux and Jenny)

regular nets used for fishtanks work great med size is great