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I have kind-of 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!

I've never had to remove any type of arboreal Lizard/Gecko to clean its enclosure. If your giving them what they need, they'll retreat to wherever they feel secure and you go about your business. Once your done they'll eventually come back out and resume theirs. I did this for years when I kept Day Geckos. I never had an escapee and these things were 50X faster than an Anole. Some of them would sit and watch what I was doing, though I couldn't get all of them to take crickets out of my hand.