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Hello,
I just recently got a green anole. All of my other reptiles are fed in their own separate feeding container, however the anole does not like to be caught and put in the box and will not eat. I have just been placing food in his viv for him, but it's hard to monitor how much he is eating that way.

Thoughts?

Hi there,

I also recently became the proud owner of a green anole, and I had the same problem... May I ask what size viv the little fellow is in, as well as the temperature, humidity, and general set-up of his vivarium?

As recommended, I set up Eddie with a 10-gallon tank with tons of hidey holes, climbing space, plants, a great substrate. I had a temp gradient of 80-90 in the warm end (the 90 was in his basking spot) to 75ish in the "cooler" end. I misted two or three times a day, humidity was right where it was supposed to be... I was doing everything right.

Except he wouldn't eat. Crickets (both bought and wild-caught), meal-worms, moths, a crane fly, nothing appealed to him and I was getting very worried. He noticed the food, he just refused to eat it. I ended up at Petco (for something unrelated) and a lady there said she had owned anoles before, and that perhaps the problem was that he had TOO MUCH space. I was skeptical, especially since EVERYTHING I had read, seen, or heard, recommended 10 gallons of space for one anole. But, I was willing to give it a shot.

I moved Eddie to a smaller enclosure--actually a cricket-keeper that I hadn't used yet--and it worked! He has lived in there for a week and a half now, and he is just as green as can be. He is eating, drinking water off the walls and leaves, and really seems less stressed.

It is important to note that this is NOT a permanent solution in my eyes! I am phasing him back up to a larger viv slowly. I'll keep you posted on how that goes.

Best of luck!!

He is living in an Exo Terra small rain forest viv which is 12x12x18. The original intention was for him to live in one of the several "extra" 10gals that I have, but by the time I bought everything to properly set it up the price was right about what the exo terra set up cost. In the basking area the temp is 94* and on the bottom of the viv the temp is 84-86*. I will keep everyone posted.

Thanks
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Green Igg 1.0.0
Beardie 1.0.0
Green Tree Frogs 0.0.2
Pac Man Frog 0.0.1
Green Anole 1.0.0

Problem solved, he ate today
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Green Igg 1.0.0
Beardie 1.0.0
Green Tree Frogs 0.0.2
Pac Man Frog 0.0.1
Green Anole 1.0.0

Hooray!! Glad to hear everything's alright! I recently discovered that Eddie is not a fan of the ReptiCal I dust his crickets with. He eats the crickets with reptical on them, but he takes his dear sweet time instead of gobbling them up like he does with non-dusted crickets... strange creatures. I'd love to know what their minds work like!!

Glad everything worked out, and best of luck!!
E