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I'm looking into getting one or two of these guys and was curious as to what you who have kept them did as far as "debugging" feeder lizards? And/or for those of you who tried to switch them over to mice, if you had any luck? About how long did it take if you had success? From what I've read a lot of people are freezing whatever anoles they find. any suggestions or ideas would be appreciated!

thanks,

Justin

It's very hard to get them feeding on rodents, I have heard of them switching over to mice, but at best it's rare to get one that accepts rodents. Most people I know with them freeze anoles for at least a month, and several people breed house geckos to use as feeders. Usually when the snakes come in they are absolutely stuffed with parasites too.

yeaaahh I really don't think I'm gonna mess with them. I think they're just one of those species that has never and probably will never been "good" captives.

I have tried Vines on a couple of occasions. A large pair and a smaller pair.

The smaller animals took live fish from the water bowl, after a few such feedsI tried hopper mice. The mice were taken readily.

With the larger animals, only one would take fish. I bought some feeder house geckos, which were readily taken. I set the feeder geckos up within sight of the Vines( I hadn't considered the great eyesight of Vines). When I went to feed the Vines I noted that they were particularly alert...so I tried a mouse. .taken straight away! I was suprised how quickly mice succumb to the venom!

I may have just been lucky getting my animals to take mice.

As nearly all Vines are wild caught expect losses due to high parasite loads.

If your lucky to get healthy strong specimens Vines make stunning display animals.

Cheers

Mark