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I have a naturalistic viv, here is the vid on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp06fSQpbZQ not sure if that was appropriate but I'm not sure how to post images yet. My lil girl usually eats in a separate tank, but I'm getting her back into the mode of eating from a small container I offer her crix in. I was offering tiny dubia, from my beardies' colony, but she didn't take to them as well. My problem is, it doesn't matter what I offer, she eats when she wants to but other than that, it seems she's annhorexic (or however you spell that word). If she wants it, she will even eat it right off of my hand. But she hardly ever eats. I DID get her from a pet store, figured my experience so far would be enough to get her back on track. So far I've raised a Nile (nearly 6 foot long female - does NOT get to look at her or my other lizards ), a pair of Russian tortoises, a breeding pair of beardies, and my sis's pair of 4ft green iguanas. I see all these pics of the areas between the hips and rips being so plump, but hers is just thin. Any suggestions? Is her tank wrong?

Hey, from what I could tell (first few minutes of your video) your enclosure has everything covered. I use a dish to feed my lizards (Knight Anoles and False Chameleons) so I can keep track of what they're eating and I don't have crickets escaping. Just pop the jumping legs off of the crickets and there you go. Regarding your little anole, yeah she's not looking to good - definitely needs to put some fat on her tail. She looks like very much an adult in size so maybe you just picked her up in the twilight of her lifespan? Is she readily drinking when you spray the enclosure? Want to make sure she's not dehydrated as well. Hope that helps.

Chuck

Been a while since I was on this forum, not sure if the gentleman who posted last even still checks this stuff. That lil girl bit it, was always brown, I'm guessing now that she was near the end of her time. At least she got a decent spot to enjoy before it was her time. Since then I've cleaned out the tank, replaced everything and got a male, thought maybe I did something wrong the first time around but I do everything just the same with this guy sans the feeding (I keep a small bowl with a mixture of goodies in it for him) and he is almost always green as can be - even when the cat is looking at him, never even runs. Except for today, I kinda had to pull a couple of plants out because they were beginning to choke each other out with the root developments, and thus had to rearrange a bit, so he's adapting to a new home, so-to-speak. I'm sure he'll get used to it though.

Well, just got a new vid of the new guy I just described, again don't know how to post pics so here is the YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NanG6yr3a-g
Any constructive criticism is very welcome, as well as new ideas. Yes, I literally had just done an overhaul on his tank not long before I took the vid, and he is actually less stressed now. Had to take a couple of plants out before because they weren't the vining type and were getting choked out, so I put a few philodendron snippets in with the pothos sections that are already established and moved one of the sections around to the front. Seems even better than before the removal now.