The problem with green snakes is that no one seems to be able to keep them alive any longer than a few months to a year. They eat, they seem to be doing well, and then for reasons unknown they drop dead. Most specimens offered for sale a wild caught, that could have a lot to do with it. Possibly, there is something in their wild diet with the large variation of insects they are eating that we cannot reproduce in captivity with simple feeder crickets. If you do manage to find c.b. specimens, you will probably pay more but it could be well worth it. I stopped trying with green snakes quite some time ago because with the way they seem to do SO well and then one day, they suddenly die I feel that possibly, there's something we're missing and that they are better off being left in the wild, much like the horned devil lizards that eat harvester ants and never seem to make it in captivity.



I would not house a green snake with an anole purely because some snakes eat anoles, and anoles know that and thus they fear snakes. It would probably be terrified out of it's mind of the snake, even though rough greens are insectivores and would probably take no interest in the anole (never say never though!). Also the two could be carrying things (such as parasites) that if they pass to one another could result in illness or death of one or both specimens. Now don't get me wrong, I have never allowed an anole and a green snake anywhere near one another, but they are both rather high strung critters and I think separate vivaria would be best. good luck to you!

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