ShannyBeard
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We can't possibly be the only people here with anoles. :lol: I've posted my anole pictures elsewhere on this forum, but they really deserve their own thread, if for no other reason than to pad up the anole forum. :wink:
Thinking the green anole would be a great 'starter lizard' for us to practice on before we made the jump to a bearded dragon, we got our girl, Sativa, at the Medieval Faire. She was a *gasp* Baby Dragon. We brought her home in a plastic bug container and got online and freaked out when we realized the care instructions we were given at the Faire weren't exactly accurate....or even close. :shock: Note to self - do your research BEFORE you buy an animal.
Fast forward to today...the anoles have been a fun hands-off vivarium. The trick has always been to care for them while interfering as minimally as possible. They would prefer to be invisible, and I do believe they are secretly working on a cloaking device or force field. :lol:
Here is Sativa in her plastic case the day we bought her. I made a 'hide' out of cardboard after reading that they need a hide. It's such a sad little set up. We didn't know what to do with her. The guy at the Faire told us she ate a mix of dried dead bugs. Hmmmm.
We read that she needed heat and basking light and we didn't have anything that night. We were destined to go to the pet store the next morning but until then she got a desk lamp and a lava lamp. :lol: I know, it's pretty terrible.
After a visit to the pet store, this became her first home. This was before we knew that compact/coil lights were bad for their eyes. Crazy how much we have learned since then... this is Feb 6, 2011. Also we have the UV and basking on different sides of the tank. OOPS. And no foliage...oops.
She looks happier than in the plastic but she needed a lot more plants. All the aquatic plants that PetSmart sold me died under the hot lights. Another lesson learned....!!
Over the last year they had a tank upgrade and their new tank has evolved into this: an anole seek-and-find. Sometimes we really have to hunt around to find them. They are experts at playing "How not to be seen." :lol:
This is Sativa, our first anole:
And this is Jade, her arch-frenemy:
Anyhow that's the story of my green girls. :mrgreen:
Thinking the green anole would be a great 'starter lizard' for us to practice on before we made the jump to a bearded dragon, we got our girl, Sativa, at the Medieval Faire. She was a *gasp* Baby Dragon. We brought her home in a plastic bug container and got online and freaked out when we realized the care instructions we were given at the Faire weren't exactly accurate....or even close. :shock: Note to self - do your research BEFORE you buy an animal.
Fast forward to today...the anoles have been a fun hands-off vivarium. The trick has always been to care for them while interfering as minimally as possible. They would prefer to be invisible, and I do believe they are secretly working on a cloaking device or force field. :lol:
Here is Sativa in her plastic case the day we bought her. I made a 'hide' out of cardboard after reading that they need a hide. It's such a sad little set up. We didn't know what to do with her. The guy at the Faire told us she ate a mix of dried dead bugs. Hmmmm.
We read that she needed heat and basking light and we didn't have anything that night. We were destined to go to the pet store the next morning but until then she got a desk lamp and a lava lamp. :lol: I know, it's pretty terrible.
After a visit to the pet store, this became her first home. This was before we knew that compact/coil lights were bad for their eyes. Crazy how much we have learned since then... this is Feb 6, 2011. Also we have the UV and basking on different sides of the tank. OOPS. And no foliage...oops.
She looks happier than in the plastic but she needed a lot more plants. All the aquatic plants that PetSmart sold me died under the hot lights. Another lesson learned....!!
Over the last year they had a tank upgrade and their new tank has evolved into this: an anole seek-and-find. Sometimes we really have to hunt around to find them. They are experts at playing "How not to be seen." :lol:
This is Sativa, our first anole:
And this is Jade, her arch-frenemy:
Anyhow that's the story of my green girls. :mrgreen: