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Anole help2007-11-24 1:47:08

I bought a tank last night that came with two green anole lizards. I know absolutely nothing about anoles, but I have somebody picking them up either tonight or tomorrow.

In the meantime, I have no idea what to do with them. I don't have a mister so I sprinkled water all over their leaves...they seemed fairly pleased with that.

They came with a day light and a night light- one is just a regular bulb that I am assuming is the day light, and one is a purple-blackish bulb that I think is the nighttime light- am I correct? They have the regular bulb on them right now, and they're turning a better color and they're basking in it.

They have crickets in there and I'll give them a few more in a bit. Is there anything else I should now? I'm just worried because one of them turned a bit of a brownish color, but his regular color seems to be coming back.

Answers:

You sound like you've got it all under control. Good Job! I'm assuming you have the bulbs in the right order, though I have to admit I've never heard of "day and night bulbs" for lizards before. They will change color reflecting their current moods, but if one goes brown for a bit, its nothing to worry about. When they get black spots behind their eyes, it means they're angry, but its still nothing too bad.

You should put a water dish in there with them though.

Keep doing what you're doing.

Hope that helps.

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Anoles will switch between green and brown, that's not really anything ot worry about. If they start getting black spots behind their eyes, on the other hand, that's a problem.

http://www.wnyherp.org/care-sheets/lizar... has information on care.