Care Sheet for AnolesAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 2.00 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 04/20/2006 |
Main Category: | Lizards |
Sub Category: | Anoles |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | S.a.f |
Years Experience: | 3 to 5 Years |
Species: | Green anole |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | anoles |
Sexing and Characteristics: | The females havr a white strip on there back and the males have a bigger head in proportionto there bidy size and the males have a throth fan called a dewflap that is colored and females have a grayish colored thorth fan and the males have a bigger pores in the mouth area. |
Mostly Active During: | Day |
Substrate and Water Needs: | You can use soil,and wood chips, but recomend reptile carpit because it is easy to clean but you have to buy a new one every 1 month so it does not stank up the tank and well not cause impaction. anoles like to misted twices a day they well not drink from a water dish sometimes so misted like a lite dew but it is good to keep a water dish in there with water to help with the humidity levels. |
Lighting and UVB: | I use a 100wat basket bulb you can use a full-spectrum flurescent tube but if you can not affored it just dust the crickets with calcium once every other day. |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Temperture so be around 85-90 and the humidity should be 50-60% |
Heating and Equipment: | Do not need |
Caging Provided: | One anole can fit in an 5 gallon tank but for two use a 10- gallon tank only if it is a male and a female because the males well fight but a good tank for a pair of anoles is a 20-gallon tank high so they can jump around. |
Diet: | Omnivorous |
Description of Diet: | They can eat crickets,mealworms,kingworms,cockroaches,and waxworms they can eat soft fruits like pulms,peaches,and nectarines but you have to blend them and put a little bit of water and calcium but not to much and dust the crickets onces every other day. |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Dust the crickets onces every other day and vitamins if there is a peragent anole in your tank once a week. |
Maintenance: | Clean the cage onces every two weeks but do not use windex or chemicals to clean your cage. |
Some Words on this Species: | They are a great pet for your frist lizard |
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