Your Reptile and Amphibian Resource and Information Site

Back to Anoles Forum   Forums   Home   Members Area  

Anoles Forum

Anole741   Liam stubbs   Anole741   Liam stubbs   Dizzyliciouss   TwilightRealm   Anole741   Coolguy132435   Emma0828   Coolguy132435   Kumi   Coolguy132435   Anonimo   Bc_force94   Coolguy132435   Coolguy132435   TwilightRealm   Coolguy132435   TwilightRealm   Coolguy132435   Tigerlizzy   TwilightRealm   Coolguy132435   Slicky   Atrax27407  
 Member  Message

 #1714878


Anole741
View Profile

 Food For Anoles

  Do anoles eat anything else but bugs, like fruit or veggies?
04/24/08  03:54pm

 #1714920


Liam stubbs
View Profile



   Message To: Anole741   In reference to Message Id: 1714878


 Food For Anoles

They like the odd Mcdonalds
04/24/08  04:20pm

 #1714948


Anole741
View Profile



   Message To: Liam stubbs   In reference to Message Id: 1714920


 Food For Anoles

What do you mean
04/24/08  04:41pm

 #1714959


Liam stubbs
View Profile



   Message To: Anole741   In reference to Message Id: 1714948


 Food For Anoles

Well mine like the occassional BigMac and the babies like a happy meal mainly choosing chicken nuggets
04/24/08  04:48pm

 #1715101


Dizzyliciouss
View Profile



   Message To: Liam stubbs   In reference to Message Id: 1714959


 Food For Anoles

haha mine like the grill chesse meal
lmao



04/24/08  06:16pm

 #1715119


TwilightRealm
View Profile



   Message To: Dizzyliciouss   In reference to Message Id: 1715101


 Food For Anoles

Funny responses here, hehe. Anole, are you making sure your crickets are gut-loaded? And are you dusting the soon-to-be-eaten ones with calcium dusting, once a week? Crickets don’t offer much nutrients on their own, which is why this will help keep your anole or anoles healthy.
04/24/08  06:23pm

 #1715174


Anole741
View Profile



   Message To: TwilightRealm   In reference to Message Id: 1715119


 Food For Anoles

No iam not but i am goingto get more crickets and calcium dusting tonight. How do we gut load them and calcium dust them
04/24/08  06:59pm

 #1715299


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: Anole741   In reference to Message Id: 1715174


 Food For Anoles

gut loading basically just means feeding the crickets, it doesnt have to be fancy, i just feed them slices of potatoes..about twice a week or so dust them. There are several ways to do so. The easiest way is placing the crickets to be fed in a small bag with a small amount of the powder and shake the bag
04/24/08  08:18pm

 #1715410


Emma0828
View Profile



   Message To: Coolguy132435   In reference to Message Id: 1715299


 Food For Anoles

Green anoles seem to enjoy apricots and peaches as fruits as I’ve discovered. I feed them it occasionally for a variety in their diet.
04/24/08  09:10pm

 #1715553


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: Emma0828   In reference to Message Id: 1715410


 Food For Anoles

ok heres something odd...ill admit that i didnt believe Emma that anoles eat fruit, but last week i was eating an apple, and I just ripped off a small soft piece from part of it, and set it down next to one of my anoles and she ate it. At first I thought that she just assumed it was a bug of some sort so i did it several more times and Every time my anole would eat it
04/24/08  10:38pm

 #1715773


Kumi
View Profile



   Message To: Coolguy132435   In reference to Message Id: 1715553


 Food For Anoles

That is odd since Anoles rarely eat food that isn’t moving, but yes, some fruits can be used as PART of their diet, when one of my anoles was sick I fed him mushed baby food, peaches and apricot. I wouldn’t give an anole apple pieces because I would assume the food could be too hard for them to chew with their little teeth.
04/25/08  08:36am

 #1715825


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: Kumi   In reference to Message Id: 1715773


 Food For Anoles

dont worry, it was a really soft and small piece
04/25/08  10:13am

 #1717727


Anonimo
View Profile



   Message To: Kumi   In reference to Message Id: 1715773


 Food For Anoles

well i dont know if all anoles do it but anoles are so abundant here that one rarely pass them by they ven get inside your house and eat bugs etc is not rare to see anole bones especially when i was a litle spoiled brat that killed the litle criters by ignorance. well i like to stare at anoles and i have seen them eatin fruits like bananas, lechoza pineapple and even seeds. and even other anoles (even the same species)
04/27/08  09:52am

 #1719230


Bc_force94
View Profile



   Message To: Anole741   In reference to Message Id: 1714878


 Food For Anoles

I think that anoles like some fruits, like certain ones eat a little. But in my opinion if u think what McDonald’s does to us, what does it do for the anoles? HA-HA guess who??? Also does anybody have any ideas as to how to lower the cost of getting an anole??
04/28/08  05:23pm

 #1719435


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: Bc_force94   In reference to Message Id: 1719230


 Food For Anoles

while anoles are "cheap" lizards, they are rather expensive for all of the necessary items that they need. If you want i can suggest the most inexpensive items that i know of.

For UVB/Fleuorescent light: reptiglo 5.0 at my store is 17.99 at my petsmart for an 18"

For the strip lamp for the bulb: The hoodlamp alone is quite expensive(35.00) but a product by ESU comes with its own UVB inside for 31.99 at my store. Note that the actual light itself produces less than satisfactory levels of UVB(about 3%) and UVA. i just bought it for the lamp itself

For the cage: At petsmart a 10 gallon(1 anole) can range from 8.50 to 10.99(petsmart brand cage)

For the Basking Lamp: Go to home depot and get one for 5.99

For Incandescent light: Just a normal bulb will do, they emit uva i think (really cheap) or get a neodymium bulb at a petstore cuch as dayglo, etc. for about 4.99 to 8.99

For plants: I suggest getting real plants as they are only a few $$ and very easy to maintain

For Screen Cover: If your walmart has a pet section you can get a plastic screen cover for only 6.99(pet smart = 8.99) If its a plastic one though you must buy metal covers for the lamps which are also a few$





04/28/08  07:14pm

 #1719436


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: Coolguy132435   In reference to Message Id: 1719435


 Food For Anoles

sorry, that was for the wrong message, i meant to put that on a post about inexpensive anoles
04/28/08  07:16pm

 #1720205


TwilightRealm
View Profile



   Message To: Coolguy132435   In reference to Message Id: 1719436


 Food For Anoles

Anole741, I tend to feed my crickets Fluker’s Cricket Quencher from the pet store. The reason for this is because it contains calcium and vitamin D, and is moist enough to keep the crickets hydrated (so food and water in one!). You never want to just give them a bowl of water unless it’s extremely shallow, because they’ll be dumb enough to drown in it while trying to get a drink.

If they don’t have something moist to keep them hydrated, they turn cannibalistic on each other (yikes) and can even end up attacking your anoles. This is why you should never leave crickets in the tank with your anole after he has eaten. If you do leave them in, I’ve read that leaving in a piece of a carrot in the tank will help keep them hydrated.

As for the calcium dusting, you can buy that easily at a pet store. Dust the anoles soon-to-be-meal with calcium dusting once a week.
04/29/08  03:44pm

 #1720276


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: TwilightRealm   In reference to Message Id: 1720205


 Food For Anoles

crickets can have a water bowl as long as there is someone to let them get out/prevent them from drowning. But i dont do that anyway. Btw, for flukers, the yellow and blue products arent food. They are simly polyacrylamide copolymer i think(the water stuff). The orange cubes are supposed to be food and water
04/29/08  04:42pm

 #1720527


TwilightRealm
View Profile



   Message To: Coolguy132435   In reference to Message Id: 1720276


 Food For Anoles

Quote:

Btw, for flukers, the yellow and blue products arent food.


Thank you for catching that. I should have taken my own advice and not listened to the lady at the pet store. She’d told me it’d act as both. Could be why 1/4 of my crickets die on me.

It’s also pretty nice of Fluker’s Farms that with every tube of crickets they send out, they’re including their Fluker’s Orange Cube.
04/29/08  07:36pm

 #1720690


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: TwilightRealm   In reference to Message Id: 1720527


 Food For Anoles

in that case the crickets are worth it that way..my petsmart sells the orange stuff for 7.50, yellow for 3.49(calcium fortified) and blue for 3.29. Since the crickets are 7$ per 100 in a tube on that website, its worth it. The cheapest place i know to buy crickets is cricketfactory.com, 1000 crickets for 10.75$
04/29/08  09:50pm

 #1720717


Tigerlizzy
View Profile



   Message To: Coolguy132435   In reference to Message Id: 1720690


 Food For Anoles

I always wondered, if the crickets have air holes couldn’t the dusting suffocate them?

I always dust VERY lightly, and re-feed the crickets in the anole habitat. I see crickets tasting the Cal Dust that I sprinkle on their fresh fruit.

In case you ever raised baby mice, we used to feed the weanlings a crust of bread dipped in milk. In a small jar lid. So I also wonder if orange juice would feed crickets w/o spoiling as fast as milk?

I confess!! I do not want to buy extra stuff, it’s $9 every new UV bulb. Hope I did not stray too far from topic.
04/29/08  10:13pm

 #1720855


TwilightRealm
View Profile



   Message To: Tigerlizzy   In reference to Message Id: 1720717


 Food For Anoles

Coolguy132435:

Quote:

The cheapest place i know to buy crickets is cricketfactory.com, 1000 crickets for 10.75$


That is a pretty amazing deal. It’s unfortunate they only sell in bulk, but I can’t imagine them pricing 50-100 crickets if their prices are already so cheap.

Tigerlizzy:

Quote:

I always wondered, if the crickets have air holes couldn’t the dusting suffocate them?

I always dust VERY lightly, and re-feed the crickets in the anole habitat. I see crickets tasting the Cal Dust that I sprinkle on their fresh fruit.


I just dust mine once a week--not the whole lot, just the ones I’m about to feed the lizards. Always assumed the crickets never lived long enough to suffocate; my anoles tend to eat them pretty fast.
04/30/08  02:19am

 #1721186


Coolguy132435
View Profile



   Message To: TwilightRealm   In reference to Message Id: 1720855


 Food For Anoles

the place that i mentioned also sells $8.00 for 500 any size. Another good website that i trust is lllreptile.com...sligtly more expensive but their prices include shipping which makes it almost the same
04/30/08  02:30pm

 #1721242


Slicky
View Profile



   Message To: Anole741   In reference to Message Id: 1714878


 Food For Anoles

well i could not go to pet stores because my mother was sick so my anole couldnt eat so i went in my kitchen and got cinnamon apple sauce i left it in my anole tank in a little bowl and i left for like a hour and i came back and half of it was gone and i saw apple sauce all over his lips. so anole can probable eat cinnaminapple sauce
04/30/08  03:28pm

 #1721963


Atrax27407
View Profile



   Message To: Slicky   In reference to Message Id: 1721242


 Food For Anoles

Absurd
05/01/08  08:30am


Back to Anoles Forum   Forums   Home   Members Area