Does anyone keep Anoles?

I am just wondering... I haven't seen any posts regarding them. My son has two green ones. It was a bit of a pain in the butt at first because Mom (me) didn't do her homework first and stupidly asked a worker at Petsmart for advice. But we have them all straightened out now and I really like these lil guys.

I have a brown anole...

i thought anoles were for feeding?

Heh, yeah. The only people I know who keep them do so for feeders. But I did sell a few as pets back in the Petsmart days...

We have one for a pet. We've had him over a year so we must be doing something right.

feeders?? What eats them?

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Originally Posted by patthesnakeman

i thought anoles were for feeding?

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They are great fly catchers.. I keep mine on top of a snake cage. It keeps the flies away!!!

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Originally Posted by JASBALLS

They are great fly catchers.. I keep mine on top of a snake cage. It keeps the flies away!!!

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haha never thought of that one

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Originally Posted by OhClueless1

feeders?? What eats them?

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preying mantis eats them, spiders, scorpions, monitors, fish...im sure more do too

my husband currently has just one green anole, but we have kept many of them in various numbers over the years. a green anole was actually the first herp i ever owned when i was about 13.

there is also currently a little female that lives in the plants on our deck and comes up onto the kitchen window sill to bask each day--well, actually i think she has gone into hibernation for the winter now, probably somewhere under the deck, but hopefully she'll be back in the spring. :)

i hate the thought of them being used as feeders--they are such cute and personable little guys. :hmm: