Does anyone keep Anoles?

[OhClueless1]

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.

[JASBALLS]

I have a brown anole...

[Patrick Long]

i thought anoles were for feeding?

[Argentra]

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...

[Blu Mongoose]

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

[OhClueless1]

feeders?? What eats them?

[JASBALLS]

i thought anoles were for feeding?

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

[Patrick Long]

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

haha never thought of that one

feeders?? What eats them?

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

[mlededee]

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.