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Bugsmom
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Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things. 
Hi my baby anole named bug is two weeks old. When she (I think she is a she) hatched she was a beautiful green color and active. I have her in a five gallon glass tank alone with a uvb light on during the day and a heat lamp at night (it’s a all in one unit) . I’ve been misting her several times and day. Feeding her flightless fruit flies ( dusted with calcium powder) just about everyday. I have both fake and real plants in the tank as well as branches and river pebbles and reptile ground cover. My concerns are that she is no longer green but brown/gray all the time and not as active. Is this normal the color change or I am I stressing her out somehow?
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10/18/09 09:22am
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#2085610
Atrax27407
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Message To: Bugsmom In reference to Message Id: 2085410
Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things.
A 10-gallon would be better. Please read the care sheet.
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10/18/09 06:40pm
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Rokdog
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Message To: Atrax27407 In reference to Message Id: 2085610
Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things.
what’s your temperature reading? If it’s to hot, in a 5 gal. tank there really isn’t any place for it to go and cool off.
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10/18/09 08:01pm
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#2086299
Bugsmom
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Message To: Rokdog In reference to Message Id: 2085656
Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things.
Thanks for your help. I have R-zilla desert combo halogen/fluorescent dome on the cage. It provides 50 Microwatts of UVB and then at night it has a black heat halogen bulb. The temp. during the day is between 75-80 at night around 90. I keep misting him and on some days he looks healthy I can see all his "digits" on his arms and legs, then others like today he looks like he is shrinking and his legs arms look alot smaller. During the day he is sleeping alot and when I put my hand in to spot clean and put the fruit flies in he doesn’t even move. Should I feed him baby food mixed with honey? What am I doing wrong.
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10/20/09 09:54am
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#2086336
Atrax27407
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Message To: Bugsmom In reference to Message Id: 2086299
Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things.
Please read the care sheet. There are so many things that need to be corrected. I’ll bump it for you.
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10/20/09 11:12am
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#2086610
Shamrock75
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Message To: Atrax27407 In reference to Message Id: 2086336
Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things.
Care for babies and adults is a little different so a general care sheet isn’t going to help much.I keep babies in a smaller container till they are large enough to be with other anoles(closer to a one gallon).I keep things on the cooler side,five to ten degrees less than an adult.I mist only once or twice a day specifically spraying the anole for hydration.Fruit is good,I give apple sauce and cgd,pinhead crickets.I keep the light higher than my keeper so the light doesn’t completely fill the area in the container.I just use paper towel as substrate,and a large leafy branch to climb and hide.This is good for one or two babies at a time.Once they are juviniles you need at least a ten gallon and go by the standard care sheets.Good luck
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10/20/09 08:39pm
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Atrax27407
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Message To: Shamrock75 In reference to Message Id: 2086610
Baby anole is two weeks old and I am not sure if I doing the right things.
Sorry, Shamrock, your advice is not correct. Hatchlings, juveniles, and adults all need 10-gallons of space per individual. Temperature, humidity levels and everything else is exactly the same for both hatchlings and adults. Anoles are insectivorious - that is, they eat live insects. The only difference is the size of the prey items offered. Hatchlings will take flightless fruitflies (Drosophila hydei is best), pinhead crickets, or leafhoppers. Fruit should never be used except in an emergency.
A paper substrate can be problematic since prey items can readily get under it and will be lost to the Anoles as a food source.
The enclosure should be well lighted and you will need to provide a basking spot with a temp of about 90 degrees and a warm and cool side of the enclosure so they can thermoregulate. Keeping the temperatures too low will cause digestive problems since they need the heat to digest their food.
Keeping an Anole of any size in a 1 gallon enclosure is tantamount to animal cruelty.
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10/20/09 11:05pm
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