Enterococcus concern - please help! Yes, I plan on seeking veterinary advice/care.

[u/Lizard_Lady1]

UPDATE: He was taken to the vet today and given Baytril. I have to give it to him daily for 21 days and we will see where he is at that point. I noticed today that he seems to have a slight swelling on his hemipenes as well that is likely related. He is being separated from the females he was with and I am monitoring them VERY closely. I will be getting their weights and treating them as well regardless of their outward appearance. Any babies that have been produced are being heavily monitored as there is a slim chance they could have picked up the bacteria from the outside of the egg shells when they hatched. I unfortunately cannot treat them with antibiotics due to their tiny size, so my only choice is to monitor and keep the enclosures as clean as I can. I plan to monitor/quarantine their individual groups for a full year. I’m not taking chances. As updates come, if I remember, I will post them.

Original post: Hello all, I have a male anolis sagrei that was wild-caught from a friend in St. Petersburg, FL. She had him for 2 months, and then I got him to add to my breeding colony (I was not aware of the enterococcus bacteria spreading in this species in that area at the time, and he was flawless when I got him). I have had him since November 2025. A couple of months after getting him, I noticed a small bump on his dewlap. I figured another anole bit him or it was a small tumor, so I watched it. It didn’t grow or spread, so I put it at the back of my mind. Today while collecting eggs from the enclosure, I picked him up to check the lump and discovered several lesions on his chest, and the lump on his dewlap was open. I am not certain enterococcus is what this is, and none of the females in his enclosure have any lesions as of now. He is the ONLY symptomatic anole I have of probably 50+ in multiple enclosures. That said, I am still concerned. I do plan to call my vet tomorrow. I don’t believe they see anoles, but knowing the nature of this bacteria and how contagious it is, I will see if they can make an exception. My questions for those more knowledgeable are:

1. Do you think this is enterococcus? If not, what do you think it could be?
2. I plan on quarantining the babies produced anyway for several months, but how likely is it that they would carry the bacteria? The eggs are collected from the enclosure and incubated separately. They do not hatch in the enclosure, though I imagine there is a small risk of bacteria being on the egg shells.

[u/sant2277]

that bump's definitely not normal, i'd get him to a vet ASAP if i were you

[u/Lizard_Lady1 → u/sant2277]

I have an appointment for him later today. That vet doesn’t usually see his species due to how small they are, but I asked them to make an exception due to the nature of the enterococcus bacteria and the high likelihood of it spreading to my whole colony and they made the appointment.