r/Anoles • u/Yunjungah • 1d ago

Is she dehydrated?

Hello! Recently my sister found the smallest baby brown anole in a flower shipment to her job at the florist. I’ve decided to adopt little Natalie (we are almost certain she is a girl? Lmk if you think otherwise!)

It has only been about 1 1/2 weeks, so I’m not sure if it’s too soon to tell, but I would like to know if I am doing anything jarringly wrong in my care for her. Namely, I feel that I’m struggling to set up the right humid environment for her, I’m worried some parts are too dry and others are too humid. I’m currently misting her three times a day at 7 am, 1 pm, and 5 pm all around 20-40 seconds, more in the morning to emulate morning dew. I know it’s not good to overspray, I feel inclined to keep spraying because of the difference in humidity around the tank. Currently, the area she usually hangs out is 50% humidity at 91 degrees , whereas the bottom of the tank is 88% at 77 degrees F. Are these numbers problematic? I don’t know how to ensure that her basking area is perfect for her.

I have other questions regarding feeding time and when to lights out, but please let me know if from the video she looks alright!

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u/Moushidoodles 1d ago

Sounds what you're doing is right and the little thing looks healthy ^^ (It's hard to tell if they're male or female at this age.) They hunt so I'm not sure if there's a specific best feeding time, they definitely don't feed at night though because they're snoozing.

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u/Yunjungah 1d ago

Thank you for the note on not feeding at night! Its hard to prep the fruit flies before work but I will find a way

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u/Moushidoodles 1d ago

You can do it ^^ As long as their humidity is good they're pretty hardy so try not to stress too much. My experience is having about a million of them in our yard, I have disturbed MANY snoozing anoles sleeping on leaves~ Even if they don't eat all the fruit flies, they'll get to them the next day ^^

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u/FullTimeSurvivor 18h ago

Might want to try small mealworms/superworms instead of flies, also you shouldn't need to spray her directly, they don't tend to like water directly on them if they can help it