TortoiseRacket
Well-Known Member
For everyone who has or had anoles, you probably found care sheets that summarize the two into “one care sheet”. His is important- DO NOT GO BY THESE ARTICLES!!! I don’t care if it’s reptiles magazine, some breeder, or other, it is FALSE. When I was in Florida, I was measuring heat and humidity of different spots where I saw the most green anoles, and brown anoles. What I found were the brown anole spots had humidity at about 40-50%, and the green anoles were about 60%. Many care guides will say 70-80% but that is too high for the whole day. I also measured wetter areas near lakes and such and the humidity was about 70%. But the thing was, there were barely any anoles here! To summarize, different anoles=different humidity %.
Next, many care guides for BOTH green and brown anoles said you should have many branches. For green anoles, perfect. But for brown anoles, ehh...nope! The most brown anoles stayed in a sandy, not grassy terrain near scrub bushes. Occasionally, I’d see one at the base of a tree. But NEVER did I see a brown anole in a tree. They may run up one in fright, but a bush is always preferred, and they would come back down after a few minutes. However, for the green anoles, they were always in the palms of the trees.
And finally, diet. They eat crickets, right? Well yes, occasionally. I saw many brown anoles eating hoppers and crickets, but when I dissected a dead green anole I found, what did I see? No crickets! But flies. All flies.
So I just wanted to share to you the differences in the green and brown anole care and how many care guides summarize care, which we know, isn’t good.
Next, many care guides for BOTH green and brown anoles said you should have many branches. For green anoles, perfect. But for brown anoles, ehh...nope! The most brown anoles stayed in a sandy, not grassy terrain near scrub bushes. Occasionally, I’d see one at the base of a tree. But NEVER did I see a brown anole in a tree. They may run up one in fright, but a bush is always preferred, and they would come back down after a few minutes. However, for the green anoles, they were always in the palms of the trees.
And finally, diet. They eat crickets, right? Well yes, occasionally. I saw many brown anoles eating hoppers and crickets, but when I dissected a dead green anole I found, what did I see? No crickets! But flies. All flies.
So I just wanted to share to you the differences in the green and brown anole care and how many care guides summarize care, which we know, isn’t good.