Anole Allergies

[snakehunter]

Are there anywoods that anoles are allergic to, or are harmfull to them, they are from the states, so i would imagine that there are few if any.

ALSO, can an anole eat a mealie beetle, or do the beetles have any chemical defenses, or anything like that that i should worry about if i feed my anole one of them.

Im redoing my cages, so i just want to make sure, This ios the same anole that i saved at petco, hes doing great, and when i move him i think i may get hima a cage mate.
-Jacob

[lostwithin]

Hmmm, cedar, pine, most conifers should be avoided. The fumes they produce are harmful too reptiles. I would stick too deciduous trees. (maple, birch ,oak, apple) My preferred wood too use is Apple/cherry tree branches; they have all sort’s of twists and turns. Make better displays then straight branches.

The beetles are fine; their exoskeleton may be a bit too much for an anole though. (Too hard)

Good luck.
Devon

[DragnDrop]

I'm with Devon here, avoid conifers. Even though some are safe, there are so many other suitable branches from deciduous trees it's not worth the risk.

If you can find oak, you'll have a branch that will last 'forever' though it's a bit heavy. Maple works great. I have 2 maples on my lot that I constantly raid for branches (lucky for them at 60+ feet tall they have enough to survive my savage attacks with the saw) :)

My anoles used to eat mealworm beetles and didn't seem to have problems with them. Mind you I didn't purposefully feed them the beetles - they were from mealworms that morphed in the soil after the anoles dropped them for whatever reason. That's another thing to consider - do you want to use substrate such as soil? I did, about 4 inches worth and put the plants in there to root. It worked out great, the females dug around the plant roots to lay their eggs. The one drawback is that uneaten crickets laid their eggs in there too, but then I had a good supply of pinheads for the baby anoles.