My First Lizard- Tips Please!

[Cutlass]

Thanks! I'm pretty sure my pet shop has the calcium powder, I think I saw it by the cricket feed....


My sister's just decided that she's going to get me the lizards for Christmas x.x Now I have to WAIT! Ah, well; there's still a few things that need doing before the monsters move in anyway...

 

[kribensis12]

Good for you. I think im getting like 40 dollars to superpets( lfs), which im going to blow on fish stuff. I am also getting a wild pair of kribensis( if not, then a proven tank rasied breeding pair.

 

[Cutlass]

My lfs has kribensis! Wonderful fish. They're not wild though.

 

[kribensis12]

Their are like my favorite Cichlid( dont quote me on that !). I used to breed them all the time, but in the last year or so, every pair i get, seem's to not bve interested in spwning. So i figuerd wild ones would ahve the sexual drive to mate, no like the lazy tank raised, either that, or a proven breeding pair. Found your camera yet?

 

[Cutlass]

No sign of the camera; I think my sister took it with her to Edmonton

 

[kribensis12]

Strangle her! Just Kidding. If it were me, id call her, becasue if she didnt take it, then you better look for it! GOOD LUCK!!!!!

 

[CrashingWaves]

I'm to lazy to read back in the topic to find out...but I'm assuming you did get an anole after all?

God Bless,
Joshua

 

[kribensis12]

She said that her sister is going to give her one( or two?) for christmas.

 

[CrashingWaves]

Oh alright, thanks . Personally I've never been a fan of anole...but...it's not my lizard

God Bless,
Joshua

 

[kribensis12]

Here is a picture of my old anole i just got rid of. It is a Female Brown Anole, i think she is full of egg(s) in this picture:

Sorry About the Pic Quality! I hope you find you camera!

 

[freshwaterfishlover]

I feed my 2 Anoles Mealworms. Must spray them with water once a day.

 

[kribensis12]

But, if you feed them mealworms exclusivley, they wont eat anything else. Also, it is bad for them, as mealworms are high in fat.

 

[Cutlass]

Hmm I took your advice with the coffee fertilizer and(having had 3 of the plants) two died and the remaining one is flourishing and is now as healthy as it was when I first got it(vibrantly green and not droopy at all whatsoever)

This isn't too much of a loss, considering the fact that I would have ended up with just one anyway as they grew, but why was I able to completely revive one whilst killing the other two?

 

[kribensis12]

Well, do you knwo anytihng about plants? Did you not water them enough? Plants have special compartments in their cell's that hold water. That water hold the plant upright. When the tnak is to hot, or they arent water enough, they use up that water and "wilt". If you dont water them soon after ward, then they will die, which we all know, it is impossible to bring things back from the dead! Im guessing, that your one plant, got more coffee than the other's, and used up the water, and the other plant(s), didnt get enough and died. Coffee is a very good( tasting!) fertilizer, and your one plant should flourish. You might want to try maybe a dwarf orange tree( prune it), as it is native to where anoles are, and they smell really good( the flowers), they have pretty leaves and dont need waterd as often. You cna order them for like 5 dollars( plus shipping and handeling). Here is a pic of mine( bought it in florida on vacation!):

They are farily easy to take care of( and love coffee grinding's!). Mine is supposed to grow to 12 feet. But you can buy some that get like 4 and if you prune it, it will fit in your tank. Just a suggestion. Also, maybe some kind of geranium, ours can handle summer( 90 degree day's), with only a few waterings. Sorry, i know to much for my own good!

 

[Cutlass]

Thanks! I've been watering plenty enough, but the surviving plant was actually bigger than the others and its roots probably strangled the others(or something like that XD)
I'll see if I can get a dwarf orange tree from any stores nearby, or see if I can find anyone who ships to my area(southern Alberta)