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We love to watch the anole's scamper around the bushes.

We have had rocks (large) added as they seem to enjoy them a lot. We also get them crickets to eat from pet-smart.

Does anyone else enjoy these little critters?
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We have a few around our place. Glad to have them around to feast on the insects and spiders. They are interesting to observe.
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I enjoy watching the anoles running around. I sit out in my yard in my adirondack chair reading the newspaper and out of the corner of my eye I see them on the palm trunks and running over the rocks. I never thought to buy crickets at Pet Smart to feed them. Sounds like a great idea! As a boy in New Jersey I used to buy some anoles at the pet store in the summer and let then run loose in our screened in porch. I loved to watch them creep up on the house flies. Boom! They had a tasty meal. During the winter they lived in a terrarium inside the house. We used to call them chameleons. That's what the pet store called them too. They can change color to suit their surroundings.
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They're so cute! I don't want them inside, though
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They're so cute! I don't want them inside, though
Every year I have a few that sit at the slider just waiting for that door to open....
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When my 9 year old grandson comes to visit, he loves to follow them around. Now that I know they eat crickets, he will have even more fun! NO, he does not harm them. He only enjoys watching and following them and will absolutely love feeding them crickets.
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I have a lot of them inside my lanai, I mean REALLY TOO many!! That's probably because I won't kill them, I pick them up, talk to them and then throw them out towards the pond. I'm afraid the schnauzers will eat them and they might get sick, so I'm always aware of who's inside and needs to out OUTSIDE!! Even though I hate them, I must admit, they sure are cute.
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I have heard that they can be poisonous or at least make a cat or dog sick, if they eat them...but I'm not sure if that is true. However, my cat, was chasing a gecko and ran head first into the sliding glass door that was shut! Knocked himself out. So, be careful when pets are around.

I have also heard, but don't know if it is true, that frogs are poisonous (or at least will make them sick) to cats & dogs if eaten.
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I love them. I get a lot on my lanai. I sit and talk to them and they will start nodding their little heads. LOL
They get on the screen at my doorwall of the living room. They will stay there for hours looking in. They are so cute !!
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I have heard that they can be poisonous or at least make a cat or dog sick, if they eat them...but I'm not sure if that is true. However, my cat, was chasing a gecko and ran head first into the sliding glass door that was shut! Knocked himself out. So, be careful when pets are around.

I have also heard, but don't know if it is true, that frogs are poisonous (or at least will make them sick) to cats & dogs if eaten.
The frog you are speaking about is the Bufo, which is really a toad. Most other frogs are harmless.
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When my 9 year old grandson comes to visit, he loves to follow them around. Now that I know they eat crickets, he will have even more fun! NO, he does not harm them. He only enjoys watching and following them and will absolutely love feeding them crickets.
They will run full blast across the floor for a cricket. They will not touch a love bug.
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The frog you are speaking about is the Bufo, which is really a toad. Most other frogs are harmless.
Also known as the cane toad or marine toad. Even if a pet just licks them it could be dangerous.
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Glad you are enjoying these non native invasive Brown Anoles. They have decimated the native Green Anole population

Nonnatives - Brown Anole
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Glad you are enjoying these non native invasive Brown Anoles. They have decimated the native Green Anole population

Nonnatives - Brown Anole
These came from Cuba. Part of mother natures grand plan.
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My cat died from eating geckos that had eaten poisoned cockroaches. Destroyed her liver
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