William
Wise Old Thumper
We've got probably thousands of brown and green anoles in our yard, they're literally everywhere, you can't walk without dozens leaping out of your path. So every spring/summer there's babies galore and I find lots of eggs when I'm weeding, gardening etc.
So a little bit back I was moving a little pile of weed and branch clippings and some fire ants decided to make their home there so while kicking away the rest of the clippings I found buried under a bit of dirt 2 brown anole eggs and 1 egg that had already hatched. Usually I just bury them somewhere else but I wanted to see them hatch this time so I put the 2 of them in a bucket and covered them with soil.
One hatched yesterday and the other was in the process of hatching (I checked this morning and it's not hatched yet). I decided to release him instead of raising him, since before I get any lizards I want to have insect cultures so I don't have to keep going to the pet store to buy them. But when I have a cricket culture going I'll probably catch and/or hatch out a bunch of baby anoles, watch them grow up and then release them, that way they'll get a head start in life. That'll be so much fun!
He was so teeny and cute, these pictures don't even show what an adorable face he had. Babies are the cutest <3
IMG_1224 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1213 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
The egg that's hatching. You can see the little pip that its made.
IMG_1211 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
You can see the egg he hatched from in this picture.
IMG_1214 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
He just sat on my hand for awhile and then I went to release him by navigating him onto one of these big leaves on this plant but he slid right off my hand when I moved too quickly and fell on some leaves on the ground. Oops. I'm used to lizards having a good grip on my hand! But of course he was only newly hatched. I'm sure he was fine though, it wasn’t a long drop.
IMG_1242 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1241 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1238 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1236 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1235 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
So a little bit back I was moving a little pile of weed and branch clippings and some fire ants decided to make their home there so while kicking away the rest of the clippings I found buried under a bit of dirt 2 brown anole eggs and 1 egg that had already hatched. Usually I just bury them somewhere else but I wanted to see them hatch this time so I put the 2 of them in a bucket and covered them with soil.
One hatched yesterday and the other was in the process of hatching (I checked this morning and it's not hatched yet). I decided to release him instead of raising him, since before I get any lizards I want to have insect cultures so I don't have to keep going to the pet store to buy them. But when I have a cricket culture going I'll probably catch and/or hatch out a bunch of baby anoles, watch them grow up and then release them, that way they'll get a head start in life. That'll be so much fun!
He was so teeny and cute, these pictures don't even show what an adorable face he had. Babies are the cutest <3
IMG_1224 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1213 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
The egg that's hatching. You can see the little pip that its made.
IMG_1211 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
You can see the egg he hatched from in this picture.
IMG_1214 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
He just sat on my hand for awhile and then I went to release him by navigating him onto one of these big leaves on this plant but he slid right off my hand when I moved too quickly and fell on some leaves on the ground. Oops. I'm used to lizards having a good grip on my hand! But of course he was only newly hatched. I'm sure he was fine though, it wasn’t a long drop.
IMG_1242 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1241 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1238 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1236 by dylanduck14, on Flickr
IMG_1235 by dylanduck14, on Flickr