I have two anoles now, my grandsons brought another from Florida when they all moved back here. Now one of them has some sort of crud on his nose which appears to be eating the skin off. It runs all the way to his eye. Anybody know what this might be and how to cure it?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Boiled lizard stew should take care of it

The crud crept back until it took his eye. Then one day it stopped taking more terrirory and finally his skin began to grow back.

I kept thinking he would die but he is still going strong. He has healed back and now has skin all along his head out to his nose again. The right eye is gone but looks as if it might actually grow back and his left eye has become about half again as large as it was but seems to work ok.

He still can catch crickets just fine; he just tilts his head a bit and uses the one eye. He has shed his skin about a dozen times since he got the infection crud.

I find it fascinating and a bit astonishing that he survived it.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

That anole finally died of old age and I replaced him. Today i was looking at him changing from brown to green and wondered what triggers it in him. His eyes? If his eyes were covered would he still change color?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I had no idea these things lived that long! They're everywhere around here, as a kid my sister and I would hang them on our ears. We'd catch them by the dozens down in Corpus!

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1995 E320 149K (Nancy)
1983 500SL 120K (SLoL)

Black Sheep:
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Gone but not forgotten:
1986 300SDL (RIP)
1991 350SD
1991 560SEL
1990 560SEL
1986 500SEL Euro (Rusted to nothing at 47K!)

Are we allowed to say anole in this section?

Careful you might be banned!

Like a lot of creatures they live a lot longer in my little aquarium with steady food, water and an occasional cage cleaning.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Like a 5 star prison. Shouldn't you be sleeping now?

I'm taking seven or so drugs at the moment for a bad case of bronchitis. Slept without interruption from 1230 to 5 am, now am not sleepy but will go back to sleep shortly after dosing up on some meds and letting it all soak in for a while.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Careful with those meds, they can kill ya !

Of course continue research on the internet but I think they also eat the live meely/grub worms that the pet store sells.

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Its true, but you have to be careful with them as they die quickly if left out in the heat of the lizard cage. They make a nasty mess. If you feed them one or two at a time to the lizard and wait until they are eaten you are ok.

Just didn't want to get into having a bunch of bee moth hatching in the house.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Used to hang’m of our earlobes. Damned if I know why.