'Larry' just laid an egg! Guess we were right first time with sexing her! S/he laid it on the top of the substrate so we guess it may not be fertile. Thought my husband had been playing tricks with tic-tacs at first... Am going to leave the egg where it is for now as Larry (new name needed now I guess) is the only anole in the tank. Any way of telling if it is fertile? Don't know why any store would suggest these little reptiles are ideal starters - one surprise after another!
Stores do like giving us surprises! Is the egg well formed? With anole eggs they are generally too small & delicate to determine whether they are fertile, so unless they go completely moldy, i'd give any egg a chance. Here's a section from the caresheet at the top of the page about incubating anole eggs, hope this helps you! *Do not roll or flip the eggs. It can drown the embryo When incubating eggs, you can either put them in an incubator or you can leave them in the tank. If your enclosure is under the proper conditions, it will be able to incubate the eggs. IF you do incubate in the tank, other anoles may attack and eat the eggs. If you do not want them to be incubated in the enclosure, you can put them in an incubator. You can either make one or buy a commercial one. You can make an egg incubator by filling a small, plastic container half full of MOIST vermiculite and place the egg on top of the mixture. You can then, place the container back into the anole enclosure where it can be kept warm at temperatures around 75-90 degrees Fahrenheit. Make sure not to keep the vermiculite too moist or too dry. If the eggs are incubated in the cage, they will hatch in about 40-45 days. If they are incubated in a commercial incubator set at 85 degrees Fahrenheit, they will hatch in 35-40 days. If the eggs are found dented or on top of the substrate, it may likely be infertile and may not grow. Anole eggs are small. They are about the size of a Tic-Tac. If they hatch, separate them from the adults. Baby anoles are small, only about 1.25 inches. Adults, including the mothers, may eat baby anoles or they may not let the baby anoles eat. They can eat flightless fruit flies, pinhead crickets, Small leafhoppers, and small roach nymphs.
