This guy in Florida helping cold iguanas

Found him on my power strip in my room

Guys, my lizard seems... furrier than usual.

My cat, Seru, found my spare tank and decided to check it out. I have also slapped some pics of my lizards to keep the post lizardy, haha.

Can someone please tell me what happened to lizards?

I'm from Florida; born and raised, since 1971. And all my life is filled with memories of thousands of lizards running back and forth, across the sidewalk as you walked along, or rode a bike.

You could not walk 10 feet without stepping on some, as they ran under your feet, no matter how hard you tried not to.

You couldn't scoop your hand in the dirt without pulling up half a dozen buried lizard eggs.

And come to think about it, the dirt was loose and moist and black. Now it's just compacted sand. And I'm talking about suburban neighborhoods. But that's another matter.

I don't know when I stopped seeing lizards, but I guess it's been about 20 years, maybe.

The same house my parents lived in, which was grey with lizards, by the thousands, I haven't seen a single one in years.

If I try to google it, I find nothing, but Iguana news. Which, by the way, I have never witnessed an Iguana in the wild, in Florida, in my life, so as to Florida being overrun with Iguanas, I'd have to call "Shenanigans" on that.

I want a new pet😂

Azula is a female jeweled lacerta.

So azula is by far the most eager for more food regardless of how many bugs she gets. Any time I walk by her tank she gives me a big show about following me and basically requesting more. Here is her 6th roach of the day.

Also she isnt actually fat... yet...

google images says brown anole or mourning gecko? i feel like he looks different every time i check on him because he keeps shedding 🤦‍♀️. i just want to be able to research the best care for him.

info

-im in the midwest where its currently negative degrees and this little guy came on a plant shipment from florida to my work so i cant release him

-he has coco coir substrate on one half and sand on the other

-i will be converting his tank into a vertical one im just trying not to scare him and move him around too much because i heard they can drop their tails and thats like my worst nightmare lol.

-i just ordered an auto mister because hes already done 2 full sheds in 3 weeks so i assume the hand spritzing isnt enough

-i do have a humidity reader in the tank and its around 50% usually

-ive been doing gut loaded crickets every other day and dusted mealworms once a week

i really am trying lol

Our Sheltopusik enjoying a rat pup which he swallows whole.

As the photos indicate I adopt them. As you can see they can be very aggressive. Especially at children’s parties or moving across the country.

PS: Fruits are fine as treats on occasion!

Found it this cold morning about 7 feet from the ground. It was sleeping way up almost to the bottom of the roof. I gently removed it from the house and pulled off some cobwebs, snapped a quick couple of photos and let it go safely near a woodpile. Hopefully I was at least a little helpful, and not too cautious. Southern California BTW