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My green anole is not eating

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Question
I have two green anoles one is large, and the other is significantly smaller. They are both females. I have been feeding them meal worms. The larger one, which I have had longer, I feed out of my hand, like i hold him and show him the meal worm because I'm scared he wont find it in the cage. So when I acquired the smaller one I began feeding her in my hand as well. It went good for a while and then all the sudden she stopped eating. Its been a couple days and I'm starting to get worried. What can I do to get her to eat?

Answer
 First, did you put the new one in the same tank?  Reptiles are for the most part, territorial, and do not like company, even females.  Because the established female is larger, she may be intimidating the smaller.  You may have to separate them.  Also, if she has been stressed by the larger girl, she may have a high parasite load in her digestive system, so have her seen by a vet with a fresh fecal sample, if she co-operates, if not, if there is any food in her system the vet may be able to get enough to do the test.