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Green anoles weird behavior

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Question
I have two happy green anoles, a boy and a girl. My girl anole has been acting strange recently. She has trouble grabbing onto the leaves and branches in the cage and she will fall. None of her limbs look broken and she doesn't seem to mind if I touch any of her legs or claws, but I have noticed her toes twitching. I thought the problem was only her back legs, her left mostly, but the twitching is in all of her toes. She also doesn't jump as much as she used to and not as far. She did this a while back but not as bad. It stopped for about a month and she started doing it again a couple days ago.

Answer
Hello Jessica,

Are you providing any UVB lighting for them?  While they are small reptiles, they do need full spectrum lighting.  
I think the twitching & loss of balance are early signs of metabolic bone disease.  
Do you provide calcium regularly?  
Has she laid eggs recently?  
I recommend getting a Reptisun 5 or 10 flourescent tube bulb for them both.  It will need to be 6-8 inches from them, right beside the basking light.

Tracie