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Box turtles and anoles

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Question
I have two eastern box turtles and would like and anole can they live in same habitat or should I keep the seperate

Answer
Hi Angel, I would recommend that you keep the anole separately. You would be surprised at how carnivorous box turtles can be! They would be quite interested in eating the anole and would likely succeed  when he came down to the ground to hunt. My three toed box turtle used to spend his summers in an enclosed garden when he lived with his previous owners. One day they were out gardening and heard an animal sqeaking in distress. They found that the box turtle had caught an adult mouse in its beak and had no interest in letting it go!