They’re cheap & easy care. But if you rub a pinky on them, would they regain their lizardy scent by next feeding and is rubbing sufficient to transfer that yummy goodness for picky neonates? Has anybody listening tried this – and/or has thoughts?
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I haven’t tried it with live anoles, but I’ve reused the same frozen piece of anole for a picky eater I have and she doesn’t seem to mind. At this point, I don’t even have to thaw it out. I just heat up my mouse, rub the frozen piece of anole on it and then feed her and put the little piece back in the freezer. And if you had a little colony, then you could potentially rotate them so the scent would always be fresh.
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Excellent! Thank you for the input! 
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I know Emily on Snake Discovery said she keeps toads to scent pinkies for her pickier hognoses. I could totally see keeping a lizard, or maybe two or three female lizards together if they’re social, just to borrow their scent for your other animals. Makes good sense! ( wonder if it has to be an anole, or would they accept say, leopard gecko scented stuff, since then the gecko could be a second pet and little buddy for you, too. Anoles aren’t known for being very personable but hey they might be.)
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This would work well, the scent of the anole would transfer onto the mouse, every time you fed it would have new scents. You might need to work on training a little bit since I doubt most anoles are going to sit and let you rub a mouse on it.
Don’t you mean that it “Makes good scents!”. 
I couldn’t resist.
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I’ve individually marked over 500 Sceloporus for long-term field identity. I think I can wrangle some captive anoles for the short-term. Make a slip-knot on a stick with unwaxed tooth floss & voila.
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If you don’t want to keep the actual, living, fresh lizard for other reasons I have had success like Olivia @solarserpents with using frozen, though I use gecko tails rather than anole. There are oodles of Mediterranean house geckos where I live. When have a stubborn baby, I grab a flashlight and go on a hunt not long after dark. It’s usually pretty simple to catch a gecko or two. I get a scenting tool and the gecko gets to go on about its life. Win-win.
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My pet crested gecko just recently dropped her tail. I was bummed about it, but I still stuck it in the freezer just in case!
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Waste not, want not, right? And you didn’t even have to prowl around outside with a flashlight and risk being taken for a burglar!
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Haha, I’ve done that plenty too!
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