Recent content by imchives

Wow that’s an impressive glow up! Gives me much more hope he won’t stay brown forever XD My first girl was always this really pretty almost teal color so I guess I’m still kinda comparing the two more than I should lol. The only time she got dark was when she was severely po’d, like the one...

Someone is looking much greener this morning! He’s still shedding so I’m not messing with him once he’s done eating, but I’m glad he’s looking a little less drab today! I’ve been trying to hand feed/cup feed at least a little bit each day so that maybe he can learn that me opening his tank...

We have finally given the new little guy a name, and I would very much like to thank MissSkittles for coming up with it because I honestly can’t think of a better name than Wade Wilson (aka Deadpool)! For a little guy that’s seemingly been through a lot already, he’s got quite a bit of sass, he...

Ok, new probe installed and it seems to be teetering between 78 and 79 on the branch itself, so I would think a little bit higher/closer aka about the level he would actually be sitting would be pretty much perfect right? Good to know the other one is a few degrees off on average. I wonder if...

I’ve been measuring it with another of the digital therm/hygro combos I have, sitting right at the spot where he basks. It’s about as tall as he is at the moment so I just sit it there for a while and wait to see what it peaks at. I forgot to look for the digital probe thermometer I have, so...

I tried breeding dubias before and didn’t have much luck, or maybe I just got too impatient… Or they might’ve been a bit too cold to actually grow very quickly. Either way it was a very short experiment lol. I had them on a soil mix but I didn’t even think about adding isos and springtails, I...

Literally changed the uvb to a T8 last night after getting home from work, and put the 60w back in. Like I said in one of my previous replies, he was acting cold so I upped the wattage to see if it helped. The temps were still only reaching a max of 85 at his basking spot, which I keep seeing...

I actually have no idea how old he is, I know obviously still pretty young, he’s maybe three or four inches long not counting his tail. I had a 60w bulb on him for the first couple days but he seemed to be lingering around the heat source a good bit and was staying dark. Swapped him to the...

Would a T8 work just the same as a T5? I have an older fixture that takes T8 bulbs, and I know Reptisun makes 5% T8s and I could grab one of those much sooner than getting a whole new T5 fixture. I’m not sure if there are any major differences beyond the size of them… I used to have some real...

Hi everyone, since I've been lurking around for a bit I figured I'd finally actually make an account and join in on the fun lol I am a relatively experienced reptile keeper but fairly new to chameleons, and would very much appreciate any advice or tips anyone can offer as I'm sure I'm not...