Introduction to Bio-Activity:
As of recent times, a lot of folks have been asking questions, and for guides on Bio-active Enclosures. How to set them up, how to drain them, how they work, why they work. I figured it was good and Time, that someone sat down and made a Guide! I have been meaning...
The Philosophy of Gutloading
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Anthony Herrel and Walter Tapondjou for their helpful advice on where to look for relevant papers.
1. Introduction
Recently, it was suggested to me that our current gutloading practices might be wrong-headed. In particular, I...
Intestinal Parasites are common in chameleons and other reptiles. Wild caught chameleons have a reputation of having intestinal parasites..although this is true , parasites can effect Captive bred as well as Wild caught Chameleon.
A chameleon may have parasites but not show any symptoms...
My first prototype
I was planning on using Exo-terra Nano glass cages for my baby cages but the supply chain issues we are all too familiar with made me get creative. Forum member, MeruJack, who I all but stalked on here when I was getting started used Nanos for her baby jacks and she had a...
There are a number of ways to transport your chameleon to reduce stress. Whenever your chameleon needs to go in the car to the vet, or when you're moving, it can be nerve-wracking to make sure they are going to be okay during the stressful journey. Though chameleons have specific long term needs...
I track what each of my chameleons eats on a daily basis. For this entry, I used an average from what all the adult male panthers ate each day, thus logging the equivalent of a single adult male panther's intake.
Dec 1 - 2 large crickets (C)
Dec 2 - 1 dubia
Dec 3 - nothing
Dec 4 - 3 large...
I track what each of my chameleons eats on a daily basis. For this entry, I used an average from what all the adult male panthers ate each day to create this blog entry, thus logging the equivalent of a single adult male panthers intake. ( Previous logs detailing intake of males, females...
Swyft turned grey, extremely skinny, looked like he was going to die. I finally offered superworms and he has been eating those heartily ever since. I'd rather feed him superworms than have him die, obviously. I had tried all sizes of dubias and offered a different type of roach "death...
I would like to share some observations that I have made during my time keeping female veileds. I am so glad I keep rather detailed records of all my chameleons' behaviour or I would never have realised the significance of what happened.
My first female laid two clutches of infertiles. Both...
After looking at his little front toe, I am not sure if its going to heal as planned. His nail looks like its going to fall off, and hopefully just that. He was given antibiotics for a week and was pretty much all I could do. He is super blue at the moment and can't wait for him to grow more...
Feeling a bit inspired this cold morning so I went and picked food stuffs for my gut load. I have been working with 16 square feet of soil in my backyard to try to start producing some fresh food stuffs for myself and my family. Its not much but anything helps these days.
As you can see The...
So what a great day today! :) Went to the Phoenix show both days. Picked up a very nice Ambilobe from Kent with FLChams Thanks Kent! He was super helpful and answered all my annoying questions. lol :)
I thought he was the best looking Ambilobe they had by far and I am super glad my boss...
I currently have 3 chameleons, and suddenly I have gotten the urge to buy a fourth....a Jackson chameleon. I don't really have room for one right now, but it would be a nice addition to the family. I wonder if anyone is going to read this shit. Oh well.
Alex
BEFORE you buy a chameleon or add to your collection you need to evaluate your personal situation
I have 8 + years of experience with different species of chameleons including panthers, jacksonii, veiled and Melleri along with “other reptile” experience. I have dealt with all ages including...
Kelp is high in calcium and iodine - both of which are very beneficial to chameleons.
Nutrients per 100grams
Proximates
Moisture 81.58 g
Ash 6.610 g
Protein 1.68 g
Total Fat 0.56 g
Carbohydrate 9.57 g
Energy (kcal) 43 kCal
Energy (kJ) 180 kJ
Other Carbohydrates
Fibre, total dietary 1.3 g...
I'm wondering if there is any value in recording here the diary of what my chameleons eat. I can see quite a few people do read those blog entries, or at least open /glance at them. But does it provide any value? Does it serve as some kind of example, or provide insight or ideas?
I track the...
During this month I was able to install a heating system for the Mistking water. I haven't made a post about this just yet, but I may still do that if there is some interest. I bought a heater for about $20 on ebay, and it does heat the water at least a little bit. However I do wish it would...
A log of what feeders were offered and eaten during the month.
October 1
males: nothing
females: nothing
October 2:
males: 3 stick insects, 1 superworm (C)
females:2 stick insects, 1 superworm (C)
October 3:
males: 1 superworm (V), 3 stick bugs
females: 1 superworm (V), 2 stick bugs...
A log of what feeders were offered and eaten during the month by Abmilobe x Nosy Be babies.
October 1
crickets (C) and fruit flies (C), fruit flies, fruit flies
October 2
fruit flies x3
October 3:
Fruit Flies, very small crickets (C), very small superworms (V)
October 4:
Fruit Flies x 2...
A log of what feeders were offered and eaten during the month by Nosy Be babies (hatched in June).
October 1
crickets (C), crickets (CD3), crickets
October 2
crickets (C), crickets, sm stick bugs
October 3
crickets (C), sm supeworms (V), crickets (C)
October 4:
crickets (C), stick...
I was reading a Seth Godin blog post last night. It really resonated with me. At the time, I was into the fourth hour that evening of reading about the best possible care for some new frogs of mine. This is merely one such research session, with a great deal of learning happening prior to...
Intro:
Not many folks on the forum own Senegals, and as a first time owner, I have found this breed to be a very entertaining and peculiar breed of chameleon. My chameleon, Peppers, is a one year old Senegal that I have had the pleasure of caring for for the past five months (As of 10/2010). I...
So my neighbor gets a new puppy about three weeks ago and they are happy and they said how wonderful their new puppy is and how much they love him and on and on. Well, Saturday morning their older dog bites the eye out of the puppy and instead of taking him to the vet, they went to the Animal...
Every few months, I grind up a new batch of dry gutload. The recipe is different everytime, based on what I've got on hand.
1/2 cup raw Sunflower Seeds (next time, I'll use fewer sunflower seeds)
1/3 cup Kelp powder
1/4 cup raw Almonds (next time, I think I'll use fewer almonds)
1/4 cup...
Two weeks into treatment on Earl. His recheck was yesterday and the Dr says the edema is slowly improving and the abscess area looks good.
He gained weight the last two weeks and he now weighs 317 grams. I've been having to hand feed him due to the edema affecting his vision. I have also...