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Bean Beetles as a feeder Pros and ConsI put them in the feeder run but nothing really contains them. They can climb anything. I haven't had a problem with them in my house and I feed...- JacksJill
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Bean Beetles as a feeder Pros and Cons@JacksJill great blog post! I really want to try these.. but question: do you just let them crawl about in the enclosure? on plants and such? Do...- Eileen
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A Tribute to Life: The Chameleon Who Never Gave UpI’m so sorry, Mia. Nachito was a special girl and will live on in your heart forever.- jannb
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A Tribute to Life: The Chameleon Who Never Gave UpAn absolutely beautiful tribute... I'm so glad I came here and read that - I'd been thinking about your girl and wondering if you had updates...- CalamityCrow
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A Tribute to Life: The Chameleon Who Never Gave UpThank you everyone for the kind words, while my heart is broken, I'm so glad to have the support of this amazing community. You all really are the...- Ghostbirb
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World Chameleon Species Tour: Trioceros pfefferi
Welcome to another installment of our World Chameleon Species Tour! Today we are in the Cameroon highlands with Trioceros pfefferi. Natural History: Trioceros pfefferi is a small size chameleon around the size of a carpet chameleon. It is listed as living between 1100m to 1900m by the IUCN...- DeremensisBlue
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Jackson's Chameleon Articles and Studies
I'm always trying to find these links for people. Now anyone who is interested in knowing more about Jacksons chameleons can find them here. Articles This is the caresheet from this site if you haven't seen it and you want to take care of a Jackson's Chameleon read it...- JacksJill
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How to Do your Own FECAL FLOAT - VIDEO
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...- Dez
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Veiled Chameleon Laying 101
Hi and congratulations on having a beautiful girl veiled chameleon. These little sweeties are near and dear to my heart, and I’ve learned from some of the very best keepers on the forum how to care for them and effectively manage their reproductive health. Now I’m passing that knowledge on to...- MissSkittles
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Free-range inspiration
Some inspirational thoughts for free ranging First, our living room is a large, bright (views on both sides) and pet free living room without small children walking around. Second, the free-range area is at exact the same spot as where a Reptibreeze XL (24´x24´x48´) stood. Many assume...- Sonny13
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So I have not really been on. Last month was terrible for me having lost my aunt, spent waaay to much time on planes, endured terrible cry sessions with family, delivered a friends cham to its early demise, the list seems to go on and on. Man when it rains it really pours.
On the bright side...
Cleaned out the room today and rearranged a bit. I bought a space-heater for the room as last year I kept the entire house extra warm and it cost me a lot. I was able to arrange things in such a way that I don't believe he can get off his tree to the floor finally. I wasn't too worried before...
Ca : P = 4:1
Grape leaves are high in calcium. The following values are for a single raw leaf.
Water 2.20g
Protein 0.17g
Total lipid (fat) 0.06g
Carbohydrate 0.52g
Fiber, total dietary 0.3g
Sugars, total 0.19g
Calcium, Ca 11.6 mg
Iron, Fe 0.08 mg
Magnesium, Mg 3mg
Phosphorus, P 3mg...
This is a log of the daily intake of the adult panther chameleons (averaged), and a list of what feeders were provided to the babies (I dont count each babies individual consumption numbers). All feeders gutloaded except butterworms and moths. Supplementation indicated by C=calcium, CD3 =...
Hard to believe that Leo and Drake are already 10 months old. Now I have to start thinking about how to handle the cold winter coming up. Not looking forward to this very much. My Mistking has been working great. I was worried a bit about overwatering the plants, but they seem to be doing...
Still doing a Dubia Stand-Off. I now suspect he is eating a fly or two that is in the room because there is no way he has gone this long without eating something. He looks great, color is beautiful, alert and eyed a dubia this morning but then shunned away. Whatever dude. I am misting...
I lost a good chameleon today. :(
It was only five years ago that my partner picked him out of a group of babies, saying "if you have to keep another one, make it this one" and named him Trucker, because he just didnt stop "trucking" around the cage, "driving" right over top the other two in...
Been a very crappy month. I just got back from Florida, I wish I could say it was for vacation or something fun but it was not. To often we neglect the connections in our lives and do not understand it until those connections are nearly lost. I know nobody else really cares but it is good to...
Swyft still isn't eating since I stopped offering the superworms. I'm offering every other day a dusted dubia and no sign of interest. Stubborn. Other than that he looks good. Supposed to be warm all week so I have the window cracked during the day for fresh air and am misting in the...
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ABELIA (Abelia grandiflora)
AFRICAN DAISY (Arctotis)
ALYSSUM, SWEET (Lobularia maritima or Alyssum maritimum)
AMERICAN ELM also ELM (Ulmus americana)
ANTHEMIS also known as CHAMOMILE (Anthemis)
ARBUTUS (Epigaea repens)
ASPARAGUS FERN (Asparagus plumosus or A. setaceus)
ASPEN (Populus...
Supplements
This is a rather generic male veiled 8 month old schedule. Every schedule needs to be different and tailored specially for you own cham.
Here is a thread I started to review my supplementation schedule.
Reviewing My Supplementation
Supplement Schedule
Week One...
OH MY GOODNESS!! He had found himself on a file cabinet, next to the computer that I had moved away and probably felt stuck. I walked into the room towards him and as I reached towards him he lifted up his front feet and reached FOR ME!! I was so shocked, I lowered my hand, palm down, he...
Swyft is really pretty today. He stayed in his area all day from what I can tell. I think I have him contained pretty well to his one section of the room with his tree and plants.
A big thanks to SandraChameleon for the tip on dubias, I'm on a better road now for feeding him.
Weather was...
Knew I'd probably need additional fruit flies (my own cultures not keeping up with demand). So I ordered them. Should have arrived Wednesday. Shipment came Thursday instead, and the container held only half a dozen flies, a totally inadeuqate amount of medium (didnt even cover the bottom of the...
Swyft shunned a dubia again today and readily, heartily ate 3 superworms with light dusting of calcium instead. In fact this is the second time in a row that he has nailed two superworms with one shot! He's either talented or greedy, not sure which. I offered the dubia, completely...
Swyft's colors are so beautiful! I think he is enjoying his new setup. Last night he slept on the curtain rod that I had relocated above the window. Today he's actively drinking, did not eat today, but his colors and activity level are really impressing me.
I brought in his Hibiscus to...
I free range my chameleons so I really have to pay close attention to when it’s time to lay eggs. I think one of the most important things is to have a gram scale and weigh her once a week. If she's gaining and you are still feeding the same amount of food then I figure she must have eggs. You...
Threads pop up from time to time about providing lights that help with maitaining healthy growing plants in chameleon enclosures. These are my thoughts on the subject.
Sunlight is the least expensive way to illuminate plants, so some people double-up on plants and rotate their plants between...
I finally made a decision on Swyft's setup. I really love the distance he can go with his free-range but he simply is not returning to the tree for his humidity, uvb light, and basking area. I have "grounded him" for now. I rearranged his large wide curtain rod with biovine and fake leaves to...
A simple log of what prey was given to the NosyBe Ambilobe cross hatchlings during the month of August, 2010 (their second month of life).
Babies are fed multiple times a day(breakfast, maybe second breakfast, lunch, second lunch, and maybe super). Listing it all out makes for quite a big...