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Mistakes: The Best TeachersJust came across this, good on you for taking on the duty of learning everything to help Rango live a good life. When I came home from work one...- Lucas00-
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Dubia Roach Ranch Setup 101Looking at starting my own Roach Ranch. Awesome write up, thank you!!
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A Tribute to Life: The Chameleon Who Never Gave UpI am brand new to the group and I love this tribute. I lost my mom on February 6 and I think us getting a chameleon is a sign. Hugs!
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Mistakes: The Best TeachersWe’re all a little weird in our own beautiful way. I’m so glad that you kept Rango and have been making the needed changes for him, rather than...- MissSkittles
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Free-range inspirationI had the setup for my Jackson’s, in the beginning they will escape, but that stops over time once they feel that tree is there best place in the...- Sonny13
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Individual Baby Cages or Caging during the time of Covid
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...- JacksJill
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Where do I Start? Guide to the forums...
So here are some links and things to know about the Chameleon Forums. For newcomers as well as some seasoned members there could be some features that you don't know exist, or just cant seem to find them when you need them. First off the resources page...- Decadancin
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Intro to Bio-Activity
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...- cyberlocc
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Photographing Chameleon's in "Naturalistic" Settings
If you want a place in the Forum Calendar or a shiny medal next to your avatar there are some basic things you will have to do. First understand what the contest is looking for pictures that will ultimately go into the calendar. Nobody wants to be distracted by your fingernails, dirty or...- JacksJill
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The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.
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...- Kaizen
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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...
A log of what was eaten by the adult males this month.
Supplements, if used, are indicated by: C=calcium (RepCal or sticky tongues mineral O brand); CD3=calcium with D3 (RepCal); V=Vitamins (RepCal Herptivite). wc = wild caught
August 1: 2 butterworms (1 with V)
August 2: 4 crickets (C)...
Swyft was excited and well-aimed with his tongue on a dubia tonight. I offered a second one but he turned his head away.
He was doing the pacing thing again on the curtain rod so I relocated him to his tree again and misted it heavily, he drank readily. I think pacing means thirsty? Why...
August is almost over so I thought I'd go ahead and post the August growth record. As expected, Leo's growth is started to slow down a bit, but he still has some growing to do. Of course I believe chameleons have indeterminate growth, although someone can correct me on that if I'm wrong. He...
Swyft was pacing yesterday on the curtain rod. He knows how to get back to the tree, I've seen him do it, I don't know what his deal was. Finally, frustrated and concerned about the pacing, I grabbed my step-ladder and relocated him for the last few hours of the evening to his tree which has...
I'm very excited to begin construction on a new modern styled enclosure for my future panther cham. I found plexiglass at lowes that will work wonderfully for a very affordable rate. I am excited to begin work.
I have also started breeding crickets again tonight.:)
Swyft is starting to concern me. He's alert, active, and eating superworms but still wont eat a dubia. He turns his head and looks away. But if I bring out a superworm he will turn and grab it.
He's still free-ranging and I'm still misting him and the plants and the fake plants, he doesn't...
I watched someone "dusting" their cricket with Calcium + D3. I say dusting in quotes because it was actually more like painting or heavily coating the crickets. I dont dust my home much, but even at my house the dust layer has never been that opaque and thick.
Well, almost never. That top...
Mr. Swyft is going to exercise all his weight off if he doesn't slow down and eat more. He has been shunning the dubias lately, I don't know what his deal is but he's assertively eating the superworms.
The last few days we've had a storm roll in so I've been able to keep the temp down...
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sandrachameleon's Blog, this is a GREAT resource!
This is a log of what prey was given to the NosyBe hatchlings (Babies are fed multiple times a day) during the month of August, 2010 (their third month of life). Prey is gutloaded. First half of the month, they got two types of fruit flies, but later in the month was only using the large fruit...
It's good to read the visitor messages on your public profile every once in a while. It reminds you of the nice things people have to say.
Had an excellent chat today, thanks guys. It helped me to understand some things I have been going back and forth about.
I made a reference that I wanted to record so I could remember the importance of the topic and possibly help out other new keepers residing in AZ.
All of these...
man it is getten hard to control the heat with heat wave comen through. i am being forced to shut off the heat lamps beacuse it is so hot that ambient temps are rising to high 70 and sometimes low 80's!!!!!! idk what to do but just keep a lot of water dripping and mist.
I just wanted to officially say thanks to all those that have been helping me to understand chameleon care in the past two weeks. You know who you are.
To the rest of the forums. Please remain true to the animals. This is one of the better pet forums i have had the privilege of being a member...
Just some links I have collected. This has been done a million times I am sure. But the best way to learn is to think about what you need to do. Read about the things necessary to do them. Then actually go do them. Then practice, practice, practice…. and practice some more.
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