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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!
- PicklesNeedsLove
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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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Free-range inspirationThats awesome! I would love to have a setup like this! Im just scared of my ambanja escaping haha.
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Free-range inspirationBasically no updates, she laid for 11 times a clutch and keeps going strong. In other words I think setup is a success
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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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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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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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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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Egg Laying and the Laying Bin
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...- jannb
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I thought Swyft was hanging around the front of his cage because he was hungry.
Dusted 4 crickets with Miner-All (has calcium but not d3) put them in his cage and he isn't showing interest. I'm hoping its just too early in the morning for him as he is usually a big hunter and eater. Its...
Its been a long day so far of moping and dealing with Jolly's death. I put Jolly's previous cage netting into the washer with hot water and bleach. I plan to wash the frame and fake vines/plants with bleach as well, I've moved it all to the garage for now.
I am having an autopsy done on...
Spent the morning sad about Jolly. I had no idea I would be so attached so quickly. Took him to the pet crematorium. The cage is in my garage and although I know I could use it for Swyft I am really not wanting to touch it, look at it, let alone clean it because I am still sad about Jolly...
How can I be so attached to something I've only had for a week. How can a lizard wrap his curly tail around my heart like that.
I had a container of small earthworms that I had offered to my turtle. Neither chameleon was impressed. My turtle feels the same way so I was hoping to off them to the chams. The hedgies wont eat them either, huh!
A big fat "no" to earthworms for this critter family I guess. Guess I will...
My boys are headin' outside! I have some yard work I can do while they bask.
Grab your chams and join me!
I put an ad on Craig's List looking for a cage. Its a long shot but hey, never know. Bf is visiting next week and will help me price out constructing my own, and all else fails I'll buy one. My boys need upgraded.
I'm also going to ask Bf to help me shop for lights again. It really...
Offered two from a cup, not interested. Moved the paper at the bottom of his cage and a cricket came out so I didn't want to add more to the cage.
Swyft ate the two crickets instead. so that's six for him today.
Gave Swyft 6 medium crickets dusted with Miner-All. It says it has calcium 34-36%. He is heartily chasing and catching them. I decided not to do the cup since he seems to like hunting.
Going to offer a cricket to Jolly.
I'm putting a calendar in the room to mark when I should do the different dustings of crickets. I'm also going to have a different colored pen/pencil for each guy and jot # of crickets eaten. (if any, sigh, I wish Jolly would eat in front of me) This blog works for my discussion of them but at...
Jolly still isn't eating and Swyft is still in hunting/hungry mode.
Swyft had four crickets, lightly dusted by the cup but no dust added, just whatever was in the bottom. He now crawls to the front of the cage, cage door open, and snags the crickets right out of the cup, it's cool! Three...
I'm going to read up on the feeding. I love watching Swyft eat and he is such a hunter and a pig. Today was going to be my "no feed day" but that didn't happen. He got a big ol' roach this morning, two I believe, and now tonight after misting he was all hunting around so I offered him two...
I had such a blast watching my guys outside! I brought their enclosures outside, exactly 1/2 in sun and 1/2 in shade, I just kept following the line of the porch side. Swyft really enjoyed it, he was all over the place, nose in the air, reaching for the plants nearby, it was so cool to watch...
Today I went looking for some chameleon items. I found the bamboo sticks at Hobby Lobby and they were on sale too! I got one set and divided it between the two cages, took my time threading it around and fastening it, then threading around their fake vine. Both chams have been climbing up...
My first morning after giving up the girls and what a sigh of relief. I was so worried Alice might be hinting at nesting. I couldn't tell if she was hinting or hunting as other parts of the day she would be way up at the top of the cage as usual. Anyhow moving forward with the boys.
I...
I've begun the addiction! I acquired my chams on Craig's List, all four with all setups. Crazy huh? I found this site and was really excited for my new journey but the more I read the more I realized there was so much to learn.
Thankfully I was contacted by very experienced chameleon...
Leo has had a growth spurt this month I think! I was worrying a bit that he might be behind the norm for his age, but now I think he's caught up. His weight has nearly doubled during this period.
Here are his weight records for this month:
6/05/2010 29.6 g
6/12/2010 36.9 g...
Week 1: fruit flies* (no supplementation) Its worth noting that i didnt witness any eating until around day 4 post hatching.
Week 2 (week 1 for the ones that hatched later): fruit flies* calcium dusted for one of the feeds every other day (they are fed 3-5 times daily)
Week 3: fruit flies*...
A log of what the adult male chameleons ate (averaged) during the month of June. All feeders gutloaded except moths and butterworms. Supplementation indicated by C=calcium; CD3=Calcium with D3; V=Vitamins
1 - 2 crickets C & 1 mealworm C
2 - nothing
3 - hornworm
4 - 3 crickets C
5 - Hisser
6 -...
I would like to post a few pics of Lily when she was poorly, so that other owners can see what a sick chameleon looks like. They become sick so fast that you don't notice how bad they look at the time, it kind of creeps up on you. I didn't realise just how ill Lily looked at the time - it's...