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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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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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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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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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Basic info on Misting and fogging...
Of course, all animals require water to survive, and it isn't as simple as placing a bowl in the bottom and calling it a day. In fact, with most chameleons this will have little, if any benefit. Most chain pet stores display their chameleons with a water bowl, and this can be misleading to the...- Decadancin
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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...
There was a lot of growth in May, especially toward the end of the month. At the beginning he weighed in at only 13.8 grams. I was starting to worry that he was small for his age, but by the end of the month I think he was catching up. I don't have a weight for him near the end of the month...
Chameleon care basics
CHAMELEON ENCLOSURE
The first thing you will need is a well ventilated enclosure. Glass aquarium tend to have stagnant air and the constant moisture can cause the chameleon to become very ill. A well ventilated enclosure will help maintain a proper humidity cycle. A good...
The clutch of Ambilobe x Nosy Be babies is starting to hatch now too. This is a little ahead of schedule (and the pure nosy be clutch hatched a little behind schedule just a few weeks ago). boy oh boy am I ever going to be a busy person over the next while. Better get more fruit flies brewing...
Here he is in April, so if he was hatched on Nov. 21, then he is going on 5 months old here. He seems a bit small for his age here, at least compared to some of the other pics I've seen on the forum. But then again, I don't know his exact birthday and who knows how accurate everyone else is...
Here are a few pics from March. Leonardo is around 4 months old in these pics and I have the pics time-stamped.
As stated in the previous entry I received Leonardo on January 27th and his approximate hatch day was November 21st. I received him therefore when he was about 8 weeks old. This blog entry shows some pictures taken of him during the month of February, when his age was in the range from 9 to 12...
A brief history:
I purchased Leonardo form Kammerflage in January and had to wait for warm enough weather for him to get shipped to me in New England. He's a sambava panther chameleon and his sire is Poncho. Kammers sent me the largest and "calmest" from the clutch and I was the first in...
can anyone help me my chameleon is 7 months old and i have been told hes to small can someone help me plz and tell me whther it is true or not because then i can take they approprate actions
vinny is currently 23 cm long head to tip of tail
.also he has already started to ge his colours...
I was so lucky to happen to have a week off work when this clutch of Nosy Be babies started to hatch on May 23rd. The last one hatch yesterday.
Are they not the Cutest!?!?!
This is another installment in the monthly diary of what the 4 adult male chameleons ate (averaged). Females got essentially the same, only sometimes less quantity. On those days where two different bugs are listed, usually one was the morning meal and the other type was an afternoon meal. All...
Earl came to me in less then favorable condition. He had a number of things going on.
1. He hadn't eaten in three weeks
2. He was Lethargic
3. He had a sore from rubbing on his cage
these were the things I was made aware of. When I picked him up I knew nursing him back to health was...
All bugs are gutloaded.
I use RepCal brand supplements, and dusting is done very lightly. C= Calcium C+D3=Calcium+D3 V=Vitamins
FEMALES
April 30 - 1 butterworm, 1 cricket (C)
29 - 1 turkish roach, 1 wc moth
28 - 1 silkworm
27 - nothing
26 - 1 silkworm, 1 superworm (C)
25 - 1 silkworm...
I'm starting to become depressed with this forum. Well, no. Not with the forum, but rather with the all too frequent threads about seriously ill or near death chameleons, with owners who clearly havent a clue or just dont care, apparently lacking any values, ethics, morals or intelligence. Too...
per 1 Leek (124g) bulb and lower leaf-portion
Calcium: 59mg Phosphorus: 35mg
rated as having moderately high Oxalate content
Water 83g
Protein 1.5g
Total lipid (fat) 0.3g
Carbohydrate, by difference 14.15g
Fiber, total dietary 1.8g
Sugars, total 3.9g
Calcium, Ca 59mg
Iron, Fe 2.1mg...
So here I am trying to figure out how to blog and just what exactly "blogging" is. So far I think it is just writing ones thoughts down kind of like a diary but digital. I also think it is like a record of ones activities that can be about one specific thing or a wide range of topics relating...
I posted this in a thread and wanted to keep it for future reference!
You can tell if your cham is drinking enough by the colour of the urates (white part of the poop). If it is white it means the animal is well hydrated. A small amount of yellow in the urate is ok. A very dark yellow or...
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I JUST GOT MY CHAMELEON!
Welcome to the forums and congratulations! Hopefully you’ve gotten everything you...