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...
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...
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...
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...
Got a list from FLchams and thought I would put pictures to go along with the plants and add a few
1.) ABELIA (Abelia grandiflora)
IMAGE: http://image20.webshots.com/21/8/72/64/207887264PuiQEh_fs.jpg
2.) AFRICAN DAISY (Arctotis)
IMAGE...
Two days ago I took Layla outside again with a plastic cup containing two E. Distanti roaches. The weather was not the best but I really wanted to get outside for a while. As soon as I sat down at the patio table with Layla on the grapevine branch resting across my lap one of the resident...
Layla is fascinating to me because her behavior is so hard to understand. I got a fresh batch of Hornworm cups from Mullberry Farms last week. The worms were pretty tiny so I had to wait for a week before they were big enough to make them worthwhile as a feeder.
Yesterday I took a big fat...
New Arrival: Bringing home a new Chameleon
Chameleons are susceptible to illnesses brought on by a host of bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens. Diseases spread most rapidly in unsanitary and crowded conditions and most easily affect weakened or stressed animals. Such conditions are almost...
Layla:
Layla is my female wild caught Melleri. I purchased her from Outback Reptiles over a month ago. I have two other wild caught Melleri, Knopfler and Imperiata, but have had to refrain from handling them much because of their age and disposition. Layla is an adult or close to being...
HERNANDO COUNTY, FL -- A large sinkhole swallowed up a Spring Hill home late Wednesday. Local officials say it's one of the biggest sinkholes they've seen.
Full story, Video Here
Damage to the house and its contents at 2133 block of Orchard Park Drive is put at $250,000.
~~~~~~~~~...
From personal experience I have learned the importance of having a good chameleon vet. If you go to a vet that's not that familiar with chameleons you are wasting your money and your chameleon's life. They charge the same, if not more, than a vet that knows chameleons. Then usually after you've...
In much of the world, people have enjoyed eating insects for thousands of years. Insects are nutritious, espcially when gutloaded. Raising insects is environmentally friendly and relatively easy. They require minimal space per pound of protein produced, have a better feed to meat ratio...
Do-It-Yourself Praying Mantis Enclosure
Materials:
1.)Jar, tupperware, or any breathable enclosure that is fine enough to contain aphids or flightless fruit flies
2.)Stick or similar
3.)Tissue, moss, or water crystal to retain moisture in the enclosure
4.)Glue to attach the ooth to a...
When gravid, Olivia is fat and PINK or Orange with Dark bands.
When receptive, she is pale creamy tan colours or pretty light pinks. She wears her sleepy colours all day long.
When not receptive, she goes from her pale colours to darker colours, browns, blacks, with some grey and orange. If...
Lali hangs in despite her deformities. Her spirit is wise. (Xanth) Mr Triggs is easy going and watches at the front window when he's not adventuring with me. (Xanth) And Fractal, now three years old, seems happy eating his quail eggs and is very active and interactive. (Veiled) Can't ask for...
I've been doing digital art for some time now and I've been messing around with a few photos of chams. If your interested in getting yours done just let me know :)
Here is a link to my photo gallery http://www.chameleonforums.com/album.php?albumid=406
If you want to see larger versions...
The amazing man himself. Can you handle the fury?
History of Chameleo Estevez:
First Thread.. Owned 1 week to 1 month.
Second Thread. 2 months owned.
----------
Chameleo's Adult Cage Megapost.
Today: 1 cricket (gutloaded and calcium with D3 dusted) and 3 fat silkworms (I'm over-run with them!)
Yesterday: 1 silkworm, 1 roach (gutloaded)
Day before yesterday: 2 silkworms (one of which was calcium dusted) and 2 isopod (aka pill bug)
Day before that: 1 butterworm, 1 silkworm...
Im trying to breed these for my chameleons. Ive never attempted to breed anything.
Right now I have a container (5x8x10) with 20 pupae.
I have a tuna can with half the tuna taken out, drained of fluid. I then put some cricket crack in there along with a liquid mixture of 50% canned milk...
Bug / Birdie Bread Recipe
-------------------------------------------
This bread makes a nice healthy snack for birds, crickets, roaches. Its easy to make, and is a nice compliment to other gutloads.
2 cooked and skinned sweet potatoes
4-6 eggs, shells washed with anitbacterials soap...
Week 6 (4/05/09 - 4/11/09)
Sunday 6 superworms, dusted with with reptivite
Monday Nothing.
Tuesday 5 superworms, 1 dusted with reptivite
Wednesday Nothing
Thursday 6 supers dusted with kale and carrots. One dusted with reptivite...
it seems like the ch. trioceros fuelleborni is not very common, so when i ask question to either a vet or a fellow chameleon owner they may not know much about his species little quirks, and i keep learning. I've had my guy for 2 years. 2 YEARS and his horns have never actully "shed" the vet...
Cage Info:
Cage Type - Screen cage, 18" x 18" x 24"
Lighting - 60 watt house bulb for basking, zoomed reptisun 5.0 linear UVB.
Temperature - Basking temperature 80-83 F, bottom of the cage 70-75 F Overnight temps 70 F
Humidity - 45-60%
Placement - Bedroom, furthest corner. Quiet all the time...