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Photographing Chameleon's in "Naturalistic" SettingsIf you want feedback before submitting a photo contest entry you could message me @JacksJill if you want to pick your best photo in the monthly...- JacksJill
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Photographing Chameleon's in "Naturalistic" SettingsWould we leave the photos as a comment here?- Jorge1025
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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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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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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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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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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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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...
Skin uses UVB to form previtamin D, which is then converted, through the function of several organs, into D3. This is how animals are able to manufacture their own D3. UV light also effects how things visually appear to lizards.
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/whatreptilesneed.htm...
Well this is my first blog, so I'll tell about Mel. She is my first pet, and she is unlike most chameleons in the way that she is too happy to just chill on my shoulder/neck. She also doesn't get too excited when I put my hand in her cage and pick her up (crawl on my hand).
She's about 5...
Water is the key to all living things. Unfortunately, dehydration is a common health risk faced by chameleons. Lack of water is not easily identified visually, but can have disastrous results. It is critical that you provide sufficient water in the "right" ways.
In nature, their water source...
This is to help out all new dubia owners on how to breed, feed and keep them happy!
TANK/BIN
Purchase a 6 to 10 gallon tank or plastic bin which can be picked up online, petco or target.
FOOD
Dubia's love cricket crack just like the crickets do. You can also feed them carrots, yams...
I thought I would post some details and info on my cricket setup. I buy 250 to 500 crickets at a time from Rainbow. So I built this handy cricket bin cause I was sick of buying crickets from petco at 11cents each.
CRICKET BIN
1.) Go to Target, Walmart, K-Mart or any store that sells Bins...
New photos of Sancho and Witchy!
Sancho is 8 1/2 months old and Witchy is a Year and two months old..
Sancho
see the rest here http://www.chameleonforums.com/sancho-outside-today-21767/
Witchy
see the rest here http://www.chameleonforums.com/witchy-my-veiled-21769/
Listing of all the food my chams have tried since I had them..
Sancho
1.) Silkworms
2.) Hornworms (doesn't like to much)
3.) Crickets
4.) House Flies
5.) Super worms (Get's addicted so keeping him off for now)
Witchy
1.) Silkworms (doesn't like to much)
2.) House Flies
3.) Crickets
4.) Dubias...
Friday: several small crickets (gutloaded and calcium dusted)
Saturday: 1 zophobas worm (calicum dusted)
Sunday: five small crickets (2 vitamin dusted, 3 calcium dusted) and 2 small mealworms (calcium dusted)
Monday: 5 or 6 small crickets (gutloaded and calcium dusted) and a butterworm...
Sunday March 1: one Cricket (vitamin dusted) and 2 small mealworms (calcium dusted)
Monday: 5 crickets (gutloaded and calcium dusted)
Tuesday: nothing
Wednesday: 2 Crickets (gutloaded and calcium dusted) and one hisser roach
Thursday: small hornworm, 1 phasmid
Friday: 1 mealworm, 2 small...
Keeping track of all dates my veiled witchy has had.
First laying - 12-30-2008, 11:31 PM - 40 Eggs
Witchy (Female) Veiled - (1-20-08)
Sancho (Male) Ambilobe Red Bar Panther - (6-20-08)
So much great info on these sites and in these chameleonforum threads!
http://www.chameleonnews.com/02JulCaettaKruger.html
http://www.chameleoncrazy.com/enclosure.php
http://www.chameleonforums.com/enclosure-wall-130279
http://www.ukchameleons.co.uk/housingintro.htm...
Offered and eaten by adult male panther chameleons this past week:
Sunday: Breakfast: 1 waxworm (calcium dusted); 1 cricket (gutloaded & calcium w/D3 dusted). Lunch: 2 crickets (gutloaded & calcium dusted); 1 zophobas (gutloaded & calcium dusted)
Monday: 3 crickets (gutloaded & calcium...
Today I was at the vet. I had three of my four Melleri checked out. The vet told me I was doing a good job and that I seemed to be doing a pretty good job handling the issues that have come up.
This got me thinking. I couldn't have gotten to this point without the support of my local keepers...
These are some pics of my ladies in the various stages of fertility. Perhaps it will help you decide if your lady is ready.
Day 1: five or six small crickets (gutloaded & calcium dusted); 1 butterworm (vitamin dusted)
Day 2: five or six small crickets(gutloaded & calcium dusted); small zophobas (gutloaded & cal w/D3 dusted)
Day 3: one or two roach nymphs (gutloaded); five or six small crickets (gutloaded &...