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...
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...
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...
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...
Trying to decide which one to enter into the photo contest :) Please help me pick?
Narrowed it down to these six. Kinda leaning towards #4 or 5
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Nutrients in about 1 cup /140grams of lightly steamed Yam
Calcium, Ca 22.5mg
Iron, Fe 0.76mg
Magnesium, Mg 28mg
Phosphorus, P 74.5mg
Potassium, K 1067.5mg
Sodium, Na 12.5mg
Zinc, Zn 0.315mg
Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) 21.05mg
Thiamin 0.1485mg
Riboflavin 0.043mg
Niacin 0.7895mg
Vitamin B-6...
I've had some requests to re-start my monthly log of what feeder prey is provided to and eaten by my panther chameleons. I happened to have some extra time this month, so here's one month - can't promise to keep it up as this is a very busy year for me. Older entries still have value, if you're...
Cinnamon toast has been a favorite snack food of mine for years.
I have been making cinnamon toast for over 20 years. In that time, I have learned a thing or two about how best to go about making it.
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First off, when I was about 5 years old, I would make cinnamon toast by using a...
Montane Chameleon Care Sheet
So I have noticed that since there are a lot of great care sheets out there for veiled and panther chameleons I thought that I would put down my ideas for the proper care of montane chameleons, as there are a few subtle yet key differences. I will explain...
So, you want to boil an egg or two and your just not sure exactly how to go about it.
No fear!
Here I will explain the proper way to boil an egg.
First, you need to figure out how many eggs you want to boil. I like to have two at a time myself.
After you have that figured out, you must...
Information is gathered from many sources including personal knowledge, books, internet resources and forum members. If your have a species that you would like me to add to these lists, send me a private message containing the common and scientific names of the species. Thanks! - Dan, Aka...
A few people have asked me about the tables I used as cage stands, and asked for details about how they are built so here they are.
In these photos they were getting packed up to go to a new home, but I made sure to take photos before they were gone.
The idea was to use a sheet of PVC...
Well kinda done.:) My water closet :D is done for now until I get a controller to time my waterings. Right now I have the water connected through my sprinkler controller but it's not going to give me the flexibility I want.
I have two lines of misters with 6 heads on each line. During...
Here you will find a list of safe plants that you can put in your enclosure with your chameleon....:D ENJOY
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ABELIA
AFRICAN DAISY
ALYSSUM, SWEET
AMERICAN
ELM also ELM
ANTHEMIS also known as CHAMOMILE
ARBUTUS
ASPARAGUS FERN
ASPEN TREE
ASTER
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BABY'S BREATH aka...
Care for Veiled Chameleons
Veiled chameleons aka Chamaeleo Calyptratus is one of the larger species of chameleon and are found in the mountain regions of Yemen.
Male chameleons are green in color and depending on how he feels and its state it will range from a bight olive green drab...
I'm still working on completing the GOC. Lots of little things eating up all my time,so progress has been slower than I would like. I'm really close to completion though and here are some pictures from the last few weeks.
Here is the first screen panel on.
The screen and frame are...
The purpose of this plant list is to have a list of non toxic plants people can use with their Chameleons enclosure. In this list are some large trees and vegetables. What you do with this list is up to you. The large trees can be found in a smaller Bonsai verson. Some of the Vegetables listed...
Mulberry Tree
Scientific Name:Morus sp.
Family:Moraceae
Note: Ripe fruit is edible, how ever Unripe fruit and green parts of the plant have a white sap that is intoxicating and mildly hallucinogenic
Pilea Microphylla
Additional Common Names:Artillery Plant
Scientific Name:Pilea...