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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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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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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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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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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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Ok, so a few members have asked me how to make my cages. I will list the tools and a general step by step way of making them....
U can get the stuff at a Home Depot. I get my screen and spline at Metroscreenworks.com since its cheaper to buy in bulk for what I do and they have a wide...
Mort was a gem at the vet. He weighed in at about 105g, and didn't offer to bite the vet at all, bless his little reptilian heart. Dr Sweet and I agreed to treat the pins and see if the rest falls into place, thinking the parasites may have overpopulated because of the stress.
To my...
A good addition to your gutload, in moderation - contain a good amount of calcium, but Older pads, flowers and fruits are fairly high in oxalic acid (younger pads less so). Also provide Potassium, Vitamin C and Magnesium, and a little niacin.
In about a cup (150g) would provide roughly...
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This is a attempt to save any viable eggs from a deceased female chameleon.
Tools and materials needed.
1. Sharp small blade scissors.
2. Couple paper towels.
3. Rubber gloves if you wish.
4. Incubation container with media.
Start by pinching...
Since these worms are so expensive, but so great for hydrating, and good treats for our wonderful scaley friends, I figured It would help some to breed them, especially if you have more than one cham, or more than one cham at different ages, since these things grow so fast.
This is what I...
Made my http://www.chameleonforums.com/mellers-mist-77914/#post733789"]7400 post[/URL] today, 4.59 posts per day. It's been a good time!
Here's to another 7400! :)
Yay They are eating. I fed them 5-7 silk worms this morning and they gobbled them up within 10-15 minutes. Lola the female ate 3 at a time (they were balled up) and Pascal the male ate 1 at a time. (I spread those out)
for me, best day
pascal obviously every day is torture and he hates his life passionately, the fact that i have finally got his temerature right with his expensive new bulbs, and feed him his favourite food and give him lots of water and plants and uvb light just pisses him off.
i went to...
Google books are..Great!
Here some interesting facts on Silkworms.. :)
I definitely got the bug...
They arent eating yet but they are drinking lots of water. i am going to try the separate tank feeding meathod suggested by Amanda509. Now to get more vines from petsmart.
Looks like Lola and Pascal are settling in ok.
I put a dubia in each of thier cups. we will see when i get home if they eat them or not
I think my female is pregnant. According to the breeder she was housed with the male. She does look a little bigger around the belly. We will see.
Yesterday I got my chameleons. A boy and girl, Pascal and Lola. Their cages were delivered last night and I made a feeding cup. I do not know if they ate today. I will find out when I get home later today
My most recent attempt to get Shayna well was a weekend attempt to make her a laying bin that she might use.
I put a large plastic rectangular tub of soil and sand just below the bottom access of her cage. The substrate is about 8", I planted a pot of philo at the far end, and put two...
Shower chamber treatment for dehydrated animals. *Not intended for babies*
1. Place a plant, vines, limbs or whatever you choose for the chameleon to perch on the bottom of the bath tub floor. I dont recommend using anything higher than the tub wall.
2. Place the chameleon on what you have...
As requested I have been asked to share my method of building my cage for my chameleon. I will add some photos with some descriptions. If i miss out anything please leave a comment and I can add more detail!
Raw Tank Setup (Fig. 1)
For Starters I got a piece of plywood cut to 23''x...
Well it looks like I will finally have some more time to work on the GOC "Giant Outdoor Cage" as Jeremy calls it.:)
I have all the framing cut that the screen is attaching to and have started sanding and staining it. I'm doing two coats of stain. Lots o staining going on today.:o
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Joy is watching both chams eating crickets. The Cham Cam is a real delight and so helpful to assuage my fears. I wasn't sure Shayna could ambulate enough to get near enough to free-ranging crickets in her cage. She nailed it, but seemed to have some problems once the cricket was internal...
Well I got done what I was hopeing to get done today. Cut down the wood and cut corbels on the ends.
Sanded and stained. I am hopeing to pick up the screen material this week. I'm reallty liking the way it's turning out so far.