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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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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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Intro to Bio-Activity
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...- cyberlocc
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Egg Laying and the Laying Bin
I free range my chameleons so I really have to pay close attention to when it’s time to lay eggs. I think one of the most important things is to have a gram scale and weigh her once a week. If she's gaining and you are still feeding the same amount of food then I figure she must have eggs. You...- jannb
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Where do I Start? Guide to the forums...
So here are some links and things to know about the Chameleon Forums. For newcomers as well as some seasoned members there could be some features that you don't know exist, or just cant seem to find them when you need them. First off the resources page...- Decadancin
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Today's "high point" was receiving a shipment of butterworms that were the biggest ones I'd ever seen. As big as full grown silkworms, and a few even bigger!
Today's low: waiting on hold to discuss a tax question with Revenue Canada, and realizing that the hold music was in fact an "elevator"...
JUST BETWEEN YOU AND I
When we met, you were so small...
Fragile and scared with no color at all.
I watched you rapidly grow and blossom,
Into a Cham that is totally awesome.
You were discovered by the Ancient Greeks,
A calculating creature that's graceful and sleek
Your uniqueness...
This is a 2 part mix and seems well liked by crickets and roaches. I can find 99% of this stuff at Whole Foods. I always recommend buying organic if at all posible.
I found this recipe online somewhere a few years ago but cannot seem to find it anymore. If it is yours please let me know and I...
so right now i have 4 different phal orchids and two Hawaiian orchids that are the same plant but split, and im going to get another here pretty quick.
they are a little more time consuming than other plants, but not more so than any cham, and they make good additions to your cage because...
1 cup of sliced raw pear (140grams) contains:
Water 117.19 g
Energy 81 kcal
Energy 339 kJ
Protein 0.53 g
Total lipid (fat) 0.17 g
Ash 0.46 g
Carbohydrate, by difference 21.64 g
Fiber, total dietary 4.3 g
Sugars, total 13.72 g
Sucrose 1.09 g...
A log of what one of my female chameleons ate during this month (this is her maintenance diet, she is not gravid).
Feb 1 - 1 cricket (calcium dusted and gutloaded)
Feb 2 - 1 dubia (gutoaded)
Feb 3 - 1 Turkish roach (calcium dusted and gutloaded)
Feb 4 - 1 superworm (gutloaded)
Feb 5 - 2...
A log of what my male chameleons ate (averaged) during this month.
Feb 1 - 1 cricket (calcium dusted and gutloaded)
Feb 2 - 2 dubia (gutoaded)
Feb 3 - 2 Turkish roach (calcium dusted and gutloaded)
Feb 4 - 2 superworms, 2 mealworms (both gutloaded)
Feb 5 - 3 crickets (calcium dusted and...
If the idea of touching bugs makes you even a little uneasy - A Chameleon Isnt For You
If you want a pet that you can hold and play with - A Chameleon Isnt For You
If your chameleon research was done at a pet store - A Chameleon Isnt Yet For You
If you think youre going to make money...
Oxalic acid has been shown to "bind" with calcium (and magnesium, iron, sodium and potassium) in the intestine, thus potentially interfering with the absorption of these. So, High Oxalic Acid levels can turn a seemingly high in calcium veggie (as compared to its phosporous content) into a poor...
Try to correctly spell the name of the company you're hoping to work for!
I can't believe I just tossed two resumes into the recycle bin because they don't seem to know this little detail!
I sometimes have to sort through hundreds of resumes for one opening. I'm sure a lot of reasonably...
There is potential risk to using wild caught insects. Parasites, pesticides, and one that is often overlooked:the bug may have eaten something good for it but BAD for chamelones (like tomatoe leaves). And I suppose there is also the risk of you accidentally offering a bug that is in and of...
Sometimes, Im really pleased and need to shout it. Even if it has little informational value to anyone else.
Sometimes, things peeve me but its not polite to say anything publically about it. I might put it here, slightly less publically.
Sometimes, I think things and just feel like...
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
- sambava panther,male,6-7 months
* Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
-almost never
* Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount...
I kinda feel better about my gecko, but now my stomache hurts and i feel lik im going to barf.
What a middle-aged female panther (who was developing fertile eggs) was fed January 1 -22, 2010 inclusive. She showed no interest in food on the 23rd. She started but abandoned a small tunnel on the 24th, water was provided via a dripper, but I didnt open the cage to offer food. All eggs laid by...
Nutrients in a cup (140g) of orange fleshed papaya fruit (not including seeds and skin)
Water 124.3g
Fat .2g
Carbs 13.7g
Calcium 34mg
Phosphorous 7mg
Magnesium 14g
Iron .14mg
Potassium 360mg
Copper .02mg
Selenium .8mcg
Vitamin C 86.5mg
Thiamin .04mg
Riboflavin .05mg
Niacin .48mg
B6 .03mg...
The food intake of an adult male panther
(averages, based on data from 4 adult male panthers)
Summary
Crickets: 21 (28%)
Butterworm: 13 (18%)
Stick Insects: 10 (14%)
Mealworm: 10 (14%)
Super/kingworm (Zophobas Morio): 8 (11%)
Terrestrial Isopod: 6 (8%)
Turkistan: 3 (4%)
Dubia: 2 (2%)
Hisser...
4.8:1 Papaya
4.5:1 Turnip Greens
2.9:1 Orange
2.8:1 Dandelion leaves
2.4:1 Mustard Greens
2.1:1 Chicory Greens
1.8:1 Lime
1.8:1 Raspberries
1.6:1 Celery
1.6:1 Lemon
1.5:1 Blackberries
1.5:1 Grapefruit, White
1.2:1 Grapefruit, Pink and Red
1.2:1 Tangerine
1.1:1 Winter Squash
1.1:1 Romaine
1.0:1...
Ive not had success getting many feeders to eat it in quantity (though hissers love it), but apparently some veileds enjoy eating fresh mint leaves. :)
Nutrients in about a table spoon (2grams) of fresh spearmint (rosmarinus officinalis):
1.36 grams of Water
6mg Calcium
1mg Phosphorus
.13mg...
A saying in animal science, is "as goes phosphorus, so goes calcium". What this means is that for every gram of phosphorus ingested in the diet, the body must match that with another gram of calcium before the phosphorus can be absorbed through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream. If the...