Recent content by buddhacham

Yeah, I didn't add anything about my lighting, because I didn't think that was part of the issue, but I have a 60 watt for basking, and a 5.0 UVB linear.(temps from 73-86) He does get a variety of feeders(hornworms, silkworms, superworms, and crickets), but he hasn't gone for any worms in the...

* Your Chameleon - male jackson, probably about 1 year old. Has been in my care 6 months now. * Handling - At least two times per week, and he is usually always happy to be handled. * Feeding - Was feeding 5-10+ small/medium crickets until 2 months ago when he shed and immediately...

looks to me like he was using the bathroom. my guy goes to his lowest stick and raises his leg just the same.

My xantho is wild caught, and he's doing great.

Wait.. here I found a chart for it. By the way, the rows are for 20w, 35w, and 50w.

I'm fairly certain that all dichroic lamps are made with glass. I'd like to hear some readings of UVA and UVB from someone who has a UV meter though. Dichroic lights produce a lot of heat, so I think it's interesting they found a positive use for that heat, by just including a fan.

No, I actually don't drink distilled water. I'm not sure how quickly the pH levels drop, but I know they do. Since distilled water is void of everything but water it has the ability to absorb gases from the air. Once it absorbs carbon dioxide it slowly becomes carbonic acid. If I had some...

What about pH of distilled? Would a pH of about 5 be a problem though. Because, if I am not mistaken, distilled water is only at a pH of 7 when actually distilled. Once exposed to air, it becomes carbonic acid at about pH of 5.

Sorry Panther Man, I'd be upset too. I was going to raise the mantis to at least 2-3 inches as feeders, but decided to just keep some as pets instead. I wouldn't feel bad feeding them to my cham it's just too much work(in my opinion) to keep a good supply on hand. By the way, I ordered my...

Just a question/observation. Could the sun outside just be quickly drying out the urates, and by the time you see them they are already yellow?

Well, I decided to start a dubia colony less than a month ago, without thinking that I would be going home for a considerable time during the summer and no one in the family wants dubias in the house. So, I'm trying to figure out what to do with these and was considering selling them very cheap...

Same thing happened to me. If you have houseflies, the hatchlings will easily eat those.

Thank you for the answers. I'll be sure to try each method. My cham's not shy.

Do I have to cup feed dubias? Thank you

Just thought I would let everyone know that I ended up feeding house flies to the mantis hatchlings! Got back into town and saw that the house flies I ordered from spiderpharm had started hatching sometime in the past two days so I decided to put 2 flies in with about 10 hatchlings to see if it...