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Rio is getting some brighter colors lately

chameleons always lighten up for sleep. even if its only 15C in the enclosure at night. They will brighten up for sleep. You need a basking spot for him/her.

to clarify, all you really need is a UVB bulb and 60 w household bulb for a basking spot. And you're good to go. Unless you have large enclosure which might require something larger than a 60 w bulb for a goof basking temp.

unless you're using a mercury vapor bulb with both UVA and UVB and heat, you need two separate bulbs. there overall enclosure needs to be kept at around 26C but they still need a basking spot that will reach about 32-33 C. they need to raise their body temp once in a while for digestion and...

dubia roaches are great! i started a colony about 8 months back with a few hundred assorted in size and it's probably going on 1000 strong now. I just feed them off to my 3 panthers whenever i need to. I still fill in with treats like hornworms, silkworms and crickets every so often. But i...

Do you still have another basking bulb for her? UVB is required, but so is a standard bulb or a uva bulb that puts off heat. if she's under the light with dark coloring, she is probably trying to get heat.

Very nice enclosure. You may want to add more vines and branches higher up and throughout. Chameleons spend the majority of their lives off the ground.

Another pic.

Here is Rio as he looked when I got home today. these are pretty much his all the time colors. Can't get him To fire up for the life of me. Guess I need to get a female and see if horny fires him up.

This was a really fun read. I am also glad that everything is working out for you.

Looks like a red bar ambilobe to me. Nice one too.

i was also looking into a new fixture and bulb(s). for panthers, does everyone use the 6% or 12% arcadia bulbs? Thanks.

This guy's amazing! I'm jealous. I'll try to get a pick of Rio in the next few days if i can get him to leave his house. problem with Rio is that he never fires up. Even when he gets a good view of my other Male, nothing. He's just too chilled I guess. But he's a big boy. much larger...

I've been checking CL every day in every city of Ohio and even some in Michigan and surrounding states. Have yet to see anything that even remotely resembles this guy. This just sucks!

If you don't mind my asking, what part of Ohio are you in? I'm in ohio and go to the occasional reptile show and visit many pet stores as well in both Dayton and Columbus. I'll keep an eye out for you. There's actually a show in columbus this weekend someone might try to peddle him off at if...