Recent content by Carlton

ROFLMAO! That belly tops human plumber's butt! Photoshop in a little leather belt. Pretty please?

Teachers IME rarely if ever take advice from their students. They're the ones with authority, not the students. You could offer the teacher links to this website's husbandry information, especially focused on how much $ and daily time a cham would require. Don't forget rearing and maintaining...

And a female that looks gravid to boot. Quite a belly on her.

Algae can grow if the water stays exposed to light during the day. You might consider painting the bottle a dark color, but you wouldn't be able to check the water level as easily. Maybe make some sort of dark colored sleeve to put over it (black plastic bag?). Algae is one reason I use opaque...

How long has he been in the new setup? Chams don't like change. He may still be reacting to it. I agree that the arrangement of climbing routes and plants may not be to his liking. It may look good to you, but he's the one who has to live there. Watch to see if he seems to be trying to get to a...

How automated is your setup? Timers? Misting system? Do you rely on daily hand misting? If daily misting isn't an issue, it might be easier on everyone to have someone come to your house a couple of times to refill reservoirs and replenish feeders instead of moving everything somewhere else...

Pedialyte is easy to find at grocery stores. You can also use Gatorade...it's a rehydration fluid too. It isn't ideal, but if you can get him to lick at something fruity-sweet you may be able to get some fluids into him. If he won't lick at anything at all, he's lost interest in everything and...

UVB is not your prime concern right now. Stop moving him in or outdoors. Putting him outdoors in cool weather exposes him to the effects of windchill...even if it doesn't seem extreme to you. What he needs is stability, modest temperatures, moisture, and energy. He may simply be running out. His...

I think back to the times I had convinced myself my cham's lack of poop was a sign of a serious problem. Invariably, I'd make a vet appointment, call out from work, rearrange my day, settle the cham into its travel box, and put my foot down on the highway to get my stubborn little guy there as...

Agree, especially if he's a bit under the weather. Better to mist gently from above and let "rain" droplets fall on his face. He can lick the droplets running down his face and collecting along his lips at his own pace.

A severely dehydrated, low body fat critter like an anole is going to look very skinny. Dehydrated herps (pretty much any creature) can't digest or metabolize food well at all. The first thing I'd focus on is careful re-warming and re-hydration. Don't overwhelm the system...be gentle. You can...

Even if feeders sharing a cham cage don't bite them while they're sleeping, they can still stress them out by crawling on them. IIRC sticks are night active.

You do realize she isn't listening to a word you say, right? And it isn't even a matter of selective hearing. She really isn't. At best, she's watching your lips move and deciding humans who go around flapping their lips all the time are the crazy ones.;)

If you've got a very determined screen climber you might try putting something else on the inside of the screen to accommodate climbing...or replacing the screen fabric entirely. There are coated wire caging materials with mesh openings larger than the typical window screen available (check...

I had clear plexiglass panels cut for a very large (4'x5'x4') wooden frame coated wire mesh cage. I mounted the plexi on the outside...much simpler to attach and remove whenever I wanted. The cage wall mesh wasn't as fine as screen, so no real concerns about him climbing on it. I attached the...