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Hornworms and their adult moths are agricultural pests, though the chance this adult moth would even make it far enough to find compatible nectar to feed on is low. It is a soft bodied insect so your cham could eat it, but it's size may completely intimidate your cham. It may not even attempt it.

FWIW, the color of those lumps may not be that significant. The skin stretched over those lumps might display the same color regardless of what was causing the growth. Don't really see how they could be properly diagnosed without needle aspiration or biopsies. They don't suggest retained eggs to...

Based on some of the less than stellar advice that "reptile place" gave you (no hygrometer needed when keeping a humidity-sensitive herp?? A wooden viv?? Don't use a vent fan??), I would be skeptical about things they recommend. You wouldn't necessarily need to run a small vent fan 24/7. You...

I keep a few rechargeable heat packs on hand for bugouts with my aviary birds. By "rechargeable" I mean the reusable kind that you boil to reset the active agents sealed in the pack. The python doesn't mind being stuffed inside a shirt for a while. ;)

You can also arrange a temporary place to take her if your power stays out longer than a day. Cultivate a relationship with someone who has a generator or a secondary heat source like a wood stove. Put together a small travel enclosure and take her and any live feeders there. She may not have...

One of the problems with focused beam heat emitting devices is that your cham will end up staying right under it much or most of the time if the rest of the cage is too cold. When it attempts to leave that beam, it will get chilled. Maybe too chilled to maintain itself. We know one of the ways...

Did the vet do both those parasite tests based on the same sample? If there didn't happen to be any parasites being shed when that sample was expelled, both tests could miss them. Commercially produced feeder insects carry parasites. Almost impossible to eliminate them. It's a good idea to do...

So sorry you lost him OP. He was beautiful! Of course, hindsight is 20/20 and I'm not trying to make you feel worse than you already do, but some questions for you might tease apart what might have happened and what might NOT have happened. What "tests" did the vet perform? What dewormer did...

I've watched many chams of different species do this while attempting to clean their eyes. Alarming at first, then you realize it's just something they do.

The wattage of the basking bulb doesn't really tell us much. What temperature does it actually provide at the basking spot? How do you keep track of that temperature? What's the temperature in the non-basking areas of the cage and how do you measure it? What's the temperature change from day to...

It will. You won't really know how well either type of cage will work for your particular room until it's all set up. Just consider it will be easier to furnish, modify or enclose a screen cage to raise humidity than it will to open up a glass one for better airflow. Unless you have the...

If she'll drink and eat, keep doing it. Hydration is most important. Any vet will need to know about your husbandry....food and supplementation, lighting (UV, etc.), hydration, everything. Why not describe it to us too? We might be able to help even if you can't get to a vet. If you can find a...

Don't force food. Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate, hydrate and watch for new poops. Don't hover to the point he doesn't behave normally. It might pass.

Why would a creature intentionally chew on one of their own extremities? Many animals will self amputate a constantly painful or non-functional toe, even a limb. If old dry shed is stuck to the sensitive pad on the end of her tail, the constriction may be itchy or painful. She's trying to get...

Whatever type of confinement you use, it will need to provide a hiding area for your cham and be sturdy enough wind or some curious critter can't knock it over. Your cham will be quite stressed by the change in surroundings at first and want to retreat out of sight. Imagine how stressful being...