Recent content by Carlton

What's the humidity IN THE ROOM like? Find out. Put a humidistat somewhere in the room away from the cage and track the RH level. The level may surprise you. If the room the cage sits in is dry due to running AC or heat and your local climate is also dry, you are pumping a lot of moisture into...

I've seen some cages with flexible plastic or braided cord netting stretched on the inside of the cage screen panels to give the cham something safer to climb on. Sorry I don't recall what the product was. Problem with that is, it's very visible. It might have been something like this...

Just watch the shower curtain for reflections...pick something low gloss (maybe "satin" finish?). I've also hung a clear shower curtain on the outside of the mesh with a foliage pattern fabric hung outside of that. A complex pattern blocks the view and helps break up any reflection. IME, if a...

I haven't put solid surface backgrounds on cham cage walls unless I had to block the cham's view of another animal that would stress it out. A simple piece of cheesecloth hung on the outside of the cage frame would accomplish that. I've hung a panel of camo-print T shirt fabric too. It can...

:p That inability to hear anything above very low frequency does have its advantages, doesn't it? Talk about selective hearing. They aren't terribly good lip readers either. As long as you didn't tend to leap around waving your arms or throw things across the room in disgust while you were...

You might also let your local pet supply that offers herp supplies know your beautiful guy is available for adoption or even approach a regional herp club, society, even an exotics vet. Members may know of someone somewhat knowledgeable.

So often, cham keeping requires you to think outside the box...literally. It always surprises me how few reptile supply companies ever even consider offering larger habitats. There used to be a custom cage maker who would build screen cages to measure, crate them and ship them all over the...

It is definitely something to think about. If you want to see a extreme reaction to what you wear, try walking into a room where your cockatoo's cage sits with an orange towel wrapped around your head. THAT'S what I'd call an extreme opinion! :love:

Good advice above OP. I've been fortunate not to end up with any particularly spicy chams, even rescued wildcaughts. If any cham has an excuse to get physical with a keeper it's them :p. Sometimes when getting a new cham more used to me, I'd hold a branch in one hand and coax the cham to step...

Don't smooth perches too much. Rough surfaces will help keep the tips of your cham's claws worn down a little better and help the pads on their feet & tail find purchase. While very smooth extremely hard perches such as manzanita resist rot and can be easier to clean, they can also be harder for...

In answer to your earlier question, yes, periodic parasite TESTING should be done on captive chams. It's part of routine health screening. Based on what TESTING reveals, treatment follows. And it may need to be repeated. Just a fact of life that parasites come along with an insectivore diet. A...

Love pic #4! That's the "OMG I was just abducted by aliens and whisked across the Universe, but you expect me to look happy about it? What's wrong with you anyway?" response. :love:

I suspect it's more a matter of where the cham tends to be each day when the urge tends to strike. Chams are creatures of habit...they often drink or sleep in the same spots for example. Sometimes they choose a sleeping spot because it is more hidden from view or it's convenient to their heat...

Wow, that was a lucky break! Lesson learned: never, never, NEVER take your eyes off a cham placed on an outdoor plant! NEVER! Their whole approach to life is to be sneaky and disappear. They can move faster than we expect when they want to and be gone in a flash. Chances are, your chams had...

I gave some excess adult Dubias to a pet shop for store credit. It took a while for local area lizard keepers to get past the "But it's a ROACH!" cringe factor, but once they did, the store had no problem selling them. Most went to friends who kept backyard chickens or ducks. To help prevent...