Recent content by DavidL

I have two chams, each enclosure has a 90 watt led. I have used it for approximatley one year and have not noticed any problems other than that it's a bit narrower beam of light than I would like. I would say that my chams perfer basking right in the most intense area even compared to basking...

How is Claude doing? With regards to that UVB 10.0 bulb is it in a spiral shape? After you have completed the oral adminstration of calcium gluconate you may want to change the brand of calcium you dust your feeders if he doesn't seem to like the non-d3 one. I switched from exo terra to...

I cup feed my panther every other day and I know a some of the crickets eventually will get out and he will get those escapees within the next days. When you say he hasn't eaten over the last week, I wonder if he may be eating any of the bugs that have escaped. Heck there are times outside...

I did a search and found this article written by Petr Necas that seems to refine/explain this hydration practice. I tried to copy and paste it but it is to large. So here is the link: terra-pets.de/download-attachment/94999 This is a quote from the article: "1. Use fogger at night and make...

I'm not a fan of either petco or petsmart and don't buy much from either store. I find it interesting that petco did not drive the quality of liveaquaria/drsfostersmith into the ground when they were aquired in 2015. Though, it looks like drsfostersmith is putting an end to their reptile...

I am curious what temperature range does the room have that you will keep the egg and what type of medium(ie, perlite, vermiculite) will you put the egg on?

I can't speak to that basking bulb or to the problem with the eye but I can speak to challenges with maintaing ideal temps. I put my cham's cage in the basement so I could get him close to the sump for drainage purposes. The problem in the winter is that my basement gets to the low 50's and...

If roaches don't make you run for the hills you may want to try red runners. Over the last six months I have been trying out dubia's, orange headed and red runners. The red runners elicit the best feeding response of the three with my panther and with how quickly they breed and eat all of the...

I have had a lot of success with ordering bugs from Josh's frogs. I also am breeding silkworms. I started with some eggs from costal silkworms. I probably would only have the silkworms as an occasional treat if I had to relay on the chow as they seem more prone to dying off compared to...

Thank you for answering these dshuld. Planning on upgrading my cage soon! I'm curious if you have enclosed any of the sides of your cages to keep the fog in during the night. Also wondering with the rate you have your humidifer producing fog, how long you are noticing it takes to get a dense...

Just to clarify, the humidifer you use you can see the fog coming out? I believe the cool mist that Bill is talking about does not produce a fog?

I was re-reading the transcript of the podcast by Bill and to me it seems like he is recommending an ultrasonic humidifer: "The fog itself can be created with a humidifier. There are cool mist humidifiers that whip water into the air using a fan and there are ultra-sonic humidifiers that create...

I listened to that podcast by Bill Strand and I'm wondering if you are using a humidifier for most of the night? If so are you noticing with humidity approaching 100% that your panther is wet most of the night? I'm imagining you have the humidifier at the top of the cage, are you moving your...

I have had a panther for about 10 months. I don’t consider that in my time with him that he has had a tough shed. I have never put my guy in the shower but I do put his mister on longer when shedding. I have a climist system for misting and in his cage there are both wetter and dryer zones...

I got some medium silkworms a few weeks ago from katacara. I fed off the smaller ones and didn't do anything else for the others besides feed them 2-3x a day and before I knew it I had 10 cocoons.