Recent content by herpmagnet

I'm about an hour north of you. Right between Peoria and Bloomington.

Just curious. I figure it would be nice to know a local or two for suggestions on vets, breeders, locational restrictions on humidity etc. Maybe a stretch, but any CIHS members here? If so, see you at the meeting next month :cool: Thanks for looking! Trying to get everything set in place...

Romaine lettuce as well. No iceberg, there is no nutritional value in it. My mali's diet is ~60% romaine leaves. All three are fat and happy! :) Throw in a random assortment of above suggestions (bird seed, veggies, etc.) Do you have any sort of heat source -under- the enclosure? Have you...

You can go get an estimate on shipping and add it to the cost. UPS is expensive but you can just take the stuff there, fork out and they do everything else. I agree, eBay is probably your best advertising chance. I recently attempted to sell my old Lego train collection at a garage...

Beautiful, beautiful setup. Do you have any coral stocks, or did you order? Figure it's worth the question, you seem like you have the experience to have your own corals. Had to give up the saltwater setup for now, I'll see if I can dig up some old pictures (counting down the days until I get my...

Not sure if it has been said before, but this is our approach at the Shedd Aquarium. So much safer than having to worry about accidentally getting window cleaner in any of the tanks (let alone the jellies we work with! fragile little fleshbags :p) Tanks are mostly acrylic at shedd, but glass...

Most appreciated Laurie and everybody else! I was more thinking on the long term as far as housing two chams together, just trying to rationalize the space I have (I plan on more than one cham at some point.) I'm not considering free-ranging at this point either. I'm beginning to...

Title says all. I'm off to Florida on Saturday, and will be away from all computer activity (blessing) I have already purchased one book on Chameleon husbandry for my trip: Chameleons: Care and Breeding of Jackson's, Panther, Veiled, and Parson's (Advanced Vivarium Systems) Was just...

From my microbio experience.... Relative little time an autoclave requires is due to a combination of pressure and temperature. Lower pressure (i.e. stove) would require higher temp and longer time period to kill microbes. I would personally recommend autoclave, pressure cooker, stove...

Still considering building my own, but diycages.com seems pretty cheap and recommended throughout this forum. Bumping for this question, as opposed to bogging down with an additional thread: Will a 48X24X24 be too large an enclosure for a ~6 month old male panther? Just curious if I will need...

i.e. seal with varnish (tarnish?... all nighter last night) obviously I will clean if after, just being cautious about known residual toxins, etc. from curing wood used in enclosure. Thanks! If you remember to post any pictures that would be super!

Thank you. I am pretty overwhelmed by the positive community you guys have here!

ooh also, what about 0.2 panthers in the same cage?

Any thoughts on preferred materials? I know I will be needing some sort of mesh. Any input on the optimal mesh for UVb? What about the frame? I could see pros/cons to wood and metal. If wood, treat it or absolutely don't, etc? Again, thank you for your input. If there is a good DIY...

Hello, I'm brand new to this site, but a veteran in interest in reptiles. I am heavily considering delving into chameleons! I've wanted to for quite some time. I'm still in college, and work experience has left me feeling ready to take on the challenges. I have volunteered >100 hours at a...