Recent content by JJuchems

What brand do you use? I have been an active member in my herp society and have worked as a keeper, I would say most health issues I have seen have been keeper errors. That is why I am asking for brands people have used without issue. I love how people just place lights on top of screen cages...

I have not read or heard of any issues arising from the use of the Exo-Terra or newly designed ZooMed. That is why I am posing the question. I assume their are plenty of people using the CFL's or they would not still be on the market. EDIT: The reason I am asking is I am trying stream line the...

I have searched here, the web, and other forums. It seems over all, everyone is just not using CFL UV light on their herps for the most part. I have used the Exo-Terra 5.0 CFL bulb on a few of my 12x12x18 Dart Frog set-ups (2 years). It also seems the information on http://www.uvguide.co.uk is...

For your money I would go with: http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/gear/6ad2/?cpg=cj&ref=&CJURL=

So my female Jackson's Cham looks fatter than normal and is displaying this coloration. I have never had a Jackson's display gravid coloration so I am not sure what I am looking for. My experiance been get fat stay green and find babies one morning when refilling the dripper.

How about down state: I am from Peoria, IL area.

I believe she was ready to lay. She spent most of her time digging or rear down to the dirt. Outside of being yellow the eggs look good. I will give them a shot. I did this with pigmy chams in 06 and had one survive. Brookesia are my favorite cham so it is pretty disappointing to loose one. The...

Ok. I cam home to find my female Brookesia dead. She was very fat, I assumed gravid so I pulled out my scalpel. She had four eggs in her. I am going to go ahead and try and incubate the eggs, just in case. Does any one have a good temp suggestions? I was going to go with 80 F.

They seem to like Manzanita Branches. Then male tends to use the lower branches during the day, while the female is in the plants or leaf litter. They both sleep in the branches at night. I have been feeding them small crickets and fruit flies. Male Female

I thought I would share a quick picture of my new Brookesia superciliaris

I picked up a pair of B. superciliaris. B. therezieni and B. thieli where also available.

I ordered a pair, they should be here next week.

Did anyone pick-up any of the recent Brookesia imports?

My wife and I with Jeff Corwin.

Good Day, To introduce myself, I am Jason Juchems. I have been keeping herps since I was 8 years old with my first pet turtle. The first herp I ever captive breed was White’s Tree Frogs at age 12. Leopard geckos and others were quickly added after that. Today I primarily keep Crested Geckos and...