Ah but silkies are stinky maybe more so than crickets. They are poop machines and one dead one can spoil the rest.. I gave up on them as it seemed my chammies preferred hornworms over silks.
I love my carpets, prolly my favorites of all my chammies . I bought my female in June 2011 from LLL and my male from Dooley in December 2011. About another 4 months and they'll be ready for breeding. I have to says Dooleys are full of silliness and personality. The boy is an absolute character...
About 500 a week including what the beardies eat. But they also get phoenix worms, butter worms, horned worms, and dubias. Thankfully my wife is tough and doesn't mind the bugs. So she has her own cricket and dubia colonies.
Here are a few pics of my extended family.
1) First is Lisbeth. Shes a 16 month old female Ambilobe who I adopted just recently. She is so gentle and sweet loves to be cuddled which i found odd.
2) This is Isa. She is an 8month old Carpet purchased from LLL Reptile . Shes the queen of the...
Welcome to chameleon parenting. Your little guy is fine. The green is his resting colors, when he's dark it's usually a basking color to absorb heat.. It's gonna take awhile before he stops being skittish when he she's you. Some of my chams love water sprayed on them and others don't it's a...
It was way overcrowded, toooooooo many little kids, waaaaaaayyyyy too few chameleons and what was there wasn't very impressive. Now if you wanted snakes or geckos it was the place to be. Think the best bargains were the grape vines at bargain prices.
Did pick up a pair of baby veiled a male...
I was a vegan until I ate meat. Luckily we have whole food stores up the kazoo where I live. So my son stays meat free. Know there are y chain stores now doing only whole and organic foods. If not in your area check for farmers markets I know the one my wife visits is certied organic and they...