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Eye Shed Problem Corrected My cham's eyes "orbits" are doing much better. :) Before the improvement things were looking pretty bad; the eye orbits looked grayish/crusty/salty (not the eye itself). With all the old caked on skin it may have made it harder for him to move his eyes and maybe...

What am I doing wrong??? :confused: It now has been about three weeks since my Ambilobe cham's last shed and there is still skin on both eye turrets. They look really crusty (not the eye, just the turret). I know it's unshed skin because his last shed was also problematic but eventually...

I think I'm going to get a new 24x24x48" cage from http://www.cages.net/ They offer a larger wire mesh size. Should I get the standard or larger wire mesh? What are the pros/cons of the two mesh sizes? Is there better visibility with the larger mesh? My male Ambilobe is ~11 months old...

The basking spot is ~90 degrees. I took measurements at various areas in the cage to make sure there was appropriate gradients before I brought the cham home. I leave the lights on/off 12/12. Temps drop about 10 degrees during the evening. I feed crickets (free range) gutloaded and...

Without going into details of symptoms, I have reason to believe that my ~11 month old male Ambilobe is still not acclimating well to his new environment and it may be the cage/setup. He has been in my care for ~2 months now. Sorry I don't have photos to show, but I'm going to buy and setup an...

My cham is ~11 months old and shed approximately two weeks ago, however, I don't think the skin came off the eye "orbits". They look very dry (not the eye itself). There are a couple real small spots in the body that are still there too. I don't seem him rubbing too much lately trying to...