Recent content by lizard120371

I was thinking the same. I'm sure in their natural habitat it would rain in the dark as well as the light. Thanks for confirming this. Maybe I won't have to fork out for a misting system after all :)

Well it's a bit of a mystery. Interesting theory, maybe he was messing with me and pretending to be dead. Never mind me freaking him out he certainly freaked me out, lol!! He still seems fine but this has left me thinking I've still got two things to sort :- a timer switch for the uv and a...

PS Prior to this he was fine and appeared completely healthy, he is not on antibiotics.

He was asleep when I started misting with his sleeping colours, he then went to his awake colours but at that stage I couldn't see his eyes as he was hidden amongst his vines, I could only see his tail. He then turned back to his sleeping colours. As he normally comes out when I mist I parted...

Cotton bud maybe? He'll probably still freak out but it saves your fingers and if you can get this stuff on him will reduce the risk of infection setting in.

This is what is worrying me. I have seen pictures of dead Chameleons and this is what they looked like, sunken and black. They are completely back to normal now and are not in the least bit sunken. His eyes are never sunken and definately never black whilst sleeping. Somebody has suggested...

I know you will coz all of us Cham owners are the same, paranoid, but keep a close eye on this. My yemen developed an infection in his casque and lost the tip. I first noticed it as a bead of clear/orangey coloured fluid. I am not sure how the infection started, a burn maybe or maybe he rubbed...

He's a year and a half. Maybe he was asleep? His eyes looked horrible though, all black and sunken. They went back to normal when he came around. I really thought he was dying, he just lay on his side for 20 mins. There is no issue with hydration as his urates are fine. His lighting schedule...

Had a traumatic morning yesterday. I turned Karma's uv on in the morning, He was hidden in his vines as usual with just his tail showing and I could see that he turned to his awake colours. I then misted his viv and he did not come out like he usually does. I parted his vines to see him gripping...

Thanks for the advice. Was thinking of buying a dome light and sitting it on top of his wooden viv. I would cut a hole in the top nearly as big as the circumference of the dome and obviously mesh this off. However bit worried about the dome light burning the wood, how hot do they get? Would this...

The more I read up the more confused I get. What is the optimum humidity for an adult male veiled chameleon?

My veiled had an infected casque. Once the infection had cleared, as the vet predicted, it sloughed off by itself. Would an infected tail do the same? I am not giving advice, I still feel like a very inexperienced chameleon keeper, maybe someone who knows could clarify this.

Well I have invested in a new viv 4ftx2ftx2ft. Karma seems happy and settled, his colours are better than they have ever been. However his favourite place in his viv is hanging off the guard around his ceramic heat bulb which I thought would be well out of his reach, grrr!! I will have to cut a...

Mmmm, going off the idea now. Will have to bite the bullet and buy some. Was looking to save myself a few quid. Thanks for the advice.

Ok, thanks for that. Didn't realise I'd have to put it in the oven. :)