Recent content by MelvinCham

Chances are your calcium powder is calcium carbonate, which needs a relatively acidic environment to dissolve. It will just clump up in water into a sort of cement that can cause impaction. You can buy a liquid calcium supplement with a dropper. I would go with that.

Welcome to the community! In my experience it is not a problem as long as he is not actually sleeping in the daytime. My cham tends to move to his sleeping spot every day about an hour before lights out, too.

I haven't posted in awhile. Wanted to show everyone how Melvin is doing. He seems to love climbing on the blinds while his cage is being cleaned... Anyway he's about 8 months old now.

The problem with gentamicin is that he won't get very much systemic exposure if its only given orally. Most likely he will need an injection to get a hold on the infection as it sounds like it has progressed into some deeper tissue that won't be accessible by oral gentamicin. Other...

Interesting, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks!

So for some background: Melvin is healthy and I have never had a health issue with him. About two and a half weeks ago I moved him from his smaller enclosure to a free range. The free range is located in my bedroom which has been "chameleon proofed," and he is only caged if there is a specific...

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with it :)

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share a few pictures of my weekend project to build Melvin a new enclosure. It is still lacking a bit in the way of plants but so far he seems to be loving it. Anyway, it is all PVC for the frame with plastic hardware cloth for the cage lining. The top is open so...

Haha so true. He always looks away whenever I actually snap the picture. The only time I've ever gotten a picture of him looking with both eyes is too blurry to make out any details. Thanks for the warm welcome!

Hey everyone, I have been a silent lurker here for awhile and figured it was about time that I introduced my chameleon. So here is Melvin. I have had him for about two months now. He has grown quite a bit and is doing wonderfully (except for hating to have his picture taken lol).