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I once saw a scene in a movie many years ago, where parents discover that their baby is deaf because it didn't cry when a fire truck went by in a parade, and other babies in the crowd cried. It reminded me of something that happened when I was adjusting my stereo in my living room, where my own...

Thanks for your response, I have used rocks in the past for this, but I felt they created a falling-hazard for the chameleon...I kindof have things arranged so that everywhere that doesn't have vines or branches fairly low down has something soft on the floor to break his fall (he tends to...

Hello all, Question about the use of potting mix, etc: I know the general recommendation is to have a bare (paper towel) floor of Veiled chameleon cages so that they do not get impacted from eating substrate matter. My veiled chameleon will seek out and munch up vermiculite, so I have...

Its a simulation of nature (somewhat), because it keeps the chameleon moving around and looking for food, as opposed to being able to find it in a cup every time, for instance. 'Free Roaming' your crickets in the enclosure is a similar effect, but you end up with a lot of cricket crap on the...

Yes, thank you - But in this case I think his problem is not enough stress. Like they talk about in this article: http://sydney.edu.au/news/sobs/1699.html?newsstoryid=12915 I think these many months of over-abundant food, complete lack of competition or predatory stress, and due to his...

Thank you. I will update in the near future!

Definitely for my own curiosity and to give my little guy some entertainment. After noticing that he likes watching nature documentaries with animals (though he is terrified of snakes), I started thinking about what specific visual elements will illicit positive moods and bright colors (not...

Hello, As far as anyone knows, has there ever been a successful experiment to communicate with a chameleon? I have a set of NanoLeaf Aurora programmable colored panels, and I am attempting to design an experiment to illicit a color-display response from my male veiled chameleon. Essentially I...

Unfortunately, that is the best image of it available online. I highly recommend watching the episode on Netflix for anyone who can stand Star Trek. I somewhat regretfully admit I have seen every episode of every ST series ever made (thanks to netflix), and based on the props I have seen in all...

Any Trekkies here? Have you ever seen the Enterprise episode "A Night in Sickbay" (season 2, episode 5). In this strangely erotic and disturbing episode, Captain Archer's beagle Porthos is dying of an alien virus. The annoying Dr. Phlox KILLS his (supposedly) cherished "Calrissian Chameleon" to...

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13548814_Bufadienolides_of_Plant_and_Animal_Origin This seems to be the only paper available regarding the toxicity of Kalanchoe. It mentions that only certain species contain those Bufadienolide toxins, and neither of the species I have, K. thyrsiflora...

Thanks for all that. I did already get some satisfactory answers to the question I created this thread to ask. That 'poop' thread does not address this issue. I wonder why FL Chams and other cham-safe plant lists say Kalanchoes are fine, but that one link says its deadly. Do you also warn...

Thanks for that advice. I don't see anything on those pages about chameleons or lizards in general, though. Everyone says Pothos is great for Chams, but it is also very poisonous to cats and dogs. It would seem that lizards have some immunity to these things. Do you know of any link between...

Yes this is the one who was eating silk plants, but he has had a regular bowel movement a few times since I got him so I don't think that's an issue anymore. Kalanchoe is listed as 'Chamelon Safe' on this list: http://flchams.com/chameleon-safe-plant-list/ And they are native to Madagascar...

Yes I am fairly sure of his age. And yes with D3. But of course I am also using a UVB bulb.