Recent content by pantherlover

Sorry musiccityexotics... Ive read a lot of Todnedos posts and Im sure you could get some good advice on this thread from a couple of the participants.

No Im not speculating. I was sharing advice that was given to me by someone much more experienced than myself. I dont just say random stuff. I wouldnt doubt that your experience exceeds the experience of my tutor. If I steered this person in the wrong direction, I sincerely apologize. SO... As I...

Fair enough guys... Do you believe in cutting open eggs?

Because they wherent strong enough to push out of the egg on their own and would have never hatched otherwise... To my knowledge, some chams, even in the hands of the most experienced keeper, will only live maybe 2 years if they are from a weak clutch or not strong enough to push themselves out...

Nah man. If you cut them open and they happen to survive and be sold, it wouldnt be fair to the buyer because they wont live long.

Kinyonga is a SHE!

I hate to disagree with Kinyonga and Sandrachameleon as they have both taught me so much, but I am a firm believer of offering a multivitamin like reptivite which contains pre formed vitamin a specifically to Panthers. I think that some feeders can make the conversion from beta carotine to...

Looks like a slight case of edema. Ive had a girl with water retention when she became gravid. I would say over supplementing could be the cause. Ive also heard that it could have some thing to do strictly with egg production if the clutch is large and he female goes off food for a while. Edema...

Could be a weak clutch... First though was that something got them hatching pre maturely but your bumping up to 9 months and as you mentioned, the eggs you cut open, you observed that most of the yolk sac was absorbed. Candling eggs can trigger them to hatch pre maturely. Ive recently just...

Hey, Ive had a couple females that show that kind of greyish coloration at the base of the tail from time to time. Its nothing to be alarmed about.

Awesome room. I think its time to build an addition on to my house!

Some chams really perfer to drink from a broad leaf plant... May come in handy one day. It looks like it will hold a lot of water and aid the humidity quite well. Good work.

I like to use vermeculite. I use the coarse one, not the very fine one. I mix it by weight. 5 parts vermeculite to 4 parts water. When I have the mixture down, I zero the scale and weigh the vermeculite and the container. Every month or so, I weigh the container and match the original weight by...

Awesome setup. I really like the red plant. I may try that.

Theyre used to keep things clean, like springtails in terrariums...