Recent content by poppototamus

Ha! Oh I do love him, I just hope I didn't cause him to be small, then I'd feel bad

Thanks for the responses everyone. I just got a second chameleon two weeks ago and immediately I noticed that his poo was much wetter than that of my veiled, leading me to realize the veiled was probably chronically dehydrated. They both enjoy warm water spray downs so I've been doing that a...

So I saw a couple really huge male veileds at repticon here in Atlanta last month and my male, who is 1.5 now, is really small in comparison. He weighs in at 155 grams, but he's way too squirrelly for me to try to get a length. Do I have a naturally small chameleon? Could I have stunted his...

So I use a mist king pump system to spray my cages but it seems like the chameleons really dislike being sprayed by the cold water, they move away from the spray ASAP. If I put warm water in a spray bottle and spray them by hand they will sit still to be sprayed. So I started to think maybe I...

my car isn't too bouncy, plus we'll be on major freeways most of the way so bouncing likely won't be too much of a problem, i'll keep that in mind though!

Yeah, that's sounds pretty simple. I was gonna try to put regular branches in there but I wasn't sure how to get them to not just be a pile of sticks in the bottom of the cage. I am gonna have to work on something like what you made!

Oooo! I really like the dowel tree, that's awesome!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/making-big-display-100667/ here's a link to a post from a while ago with the best picture i've got of Creature.

Ok Ok, the box method is looking more and more appealing. The laundry hamper also sounds like a good idea for the days before we leave when all my cages and terrariums have already left in the shipping pod.

I've been bit several times by my adult male veiled and it is pretty dang painful. not only does he hold on for a long time but he works his jaws a little bit to kind of peel my skin off while he's biting. it's pretty heinous to be honest.

Thanks for the advice guys. I have read about the box method, but since the trip will take four days at the absolute minimum, that just seems like a very long time for him to be in a closed box and not eating, even with heavy feeding before leaving. Perhaps the benefits of reducing his...

Hi folks, I'm moving across the country at the end of June, literally California to Georgia. I have a couple of options for my chameleon. I can leave him with my father until I get to Georgia and then have my father mail him to me, or I can bring him with me in the car. I am more inclined to try...

that is really cool, i wonder if he got something small in his eye a while ago, like a bit of dust or something, and then his body secreted whatever formed that lima bean shaped thing around the dust to keep it from scratching his eye... like a pearl being formed in an oyster around a grain of...

I also use manzanita, I'm lucky enough to have a father who lives up in the foothills and doesn't mind if I harvest my own so it's been a really good and cheap alternative for me. I make sure I cut it at the time of year when the bark isn't peeling and I've found it lasts really well even with...

i think that's a great idea, my adult veiled climbs all over his aluminum screen and makes me wish i'd gotten some kind of plastic mesh like that instead.