Recent content by questnjurny

Wow, some great names! My male veiled is Flat Stanley. For anyone who doesn't know, Flat Stanley was a childrens' book series about a kid named Stanley who was flat. anyways, someone suggested Stanley and I thought Flat Stanley fit becuase he kept making himself very flat whenever he saw...

Petland is one of the chains that is also notorious for selling puppy mill puppies (well most puppies in a pet store are...they are just one of the many stores) that are kept in less than ideal conditions. I somehow doubt that the proper care of their "merchandise" is high on their list of...

thanks, yes sorry, its a veiled. I have the timer set for 8 and 8 right now...he slept in this morning, I'm not sure if this will be normal for him or not. With the transport and everythign getting him here, I'm sure he's not quite himself yet. I'll adjust as I find out his natural routine...

My new boy seems to retire early for the night 7 last night, 6:30 tonight. Should I leave his lights on for a bit so they always go out at a consistant time (say if on a timer), or should I just turn them off when I find he's gone to bed? I just worry that it will get too cool, but I guess he...

oh are you guys serious? I have enough spider issues without them being drawn to the house for the stupid crickets! ick ick ick. I've just started seeing the first few of them. They are disgustingly huge here, but I'm hoping that I had a few extras last year because the house was empty fora...

I think he shall be Stanley. I dunno, he just looks like a Stanley.

Thanks Justin, I figured he looked young, but then considering I didn't know it was a male I was not at all confident in my aging abilities...lol! Rupert...hmmm, that's a good one. Stanley is also in the running...as in Flat Stanley, he isnt' thrilled with my presense and is still rather...

thanks for those links! Yep, definitly see the male-ness now. ;) The plants that are in there are a pothos and ficus (will keep an eye to make sure he doesn't eat lots, if so they'll come out) a lipstick plant and a dracena, both were on the safe list. I might end up taking the lipstick...

That's kinda what I figured...thought I'd put it out there though! Really, it makes no difference to me, though would be nice to know what stage of his life he's at, young adult, middle aged, senior etc.

How were you guys able to tell so quickly? Just when I thought I was getting a handle on some basic knowledge and I can't even get the gender right.

seriously? Okay, I was just going by what the rescue told me! lol! Well I guess I don't need to worry about the whole egg thing then. Well now I feel dumb...thanks for telling me though! Any guesses on age?

Well I'm not sure yet...I haven't come up with a name, any suggestions welcome! Just got this little guy this morning from a reptile rescue. He is my first chameleon and with a ton of research and reading here I hope I'm totally prepared. A couple weeks worth of cage building, running...

no, the door will be left open with a baby gate across to ward off curious dogs. Will keep the window open with weather appropriate, so there should be some decent airflow in there. The cage is in the middle of a wall as well, so the only wall that has no airflow is the back wall. thanks guys!

It definitly helps with the dehumidifier, I open the windows as much as possible without freezing myself out! I just bought the house and this is the first winter...of course you find all kinds of quirks! I do have a leak at the fan in the bathroom if its raining and the wind blows just right...

I guess heat lamp was the wrong word for me...it is a regular 100w bulb, gets the basking area up around 95 degrees. I'll never get my humidity down to 40...even with a dehumidifier running in there constantly. I think 60 is about as low as I can get it. Well I guess I take my chances...