Recent content by sapphira80

Oh here are some pics of the temp gun I got on Amazon:

I recommend buying an IR temp gun instead of wasting money on a bunch of stationary thermometers. I just bought an IR gun on Amazon for about $12, and it works great. You can get fancier ones for more money, but for chameleon temp monitoring, I prefer this one. It measures to 1/10th of a degree...

Yeah, I thought I was doing something wrong when half my crickets died in the first day or two! Then I ordered some crickets on Amazon, and they actually showed up at my house 90% dead. That's when I found out lots of suppliers don't think it's worth their time to feed them. Crickets are...

Very handsome guy! Congrats

Oh my, he's handsome!! I'm jealous of all his manly Meller's curvage going on there. You're one lucky chameleon butler!

I don't own a panther, but I've seen several panther owners and for sale ads mention the same problem... Perhaps its a known issue with panther chams? I've also heard that frequent cup feeding can cause them to lose the "shooting ability" of their tongue, and it won't go out very far. A...

I order crickets from www.backwarerreptiles.com and I've been very happy with them. However, I think their other feeders are kinda expensive. I get silkworms from www.coastalsilkworms.com and hornworms from www.greatlakeshornworms.com. Both of those companies also have selections of other...

My veiled Louie is going through the same stage and he looks the exact same way... Dull brown compared to his normal pretty self. He's only eating about half as much as normal, and pacing up and down and across the bottom of the tank. He's also grouchy, but he was grouchy before... Your guy...

I think it would be awesome if you turned the whole lanai into giant free range! Makes me wish I lived in south Florida .

I agree with what everyone else says about the 2' cage... Not really good for any arboreal species. I also wanted to add that pygmy chameleons are better kept in a vented glass tank, like the ExoTerra tanks, unlike any other type of chameleon. This is because they need high humidity. I wasn't...

To my knowledge, tomato plants are only toxic if ingested. So technically, sitting on the plant wouldn't be toxic, but if he takes a bite OR zaps a bug that's been eating the tomato plant, it IS toxic. This is the reason you can only feed chams hornworms that have been feed an artificial diet...

If you figure out a way to keep your veiled tame and calm during handling, please let me know! I thought maybe I was doing something wrong because, although mine will tolerate me now without getting stressed, gaping or "firing up" during feeding/cleaning, they are not friendly or tame in any...

Dechlorinator products made for fish or aquariums aren't safe for reptiles... They have extra stuff added to build up the slime coat in the tank. Not sure about products made for tree frogs because I don't have any. I order ReptiSafe on amazon. It's like $8 for an 8 oz bottle that lasts...

What are you using for the sides? I've been thinking about diying an enclosure but I'm clueless what you can use for sides besides window screen and hardware cloth.

*breeder, not better... Sorry!