Recent content by Swiftchameleon

Thanks for all the help! I will put some veggies with the crickets to gutload tonight. He has a uvb bulb and I put calcium on all his crickets but I will try to get him some sun. It might also be time for a new uvb bulb too.

I will get a multivitamin at petsmart tonight when I get crickets. Could I just put some fruits and vegetables as a gutload in addition to the orange cube? Sometimes I hand feed and sometimes I put them on a leaf where he can see it.

He did this when I fed him this morning and a few times before. I fed him this afternoon and held the worm a little farther away and he ate it fine.

He can't seem to shoot his tongue out enough to get the worm when he is that close. He doesn't do it all the time though, only when I feed super worms. He is fine when he eats crickets. I use calcium w/o d3 pretty much every time I feed crickets, with d3 every 2 weeks. Do I need to get a...

It doesn't look too bad to me so I wouldn't worry about it. Is your lamp directly on the cage or is it suspended above the cage?

When I feed my veiled he tries to get really close to his food and eat it but he can't get the food when he is so close. When I hand feed him he will walk as close to my hand as possible so I move it away but then he walks up to it again. He will come about an inch in front of his food and try...

Mine has 2 sides of wood and 2 sides screen. I put plastic around some of the screen if it isn't humid enough.

I also live in Maryland and I got my yucca tree from Home Depot and it was fine. I would hose it down if you are worried about it. I didn't rinse it or anything and my veiled was fine. Right now I have a money tree that I got at ikea ( again I didn't rinse it) and that is doing fine too. I think...

I have a hard time heating up my cage so I use 150 watt and it is perfectly fine. I wouldn't worry too much about the wattage, just make sure the temperature is right.

My cage is about 4ft tall. It is 150 watts. I just measured the basking area a few minutes ago and it was up to 85 degrees which is better but I still don't think it is hot enough. The cage is in the corner of my room. It isn't near a window though. I am measuring with a digital thermometer. I...

I recently bought a new basking bulb after my old one broke but the cage is not getting hot enough. It is a 150 watt bulb(the max that the light fixture can hold) but even in the basking spot it isn't getting past 75 degrees. I have tried putting plastic around parts of the screen but it has not...

Is it just a regular cfl like you would use in your house? I have always used a 5.0 uvb from the pet store and replaced it every 6 months or so

He has been in his cage for almost a year and I haven't changed anything recently. I am trying to get hornworms and silkworms but I have to get my dad to order them for me but he is always busy and when I go to recommended sites they are always out of stock. He has stopped getting angry when...

Only me and my dad go in my room and occasionally my sister and mom but only for about a minute and then they leave. I know he is used to my dad because my dad usually feeds him in the mornings and on weekends. I am trying to get silkworms and hornworms but all the sites recommended are out of...

You should get a uvb bulb instead of a compact fluorescent. Also dust with calcium without d3 every feeding and with d3 and a multivitamin every 2 weeks