Recent content by Teutonic

I found out hard it is to find adequate light, the first light I bought was a compact UVB which didn't do much at all. The hoods I have now do have UVB lights as I double checked.

So I recently had a really sad experience. Me and my gf purchased a veiled chameleon from Petco who was about 5 months old. One week into owning him, I noticed that his leg looked too bent and took him to the vet, only to find that he was in the advanced stages of MBD. The vet did what she...

I ordered a 24" t5 hood with a 10.0 UVB bulb that should hopefully be here in the next day or two

These graphics are so helpful! I wish that pet stores would advertise this instead of faulty products that they advertise as being for chameleons when they are clearly so lacking in what chameleons need. I will definitely be following these, thanks!

Thank you for the information. I got most of the advice on how to care for him from the pet store, but it's pretty obvious now that they were wrong about a lot of it. I'll get the right calcium and vitamins ASAP and still take him to a vet tomorrow. As for the lighting, is there one that you...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon, male, about 5-6 months old (The pet store owner claimed), been in my care for about 2 1/2 weeks Handling - Only handled him twice so far, once to put him in the terrarium, and once when inspecting him for this post. Otherwise, I've been working...