Recent content by The Oscar dude

Noticed a small black mark some weeks ago which I thought was cricket bite so treated that with tamodine, but now it has progressed to a patch of flaky skin with 3 black small holes and getting bigger. I am concerned about this and given he is 7 month old and going frantic looking a girlfriend...

Thanks mike We don’t feed him worms but he is very active adolescent trying to escape all the time rarely stops moving and testing the mesh even digging down to try the mesh under the substrate top , people say this phase should pass so he also could have damaged himself doing that. Is there any...

Hi all can I have some advice please on what this is just near oscars mouth noticed it a couple of days ago should I be worried or do I need to do something 2 pics attached the first one taken Thursday the second one this morning The dude

Hi I am new to chams like you this is what I Gutload my crickets on and they are fat and juicy. Separate the next feeders r The day before I feed Oscar with them into a small critter box and put my gut load about 1/4 of a teaspoon in with them, by next morning most of it has been eaten and you...

Thanks for your advice I-think you have given me peace of mind . I am new to any reptiles and am always glad of guidance , as you know when you read up and study the keeping of chams there are some conflicting views ( but if it works for them great) it’s not easy to get it right and depth of...

Taken 20 mins ago have given his house a of bit tidy new leaves etc let me know what you think

Thanks James will post a pic when he gets up in a couple of hours

Thanks to both of you for the info ,I am fairly sure he is a male , thick tail base, spurs on back legs, but having looked up on line Re sexying them some say that some females are also the same, is there any other method that can be used to check the sex.? He ialso seems very hungry hunting...

Hi all I was wondering if anyone can shed some light on Oscars ( my 6 month old Yemeni male ) digging down in the substrate, we have noticed that while he doesn’t mind being handled ( virtually daily for a couple of minutes as a health check )we think it is ploy by him to escape as if we open...

Thanks trying to get it right but there are many differing views on here Re gut load and vitamins I am trying to follow the path is there anyone who posts on here that is well respected ,knowledgeable and straight to the point with the above. Once again thanks

hi all just a quick note with a couple of points on Oscar settling in to his new home. All seems good had him 2 months now so he is around 6 months old. Here are points that I would like comments/advice on. His poo looks as it should, he always poos in the same area in his viv , do they like...

Thanks will investigate my lighting just got a Arcadia controller and Repti sun t 8 15 Watts and have been told to put inside the mesh Thanks

can I use uvb dome light over mesh cage been told it will stop some of the uvb