Recent content by tignish99

Hello: Due to the nature of what I do, I come in contact with a lot of parents who see my reptiles and say "Ooooh, he is so cute! I want one for my child!" I decided to make a hand-out with questions they should ask themselves first as something I can give them. I have seen a lot of sad cases...

I am wondering what is the best way to transport our Veiled Cham. There will be times we will need to transport her for vet visits or other reasons. Obviously it is not practical to transport her in her 3 x 4 foot enclosure. Does someone have any ideas on how to set up a chameleon version of...

Wow! Thank you a bunch. I did not think they were great. I just wondered if there were some innovations on it recently because the pet stores seem to really be pushing these rather tan the long tubes.

Hello: I am in the process of changing from T8 Reptisun long fluorescent bulbs to T5. I came across these ReptiSun® 10.0 Compact Fluorescent...

Looks great. How did you do the top? Is it mesh too? I worry about filtering out too much UVB light. Is that a concern?

We are designing a new enclosure for our new adult veiled girlie. She came with one that is ok, but we want something a bit better for her. Right now the walls are wood and window mesh. The top is 1/2 inch metal mesh. Everything is attached to the top mesh which I find very limiting. I am...

Thank you for the advice. I will search for it. I found that my reptiles do not care for the banded crickets as much as house crickets.

I would love to switch to roaches, but they are illegal in Canada. Ok, I will dust the supers. I just always worry, because the supers seem to have this Teflon-like covering, that she is not getting enough. I did adjust the container a bit, so I will see if that makes a difference. Maybe...

Hello. I am wondering if a mixture of hornworms, silkworms (I breed my own so have an almost endless supply), butterworms (she is not too keen on these), and superworms with gutloading the superworms is enough calcium for an adult veiled female who does lay eggs, or is it still best to give...

I put a nice plant into her enclosure, but of course she is pooping on it. Is there a magical mystical way of removing the poop without damaging the plant and going leaf...by leaf...by leaf?

Thank you. We have other reptiles so I know all about lights, feeding, humidity, temps, gutloading, etc. I breed my own silkworm. But just like any new critter, there is a definite learning curve, and this one just happened to be at a much steeper angle. This is our first cham and the...

I really do not know. I just found her like this in the morning and thought it was cute.

She did eventually drop it. It was one of those quick-grab-the-camera before she drops it pictures, and that is why it is so funny coloured.

Our newly adopted veiled laid her eggs yesterday. We thought she was finished, but this morning we found her sleeping in her vines and apparently she loved her last egg so much, she did not want to let it go. :D She laid 40 all together.

She was the only one, so there will be no fertile eggs. She laid 40 eggs all together. She did take two medium size hornworms today and a superworm. Is that a good start for food the day after laying? I also put a bunch of dusted crickets and butter worms in her feed container.