Recent content by tucc185

I highly, highly recommend cricket crack (google it, you'll find a few places selling it). Top notch ingredients and I have used it with all my chams (10+ species, dozens of breedings) for years.

Sorry to hear. There's always a risk buying live reptiles online but I had a really good experience with them including getting photos of the individual cham I was getting so I wouldn't hesitate to buy from them again. Especially since they are one of a very few bringing in Madagascar these days.

I'll definitely be watching for coccidia as I've heard that with this species and I'm prepared to treat if/when needed. My method of dealing with WC charms is a bit more hands off at first. I feel giving them time to settle in and let the gut bacteria stabilize is more likely to result in...

Just received this good looking guy in this morning from Snakes at Sunset's recent Madagascar import. Absolutely amazing chameleon, I'm so thrilled to have him after a long break from the hobby. Gave him a full hour shower on arrival (he drank a LOT), and he's eagerly eating crickets and...

Great photos. I really enjoyed working with this species, got a WC pair from a Tanzania shipment around 2012. Unfortunately both batches of eggs cooked due to a faulty incubator. I noticed my boehmei spent much more time on the lower levels of their enclosure than other species, and were quite...

I would still strongly urge caution feeding honey to a chameleon recovering from treatment, even at a vet's recommendation. I understand there has been some research into its health benefits for humans but to supplement a chameleon after a course of antibiotics with a sugar-rich substance could...

Could you point me in the direction of any good captive care info for C. malthe? Or do you mind sharing some of your experiences with the species?

Please cite sources for its use in reptile medicine. I understand it has some good properties for humans, but I would be highly skeptical about what benefits it could have for a chameleon. Honey is broken down into glucose and fructose in the GI tract, which for a carnivorous species like a cham...

Honey? Did she mention what benefit would that have? I would be concerned about that kind of sugar intake at the very least.

Yes, quite reasonable and the quality of the recent Madagascar exports has been quite good as a whole. In case anyone is interested I did find this scientific paper with some details on habitat preference of C. gastrotaenia subspecies (at the time, now considered valid species):

Chameleons International: https://www.facebook.com/chameleonsinternational/posts/670150939818241

Would love any information on these interesting species. New Madagascar imports due in soon and I am considering them but information is quite scarce.

No argument with your vet, I would certainly take her advice. During antibiotic treatment absorption and utilization of probiotics would be very low anyways. I would however, consider starting up with a probiotic regimen immediately after the treatment is completed.

Here are some strains I would aim for. All of these have been indicated as having positive effects in fish production: Lactobacillus rhamnosus, L. acidophilus, L. plantarum, Bacillus subtilis, Enterococcus faecium, and Aspergilius oryzium

I don't have any chameleon-related expertise in this field, but I have done extensive research on probiotics for aquaculture purposes (mostly aquarium fish). Surprisingly, most probiotic strains both found in fish GI tracts, and those proven to have a positive impact on growth and immune...