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So basically my veiled chameleon has been acting pretty normal. (Appetite, Behavior, etc.) I always keep my eye out of diseases and their symptoms but he displayed none. Today I went to go feed him but he didn’t care for the bugs too much. This was normal for him since he was a baby (he’s 3...

I have some escaped crickets in my bioactive setup that are still reproducing months later. They're a bit annoying because my guy will eat those instead of the dubia roaches. My intended cricket bin was not done right and stunk and died.

Sorry to update and say that the babies didn't make it. The smaller one died suddenly after a couple days after not eating, and the other one also refused to eat for over a week and appeared to have eye problems. I believe it was a failure to thrive, and that is likely a result of either...

Yes, 2/3 of my crickets die, no matter what I do. Even the ones I order, die.

My chameleon Elphaba is not doing well. She is a 5y 9m old female veiled chameleon. she had a fall a week ago and seemed to be getting better for about 4 days but over the last 2 days she has really slowed down. Right after the fall I moved her to a smaller screen enclosure and she was still...

Hello! I have a male chameleon. I checked on him this morning and saw him at the bottom of his cage, at around 5 pm I noticed he was still at the bottom and was weak and unable to move. I moved him closed to his heat lamp, and have now been force feeding him water and trying to force feed him...

Welcome to the forum, we've all had our different experiences with caring for our chameleons; but, what matters most is that you care about them enough to reach out and ask questions! Your Chameleon - 1 year old male veiled chameleon named Ollie and he’s been in my care since January of 2025...

I was wondering what I should feed my 1 year ish old veiled. I’ve been struggling with crickets because I buy them and over half of them die the next day. But the dubia roaches stayed alive until he finished them which was awhile. But things are kinda tight right now. What should I do? Thanks...

The best of all they live a long time. When I only had Carmelo overweight adult veiled), 1 order of 40 lasted almost 3 months. Maybe 2 or 3 died. I ordered 60 crickets. Ten were dead within 24 hours. I find dead crickets daily. I order 120 crickets a week. 35-40% die! I hate cleaning the...

Hello everyone! I am a new chameleon owner. I have some tank set up questions. I live in NH, my house is extremely dry so I am currently doing a 3sided glass tank with a screen front to upkeep humidity. Overnight I get it between 80-100%, during the day between 45-65% (this will be more stable...

Hi. Mazuri is one of the better commercial products to use. I use Repashy Bug Burger, but only a little bit to round out the fresh greens & veggies I give. You do want to give your insects some space and plenty of ventilation. Crickets will die from their own poo fumes. I use plastic storage...

@Andrew1283 IMO grasshoppers are the best feeders. They live a long time, do not need water, make no noise and Bolt and Carmelo absolutely love them. I go to the pet store 3 times a week for crickets, they die really quick, need water, and make too much noise. I have to clean the Cricket bin...

Hi, I have a Jacksons chameleon who is around 1 year old. I feed him 2-3 crickets every other day and give him reptivitmins every week. He has had no health issues so far besides last night. He was in his usual perch spot sleeping then I noticed that he had awoken and started spinning in circles...

How many days has it been since she has eaten? Are the silkworms big? I would say continue to gutload the silks real good, don't let them cocoon, if it appears they begin to, and give her 1, wait a day or 2 and give her the other one. Honestly, I used to sometimes supplement Spikes...

they definitely help a ton, i’m sure there’s been more that have died but my colonies only smell like weird egg cartons instead of that horrible typical cricket smell, if you ever have a large colony of roaches or insects i recommend them greatly!

Banded crickets. Out of the chameleons cage... I use a shooting gallery but if they get spooked they hop off the wall into the cage and then into my house and then chirp all night for 4 days until I either find them and kill it or they die

All I can really say about this is 2 things that I've learned from personal experience. 1) I have a terrible tendency to 'ghost' my crickets, silkworms, etc. When I feed Spike BSFL, I don't even use calcium. I just feed them. However, my point is, if calcium was killing these chameleons...

Ditto, 40 size bin, fresh fruit, orange,apples, Spanish and and yogurt lid that has a wet paper towel for water. Cricket "CRACK" POWDER. Joshes Frogs sells some. They live a few weeks. They like egg creates and a daytime heat light Not at night.

Do you have a pic you can share of him right now?

Recently I went away for a couple days due to work, and when I came home my home was filled with this nasty ammonia smell! I thought it was my trash, or worse, one of my other pets had past on. After checking my animals and seeing them all alive, and taking out the trash, I found out it was my...