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"Chameleons have a photoreceptive scale (parietal eye) on their head that senses light so even the blue and red bulbs disrupt sleep." This is taken from the care section here. You can look up information on the parietal eye to learn more detailed information on how it works. We have seen this...

It just doesn’t look like a normal coloration to me. I was thinking a burn as sometimes when it’s just happened, the very damaged tissue will initially turn white before either sloughing off or turning into a black eschar. While he does have some cream color along his sides, it’s not the same...

You beat me to it! Please see my other post researching light temperature and lux of moonlight.

So, I've decided to breed my own crickets small scale (literally like 5 Females and 3 Males are in this 3 gallon container). My cham is still so tiny, so I still have to purchase the small crickets...until I get mine going. I can't bring myself to just leave them in an empty barren...

I don't see why you can't have a small dubia colony if you want. Not sure how big it would need to be to be worth it, but maybe 8 females and 2 males might be a good start. I just have them in the same soil mix I use for my enclosures and put in springtails and dwarf white isopods. I had tried...

There’s no way to not stress them out to weigh them. I use a kitchen gram scale. I made this ridiculous little stand from a branch and plaster of Paris. I keep meaning to buy one of the stands from Dale Tamura designs, but - priorities. 🤷‍♀️

Let’s talk about food now. Here are the two commercial liquid diets and you can read the label on the carnivore care for what my vet prescribed for my veiled who wasn’t eating and was in rough shape (parasites & poor care). There’s also a pic of ReptAid, which a forum member told me about to...

Temperature and Humidity: At the lowest during the day (near the bottom) it can get to like 69 degrees Fahrenheit, highest 73, and around 80-85 for basking.I would keep the basking temp no higher than 80. Provided Pesto is a boy, his basking temp can go up to 85 when he’s older. If Pesto is a...

I think a lot of it depends on the size of the feeders. I prefer to feed all of my chams bugs no larger than about 1/2-5/8". Up until a few weeks ago, Bart was getting ones just a bit smaller, like 3/8 - 1/2". Panthers grow slower, so I've been going by Chameleon Academy pretty much...not...

The vitamin A solved it! The lights have been raised to an appropriate distance. I went out and got a scale, he is actually on the smaller side of what a panther chameleon should weigh at over a year old

Hello! Disclaimer: I'm not the veteran chameleon caretaker. And Jojo is my first chameleon ever, so please, don't be too harsh, as I want my pet to feel the best as it's possible. However, it sometimes doesn't succeed. Jojo is a one year old chameleon. I was actually two times at vet's with...

Hi All. First off, many thanks to this forum and all the users for lots of support and tips I've been able to obtain, including on the current build we have for our veiled named Speedy. I completed a custom build about 2 months ago and so far so good, but I've been having issues getting the...

HYDRATION PURPOSE I often hear/read questions repeatedly: What is the right hydration schedule? When should I fog? How long should I mist? Is 3 times 2 hours enough? Do I need to keep the dripper on all day? etc., etc., etc... And, we engage in endless debates... So, what is wrong? The...

Where would I get bsfl? I bought some crickets and hornworms from Great Lakes Hornworms because I saw that people liked that company on this forum and they should be here today. They only had a few feeder options to choose from though and I didn't see bsfl on their website. I should be getting...

For the feeding about how many crickets should I feed her? And you mean feed her one day 3 times small amount and the next not and keep cycling like that?

Hi there, and welcome on here! You’ve got a gorgeous cham and a gorgeous cage! Although, I’ve got a few questions, and there are some adjustments that need to be made to the cage Is your substitute bioactive with a clean up crew? If so, you need to completely cover the soil with leaf litter; if...

Bolt does not turn down feeders. I decreased his count because he was developing some fat pads. But he would eat 10 daily if I gave it to him.

OK so I found three articles related to moonlight and blue light. WARNING! THIS IS VERY COOL INFO. #1 is a video which details how moonlight is actually 4000K (yellow) but our eyes perceive it to be bluish due to our low light photoreceptors...

This is one of my favorite stories ever! Amazing, inspiring, touching. A great example of how chameleons do things in their "own time" and how much patience they really do require. And you have a magnificent reward sitting on that scale. Can't say enough good things and send more wishes for...

So UVB lighting only penetrates so far into the enclosure. Even though you see light it does not mean the UVI level is where it needs to be. When you do not have aspects of husbandry on point they start to fail to thrive. This is what you are seeing. He simply is not getting the UVB he needs to...