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Okay that sounds like a good plan! Thanks!!

Hi yall, 9-month-old male Veiled has been opening his mouth slightly throughout the day. I've caught him doing this three or four times now, but he always closes it as soon as I approach, so I had to take this photo from super far away. He's looking at a hornworm in this photo, but he...

I unfortunately ordered 1000 crickets in the wrong size so i guess im raising baby crickets now 😂, if anyone has any tips or tricks to make them grow faster or to keep them alive longer let me know!

Well, first of all, do you know what kind of crickets you’ve been getting? Generally pet stores sell the domestic variety, which will die if you look at them the wrong way. Banded crickets are much hardier, but you’ll probably need to order them on line. *look into variety packs from some of the...

Today was the first day she wasn’t running over to the feeder run when I put crickets in. She was up and down the enclosure for most of the day towards the evening she was back up top.

I think Linda’s crickets are banded. You might want to start a small colony of roaches to save some money. It takes a few months to get it going, but is well worth it. If you have a friend who also has an insectivore, maybe you can split the costs and buy your feeders at the same time from the...

All of your husbandry looks good, but I have questions about your supplements. Is your ReptiVite with or without D3? Are you giving the ReptiVite and D3 the same day or week? Assuming the ReptiVite is without D3 - to simplify your life you could get it with D3 or switch to Repashy calcium plus...

Mixed with hornworm he does drink quite a bit normally since I got him. When I made the dripper(based on Neptune's video) he used that. So maybe that's why? I just clean it, it doesn't smell like stink up a room. Really whenever I clean his poop it smells only when it's near my face for like a...

Hi and welcome! I haven’t read over your husbandry (very rough night at work) but you’ve gotten help and advice from some excellent keepers already. I’m just here to say hi, give you some feeder graphics and let you know that we have some great vets in central Florida, if you ever need. There is...

With all that yapping, I forgot to add that I suggest getting or making a feeding station. I like the Shooting Gallery style. https://tkchameleons.com/products/shooting-gallery?variant=30018608595032 Then there is this style. https://www.fullthrottlefeeders.com/ This one...

Mr Blue’s still kicking! Still asleep most of the time but walking around with his eyes open more. (Initially his eyes were closed 99% of the time; now it’s about 60-70%). Because he’s opening his eyes and more reactive to seeing me, I’m hoping he will start hunting soon. He seems to hangout...

...also eaten crickets, but he will go on a hunger strike until we give him supers, even with crickets in his enclosure. (Note: I hate keeping crickets) Crickets are sometimes a necessary evil. You don’t want to leave them in his enclosure though as they can and will bite him when they get...

They are usually able to manipulate their food in their mouth, so I wouldn’t worry about any sticking. I’ve noticed it only with my panthers that they will take a feeder, usually a discoid, and hold it in their mouth for what seems like a long time (is probably less than a minute). No idea why...

Hello everyone, We were talking about these setups not long ago and today I received a fresh batch of crickets from Josh's Frogs, so I figured I'd share some photos of how I handle this. I remove the food trays. Egg crates, and rest is trash. Usually there are no carry over crickets...

Touching on number 3: I’ll give you my lived experience, my life has gotten a lot easier since programming a mister for my Cham, and it’s less stressful for both of us when the hydration cycle is automated. They do take just a bit to set up but with some planning it is not too bad. They are a...

thank you so much for helping me:)

How many insects are you feeding to her and how often? She does look a bit thin to me - her casque is a bit concave along with being able to see her ribs so prominently and her spine. Mealworms aren’t good feeders except for maybe in a pinch. Attaching the feeder graphic along with the ‘gutload’...

You want a vertical terrarium. Anyways... What you have now is ok for now. I've seen these babies grown in very tiny spaces (retail). You will want to upgrade obviously. I feed crickets and only crickets. It's all she will eat. Had her for 3 months now. Keeps growing and appears healthy/happy.

also, wont the mesh melt if i put the heating lamp on top?? and is it better to have it off if his basking spot is around 27 already?

thank you so much!!! this really helped, i’ll get started on the changes as soon as im done with work!