I use waterproof pet heating pads. These are ones that uses 12-24v dc to the pad, and have a temperature setting, not a L/M/H setting. I just pop them under the bins and set them to 45c, which makes the bin about 30c.
Yea ive had a few that didnt do much unless they felt vibration on the floor. Just sit all day, then the vacuum cleaner comes out, and they run TOWARDS it.
Or your locusts dont move till humans are clogging around. The cham might even figured out that the "fresh" locusts only move when the...
I just get "alot" of small crickets and throw them in the tank with sheltered cricket food, and let nature take its course. I have also dont self feeders with blue bottle flies and black solder flies, but the solder flies take timing.
But my crew wont eat dubia from a bowl, they dont move...
Well, we have seen videos of veileds eating fruit by using the full length of the tongue, which i found weird, since all of mine just ate like beardies.
I believe one field report stated they switch to fruits when the dry season hits and they run out of bugs.
The problem with airflow causing URI is when it becomes a "swamp cooler". AKA you create the ideal environment for growing mushrooms etc.
What you would want to simulate is madagascar right before mating season. This after monsoon season and before the dry season. Its basically peak...
As a heat riser myself, i dont deal with above cage radiant heat. Ill pop a indoor/outdoor DC heating pad under the cage. They are very low wattage, like 15-25 watts and bump the cage 5-10 degrees. But the heat only has one place to go, up...
Ill also(much to the confusion of the cham) move...
I have had zero amputations, so at least i won that lottery. But ive only had 1 chameleon at a time, so we are talking less than a dozen as a sample size. And all of mine have been due to injuries, not mbd.
Unfortunately chams can not compensate/adapt aim. Its hardwared in.
So if the fling bone is deformed due to lack of calcium/D3, the cham will miss for the rest of its life. As the cham is very young, its possible that with good husbandry the bone will correct itself with growth to adulthood...
You may be fine.
If the blood flow hasnt be damaged, at worse you will have a kink.
The tail will be black for a few weeks, even if it is good. Any damage no matter how light will cause the skin to turn black.
If the blood flow is damaged, the best case scenario is it will dry gangrene and...