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The vast majority of chams at shows are wild caught. We recommend first time chameleon keepers to start with a captive bred juvenile (3+ mo.) from a reputable breeder. Check out the site sponsors, they can ship anywhere in the U.S. here are a few good ones: ipardalis Framschams Kammerflage

Yes the only humane option is euthanasia. There is no recovering from this.

Ya the feeding is definitely the bottleneck. I have had someone stop by every other day to add pre measured feeders. I have also just heavily fed the week before and left a container of soldier flys in the cage that emerged throughout the week.

Depending on how long you're gone and how automated your setup is they can usually go a full week with no problem (granted no power outages).

I use these for misting connected to a digital hose timer. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000P0KSXO?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00G2586NK?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title I just use a reptibreeze screwed on top of a planter box. I have never had any...

The mandevilla is loving this early heat wave and is taking over. I had to already remove my geranium accent plant to make more room.

The katydids are so cool I almost feel bad feeding them off haha.

That said I have seen some cool setups for raising babies individually with small butterfly mesh cages on a rack with lighting. You would still have the expense of plants, feeders, UV bulbs misting and supplements.

I would say if depends on how you raise them. If you raise them individually as recommended it will be substantially more, but will pay off in better quality animals.

He beautiful! I will let someone with more knowledge of flukers respond but I don't believe it has a preformed vit A. I would switch to repashy or arcadia.

What species? I have heard that mellers do this.

DIY dragon ledges with branches and zip ties work perfect. Drill a hole through the end of a branch and loop a zip tie over cage frame, through the screen and then through the hole in branch.

I would temporarily give him repashy LOD at every feeding and see if that helps. It could be him getting lazy also so make the food harder to reach or try a controlled release of the feeder in the cage. Also may want to skip a feeding or two and see how that affects things. Hopefully it's not...

I have used one to solve algae blooms, and ich in marine tanks. I don't think they will actually make the water purified. You still need a RO filter or distilled for that.

How can we help?! I'll take some.

It may just be an anomaly but the reptile house at my zoo has always been in pretty bad shape. They currently have an exhibit with multiple green tree boas housed with multiple species of dart frog (not a great idea). Looks good though I guess.

This might be a hot take but I don't think zoos are equipped to provide the best chameleon care. Our zoo can't even keep them alive.

This was a common problem in the past when we kept chameleons much warmer ex. 95 degree basking, now we say no higher than 85. You aren't wrong about the feeding but it is now recommended to cut female veiled back as soon as the hit 6 months to every other day small feeding.

For what it's worth the mandevilla in my outdoor cage dosnt really flower even though it's in the real sun, it grows leaves like crazy though... This is because I have a shade cloth on top of the cage. They need full direct sun to really bloom.

@Beman I use the Espoma organic indoor liquid fertilizer. And you can take off a couple inches of each stem, no more than a third of the total plant.