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Sound like a typical problem with an overfed female and infertile eggs. Eigentlich könnten wir auch einfach hier auf Deutsch weiter reden, wenn du dich hier gut eingelesen hast, das würde die Sache vereinfachen. Problems about your mentioned keeping conditions: - Feeding is too much for a...

First, please fill in the "how to ask for help" form with exact information about your keeping conditions. Then forum members will be able to help you optimizing cage setup. Obviously problems I recognize about your chameleon 'til now: 5 feeders every day is too much for an adult chameleon...

Probably done yet... Fastest forum ever :D.

I'm looking for CiN issue 42. Would be great even to get a copy or scan of some pages, I don't need the whole original journal ;).

There are some great papers and documents on the www to read about this topic if your'e interested in. A lot of studies were done yet about chameleons' tongues and their mechanism, even from some forum members. Some examples that come to my mind first: - 2000: Herrel et al - Mechanics of prey...

I would worry a lot more about the toxicity of those plants than about them not growing fast enough to recover. Pothos contain oxalic acids, which are known to forward renal diseases - and chameleons in captivity unfortunately are really sensitive to renal problems. Hoya sp. (wax plant) contain...

The difference between those both solarmeters is not only values given as UVB (µW/cm²) or UVI (1 = 2.5 µW/cm²). You can easily convert one into the other. The big difference is the way they match with the D3-curve of reptiles. The maximum of vitamin D 3 synthesis in reptiles is at ~ 297 nm...

To me it doesn't really look like ascarids which would come first to my mind looking at the picture and seeing a round, long worm. But colour and surface doesn't match ascarids, it's too thick for oxyures and a filaria does look somewhat else, too. It doesn't even look like any other usually...

Can't see a "bump" on his hip in those pictures. Could it be you only saw his hip bones (compare here)? That would be normal for chameleons, they don't have a fat tissue under their skin, so you're always able to see the hip bones slightly.

When talking about respiratory infections, you commonly mean bacterial infections. Virus diseases don't play a big role in chameleons yet. Most bacteria found in respiratory infections (e.g. Pseudomonas, Citrobacter, Acinetobacter...) always live inside the chameleon's mouth and only become a...

Chameleons and other reptiles keep growing their whole life long, they'll never stop. :) They shed a life long, too. It's just about one to two years of age that growth slows down a lot as adult, therefore you don't see such differences in size as before. So "full grown" only means their...

This is an old Furcifer pardalis male. Due to somewhat insufficient UVB exposure and supplementing he had a weakened bone structure. You can't see any deformation yet (and the owner didn't during whole lifetime), but the bones aren't properly calcificated as they should be in an adult chameleon...

Ever thought with your vet about a lung flush with small amount of fluid under slight anesthesia? It's somewhat special and not everyone dares to manage this diagnostic method in chameleons. Thereby you'll get a sample of mucus from inside the chameleon's lung, which can be used to identify...

Snails are no problem for chameleons to eat. I use Helicidae sp. as feeders in summer for Furcifer as well as for Bradypodion every year. I even know breeders and keepers feeding Trioceros or Chamaeleo with snails from time to time. Some individuals don't like them, most shoot them without...

I'll post one single non-chameleon inside this thread, cause I really love it. A little marvel of nature. It's a Mexican lance-headed rattlesnake, Crotalus polystictus... Small one, but ten poison fangs yet.

Hi Celebrianne, of cause you can tell from the bones whether an animal can curl its tail or not in principle. Vertebrae have different shapes and variably formed appendages in different species, thereby you can identify a species by its vertebrae - or at least, you'd have a quite good hint...

I'm glad there are still people enjoying the pictures and learning about those fascinating creatures. :) Wasn't my idea to continue this thread over years at the beginning, but as long as members love to see new work... Unfortunately, I had not that much time the last months. Up to date, I'm...

No need to blanch anything for feeders... any heat destroys vitamins, proteins and other ingredients. Freezing should be done as fast as possible for mildest procedure. The slower e.g. vegetables freeze, the bigger the ice crystals become and destroy food structure. I would not recommend...

Ficus sp. contain furcocumarins and some other toxins. There are few cases which describe reptiles eating high amount of ficus leaves or other parts and resulting in sickness. If your chameleon does eat regularly from its ficus, I would replace it with eatable safe plants (Calystegia, Hibiscus...

I would really worry a lot more about the polyurethane and its vapours having a bad effect on your chameleon than the branch itself.