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It was kind of an accident. I was scheduled for 4 hours, but the person who was to go after me cancelled. So my artist said, "wanna do some more?" and I was an idiot and said "Sure!" and it ended up being a marathon. I didn't realize it was that long. I thought I'd sat for maybe 5 hours- not...

Well, that's a ball python for you. Pet rocks, the lot of them! :P But so, so sweet.

I think you may be confused: infrared lights do not offer any UVB for calcium absorption, and they can cause issues with chams. I would replace that with a regular white light heat bulb, or even an incandescent bulb. If you could fill out the "how to ask for help" form, that would be great! It...

Whoa, I hope that Petco actually made that @Petco forum membership, and if they did that they will actually do something about the cham. That might change my mind about pet stores! ...well, no, it won't, but still: a handful bonus points to Petco if they go through with it. @Petco; is it true...

In the summer where I live the ambient humidity can get up to 90% or more. I use a small room fan to move the air around; The air circulation will help the cage dry out. Another option is using a small dehumidifier in the room (not in the cage!). I've got one from Walmart for $60- probably the...

No, no that is not okay. I'd fill out the "how to ask for help" form like Lathis suggested. I'd also leave the chameleon alone for the next few weeks, other than to correct whatever issue is going on. A week is not nearly long enough for a cham to settle in to his enclosure, let alone be...

My cham is not a superworm fan at all. He will eventually eat them, but only under duress. Your cham may just not be a superworm kind of guy. If you have not done a lot of handfeeding, your cham may be nervous to take a superworm from you especially as it's a novel food for him. Try hand...

You will still need to mist or shower your cham regularly even if you don't have an automatic mister. This helps to encourage them to rinse and clean out their eye turrets. Some chams may not use a dripper at all, and some need the misting to trigger them to drink. It's good to make a plan, but...

If you do your calf, beware! There is this tiny, maybe dollar-sized spot on the back of your leg an inch or two down from your knee: there is a nerve that is really close to the surface and it makes your leg kick out when tattooed! It happened to me on both legs, and two friends of mine...

Gorgeous photos :) I have to admit to a shameful secret: I was chased down and mauled by an escaped boar when I was a kid and I never got over it. I have a bunch of scars, and pigs still terrify me. Yours looks pretty cute, even still, though!

Lookit the blushing! Nice looking girl :)

What a pretty face! What morph? Lesser?

Tattoos kind of creep up on you. Year 1: "Oh, a small one would be great!" Year 2: "Well, it looks so lonely, just floating out there by itself... maybe a slightly bigger one..." Year 3: "I have so much leg left over, all that white whiiiiiite skin. Just one more!" ... and suddenly you are...

I work with 41 Jacksons and 38 Veileds. I can honestly say there is no "one true personality" for either. We have shy Veileds, fear-aggressive Veileds, territorial Veileds, and super sweet Veileds. We have shy Jacksons, fear-aggressive Jacksons, territorial Jacksons, and super sweet Jacksons...

When my panther cham was 4 months old or so he broke out of his enclosure, broke into the cricket bin, and ate so many crickets that he physically could not haul himself back out. I found him laying in the bin with the biggest cricket gut you can imagine! It was like he'd swallowed a very small...

We have a great caresheet right on this website, read, memorize, and follow! You can find it here: https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/pygmy/ But yes, a visit to a vet who is experienced with chams is a good idea, since so many things can cause generalized weakness.

Oh, my god, that explains so much...

According to Bayard Brattstrom at the California State College, the mean internal body temperature for a lizard is about 29C (this will fluctuate a fair bit depending on the availability of heat. This is also not chameleon specific, by the way- I didn't come across any specific information for...

Hockey is great, but it would be better with the Force

There might be, but I would not recommend it. Regular misting, either by hand or by an automatic mister, should absolutely happen at least twice a day- and that only if you also have a dripper running the rest of the time. A humidifier can be used to maintain humidity and a dripper running for a...