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The general rule is to avoid feeding mealworms unless you have literally nothing else. A good supplementing schedule is Calcium every day, Calcium w/ D3 every two weeks, vitamins every two weeks. Too much D3 or vitamins will overloadtheir system. Also, you can't overfeed a panther chameleon...

I use dubia as a staple. They're actually just as good if not a bit better nutritionally than a cricket. Super easy to keep and breed but beware they have a tendency to sit like rocks at the bottom of feeding cups. I dust them the same way as a cricket, the supplementing schedule shouldn't...

In my experience, only male adult dubia have any desire to move at all and are the fastest kind of dubia. I also keep Red Goblin roaches and Pallid roaches. Red goblins are very fast and all life stages of pallid can climb, but no roach really wants to leave the bins they are in. Additionally, I...

Huh. My cage is pretty much fully planted except for the basking spot but is near a vent (temporarily) so I have problems with humidity. Try adding another plant or the tarps. Soaking the plant won't do as much as adding another or a good misting.

If you did nothing to anything but the misting schedule then there is nothing I can think of. Unless there is some sort of air circulation (HVAC, portable fan, dehumidifier possibly) that just turned on or was put near the cage. You can up humidity levels by putting some tarp over all or most...

It's not complete yet. The cage is all finished but I still need to finish the drainage system, put in the substrate layer, install the misting heads, and furnish the cage.

The cage is six feet tall.

I'm using two 12% 22" T5HOs desert Uvb lights from Arcadia along with a Megaray 100w Uv/ Heat flood and a 4 bulb 48" led T8 for plants along with two 13w Jungle Dawns.

You can also get t8 led bulbs at 5000 kelvin if you have trouble with heat.

Panthers are known to chew on branches. I wouldn't risk it until you know for sure the vine itself isn't toxic.

What plants were you thinking of using? I was thinking some kind of vine at the top and middle with more colorful plants elsewhere.

In my case my entire back wall is pure white plastic so it would probably do well with something on it lol

I think as long as it is only on one side it should be alright. I mean, chams usually have one side of their cage backed up against a wall anyways, right? I might do that with my bioactive cage now that I'm thinking about it, because it has solid walls anyways. Cool idea!

Are you able to get an ambient temp reading of the cage?

Ease of production probably. It would be interesting to see someone who sold off silk to feed their hobby(y)

Color changes due to stress are overlooked so much! Thank you for pointing this out. I feel like we as keepers overlook one of the most weirdest things to overlook, which is the reason most of us were interested in chams in the first place: changing color! Handling is a very stressful thing for...

I'm finally back after a long trip, and my new cage's drainage didn't work. It is comprised of two individual pvc pipes. These run around 2" up into the cage and about 6" under it. The hole around the pipes is sealed with Great Stuff. The leak wasn't huge, it was just a small drip, but this will...

Bjgger will always be better, but for a hatchling a bigger cage means they can get lost. If the cham is a juvenile try an 18x18x36 and move them into their adult cage later. If you go with a big enclosure you will need a lot more light. I have a 5 wide 2.5 deep and 6 tall cage which uses a 100 w...

Depends on how confident you are with your knowledge of care. If you just saw them cham and decided to get back to reptiles vs have been researching for a few weeks now are two different things. If you are in the latter stage of research, I would say go for it as long as you have the supplies...