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Sorry, had you confused with Ataraxia. Your water lines from the well probably aren't deep enough. You could replace them with Pex water lines and trench them deeper fairly easily. Pex wont rupture or break when it freezes, but your waterlines should be buried deep enough they wont freeze. They...

Flux I thought you lived west of Indianapolis? We're getting the same weather, -24F with snow. You want to open the highest faucet in the house/building. A trickle the size of pencil lead will work fine, and it costs about 20 cents a day to keep it like that. I'm a plumber and we'll be fixing...

No, they just provide a yellowish to white light depending on the color temperature you choose. Plants grow best with a bulb temperature of 5000-6500K. The bulbs don't get any warmer than the UVB bulbs. Leland

The best fixture IMO, would be a four tube t-5 fixture, with 3- plant bulbs or 6500k bulbs, and a 6% or higher Arcadia UVB bulb. Light your reptiles and others sell the t-5 fixtures. Leland

I meant to ask earlier, but forgot, why do you only use a UVB bulb for 20min/day with the indoor cages, and not all day? Is it to save energy, or do the parsonii develop edema if exposed to too much UVB, or do they still receive some natural light through the windows you mentioned? When I...

How are all your new melleri doing? Ive been following your additions on your facebook page. Good to see you keeping them again. Leland

My Cham was on Baytril for 10 days. If you think your Cham has a URI, take it to a vet immeadiatly. Leland

I hoping there will be quite a few CB parsonii available here in a couple years with everyone's females laying lately. Maybe in 2 years I can save enough for a unrelated pair. Lol Leland

My recent male melleri had a URI, and kept his eye shut for awhile because of it. He's since been treated with an antibiotic, and been dewormed, but he will still occasionally keep his eye shut some days. I think it takes a long time to heal, and I really think some unfiltered sunlight outside...

I agree with Olimpia about the Meller's attitude. If I move one of mine, or have to pick it up for any reason, they stare at me like they hate me as I put them back on a branch, and have a mild temper tantrum by wondering off and sitting up high in a corner of their room for an hour or so. I've...

Breeding is a big task, and always is an interest to anyone who keeps chams. If you want to breed them, do plenty of research first. I would keep both chams seperate, and wait until they are both at least 2 years old. Breeding will require incubating the eggs at proper temperature, many...

Yes you should. A mixture of fruits and vegetables, along with some mixed greens is best. I also provide a dry gutload as well with the fruits and veggies. I always provide orange slices for water, and chopped carrot, squash, or bell pepper. Really just depends on what kitchen scraps I have...

Sorry, don't know why there's a thumbs down on my post. Must've hit it by accident. This is definitely a triple thumbs up!

Well thought out, they look great. I'm stealing some ideas as well. Do you have your drippers on a seperate misting pump, or do you just take the nozzles off? Leland

Wow! Congratulations! Parsonii seem to lay in the last weeks of December. Very jealous, but also excited for you! Leland

It's been my experience that females do not get along at all, and they can't be housed with males, or they will become gravid too early, and cause complications, and/or show aggression towards the males. You need to have ways to control and monitor the temperatures, keeping it in the shade won't...

In a greenhouse, you would have to be very careful not to overheat the Jackson's. 10 of each would be fine if they are all in individual cages, but you couldn't let them all free range together for many reasons, most of all it would be much too stressful on the males even if they didn't turn it...

Well I guess the good news is you know what the real problem is. I also would stop the baytril, but I would talk to your vet about it first. Long term baytril usually ends poorly. Fwiw, my grandfather is also on allopurinol for his gout. Lol I thought they might have a more specific drug for...

It wasn't pleasant, but I put him on my leg facing away from me, and placed the syringe in the corner of his mouth, using the tip to keep his mouth open. Once the liquid started going into his mouth he would calm down and put his head up. Sometimes I could get him to gape at me or while he was...

When I was giving my melleri baytril, granted he is much larger, I would take the baytril dose and mix it with pedialyte in the syringe, which was about 2ml. I just put it in the back of the mouth and slowly dripped it in so he wouldn't aspirate it. As I previously mentioned, I also gave...