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Hi snitz, I think I've got a home for the books etc. If it doesn't work out, you're next!! Take care, Carlton

We need specifics in order to help you. This is exactly why we send people that list of questions...the devil is in the details. When you say "temp, humidity levels are normal" that doesn't help much. Measure the actual levels and tell us what they are and how much they change during the...

Hi all, Doing a major sort through my library and have two reference books that may interest someone. Its very unlikely that I'd even be in a position to treat or rescue someone else's herps here. They're not new publications...maybe just ask reimbursement for postage? Frederic L. Frye, DVM...

Hi all, I've been doing a major sort through my library. It is extremely unlikely that my logistics will change enough to keep another cham, so I've decided to part with my hard copies of the CIN Journal spanning the 1994 through 2002 period. I don't have a complete set...not sure why. Most of...

Are you sure he is brown all day? If all he does is sit under the basking light and constantly showing the same darker color he could be too cold. What is the daytime temperature in the room itself? If it is a lot cooler than the area right under the basking light he may not move out of the...

So, its a private well that collects that percolated runoff from those streams/reservoir? Not all minerals are removed by a water softener. Depending on the specific type of softening system and the settings, the softener exchanges sodium for the naturally occurring calcium and/or magnesium. It...

This question comes up over and over again. What's the source for your your tap water? Municipal utility water with added treatment chemicals such as chlorine or chloramine? Other additives? Is it private well water with a lot of minerals? It could be a rainwater catchment system that won't...

I wouldn't take my chams along on a vacation just because someone "wants" me to. They will probably be better off staying where they are unless you don't have any responsible options for their care while you are gone. They aren't fond of changes and you can't necessarily predict how good the...

Before I take on a new exotic I check the local (local as in a distance I'm willing to drive to reach) vets to see if any of them can treat it. Its not a matter of IF you'll need a vet its WHEN. FWIW, I agree with others; that's a gravid female who happens to possess 3 horns.

OP it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that this cham died because of supplements...either an overdose OR a deficiency. Please, if you really want to find out what happened you need to look further into it. If you still have the cham and he hasn't been frozen, you could ask a vet to do a necropsy to rule out...

Latex paint isn't a problem if the surface is dry/cured enough to withstand rubbing. It shouldn't wrinkle, peel or come off on your fingers.

OP How long did you have this cham? NONE of the husbandry problems being discussed would have killed a healthy cham within a day or two! There would have been a more gradual decline. If your cham did crash that quickly something else was seriously wrong. A necropsy might tell you more and the...

Gave up on drippers fairly quickly for this and other reasons. I lived in very dry climates and had to drench the cage foliage multiple times a day anyway. What was the point? Fussing with them just wasn't worth it. Actually, when I first started keeping chams terrarium drippers weren't...

A better option to these are collapsible laundry hampers. Same idea (flexible fine mesh with a tensioned wire frame) but you can get them in larger sizes for a lot less money and they don't require being suspended from anything. You can sometimes find links for nice large ones from...

Edited to add: Good luck getting a cham to pay much attention to some dead hunk of "protein" you try to get it to eat anyway.

I suspect the population will stabilize down to a lower level as everything reaches equilibrium.

It takes a while for corrections to husbandry to "show", but that should have made a difference by now. The effects of lack of proper lighting and the correct vitamin/mineral balance didn't happen overnight either so it will take time to see a change once you do. If he want to drink and eat...

OK, fine. If this really is about what is safe/good for them, then that is the food their body system has evolved to eat in the wild as they developed as species. And that's terrestrial bugs. While it has been speculated that some giant species of chameleons such as Parson's and melleri might...

Somehow I doubt the trouble is that he CAN'T open his mouth enough, but that there's some other problem going on that prevents him from either shooting the tongue itself, or coordinating eyes/tongue well enough in order to shoot. Many times a cham that can't successfully coordinate the...

Small bird cages (search garage sales/thrift stores) work fine for temporary enclosures assuming there's one larger door the cham and/or your hand can reach through. Easy to add perches. Also for a trip to a vet with a towel draped over the top, but a cardboard box with a perch wedged inside...