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Sorry not to chime in on this thread earlier. I've been preoccupied by a lot of other stuff over the past couple of months. OP, where do you live in AK? When you mentioned that your rodent problem was due to an "AK endemic" did you mean red-backed voles (Clethrionomys sp)? AKAIK the exotic...

Stop wondering. Just say NO. Health issues aside, why would you think a cham would WANT to be painted with anything? You are projecting YOUR personal (and IMHO selfish) desires onto an animal that won't and can't appreciate them and you are doing it for your own pleasure. Not a humane thing to...

Caging for adult chams is expensive. You can build your own. Lots of caging ideas here if you search under the Enclosures and Supplies forum. There's a sticky about them.

Could be a small thermal burn. The grayish scab and the location suggests it. Does the discolored area change color along with the rest of the surrounding area? I was a bit confused about your lighting description. You have two bulbs that emit heat? Are you sure he can't get too close to one of...

She's not "angry", she's stressed out. And, there is a reason. She doesn't like being removed from her territory every single day. Don't confine the cham, confine the crickets. Put them in a container that is large enough that they don't tend to jump out as much. There are lots of ways to offer...

If the tissue supporting a spine was badly burned and is now dead, he'll lose the spine. Can't really prevent that. You CAN prevent secondary infection using Silvadene, but if you can't get that (check with local vets) Polysporin is OK. I prefer Polysporin over Neosporin but either one will...

BTW, that isn't "ripped off scales", that's ripped off SKIN. The leg has been entirely de-gloved. Whether it will be able to scab over and heal and not become a mass of stiff painful scar tissue...? Poor little thing! Must be incredibly painful.

"Syreptyon, post: 1499262, member: 5175"] Hey all. I just got some absolutely garbage news. So, recently, my landlord hired a roofing "company" to "fix" our roof. What they actually ended up doing was trampling over my several gardens and somehow caused our roof and all our windows to leak...

"Husbandry" is another word for "care"...what you feed, lighting, how you provide water, supplements, temps, etc.

I think our posts just missed each other!

Nice looking normal cham! Agree with filling out the form so we can catch any potential trouble with husbandry. Better safe than sorry. Not sure how long you've had her, but it takes a while to learn how to "read" a cham's coloration. When she's more excited, very active, or stimulated by...

Has the local weather been hotter or cloudy/rainy during that time? Yes, our chams are indoors under lighting, but the local weather can still affect them somewhat. His growth rate is starting to slack off and that can slow other things down too. I'm sure you already know about hydration...

OMG!!!! I haven't seen a cham this bad for a long long time. Just have no words except unprintable ones. I'm sorry to be blunt OP but your male is probably dying. The pet shop that sold you those garbage supplies and garbage care information should be sued for animal cruelty/neglect. This is...

You don't want or need constant humidity. I've kept chams in very dry climates too (CO at 9000 ft elevation; house humidity hovered around 20% at best). Providing enough humidity for a cham depends on more than a fogger. It is a combination of hand spraying, enough foliage in the cages to...

You really should read the basic husbandry articles located under the forum's Resources tab above. If this is basically a glass aquarium its going to create problems for your veiled. Too humid and probably too warm from day to night. The husbandry articles will give you lots of good advice for...

Your chams won't appreciate being surrounded by fabric that can reflect a distorted image of themselves every time they move. There are much easier ways to wrap a cage...clear vinyl shower curtains or curtain liners are readily available and work great. BTW, why are you needing to prevent heat...

Just another product that may be useful in very specific circumstances but is made available to the poorly-informed buying public who are only guessing what their animal's problem might be and who won't spend the money on the appropriate vet...but expect a non-specific off the shelf product to...

Then, here's a suggestion for the wimpier pacifists among us. A big piece of shade cloth draped over one side of the cage to block the light after dark. He can retreat to that shaded area if he chooses to.

If these species exist in distinct sections of the same habitat in the wild, remember that the wild is huge. Inhabitants can distribute themselves far and wide. They can also retreat from disturbance caused by other species very easily. Your cage would force the issue. The last thing I'd want...