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I buy three or four heads of different greens, usually turnip greens, mustard greens, and collard greens, and cut them into fine ribbons and mix them all up. I place the mixture in one gallon ziplock bags, and keep them refrigerated. I can just grab what I need then, and it usually lasts a...

You'll be lucky to get the hardware cloth for less than $20. I build all my own cages, the hardware cloth is usually the greatest expense. You'll have to build a door & cover it with hardware cloth, you can't cut a hole in it and reach through without risk of a horrible scratch. I built 2-2x2x8...

Ok great! I'll look up his threads, and order that book. Thanks for the info. Leland

It sounds like parasites to me, you mentioned he's never been tested. I've seen chams come in with round worms that would sit with their eyes closed during the day. After panacur treatment they were fine. Leland

You can sit it on the bottom too. Just wrap & attach the vines up around the branches. They'll grow in any position. Leland

I very much agree it would be nice to see any problems and treat them ASAP. I'm very familiar with microscopes, I used them on a daily basis in college. I'm still reluctant to spend the cash on it when I'd rather buy new 6 bulb t-5 fixtures for my Cham room. Lol It takes quite a few $25...

When I switched over, I bought 100 mixed size dubia for roughly $30 and placed them in a large, 90L, rubbermaid tub on flexwatt heat tape, and continued to feed them crickets until the dubia were reproducing and grown to the sizes I needed. At that point you can seperate some of the adults...

Just wondering if anyone out there sends off stool samples of their chams to a specialized reptile lab? Ive been using my local veteranarian clinic, but I'm not sure they're looking for protozoans as well as nematodes. My vet said they were, but I'm reluctant to belive that the lab they send off...

I have two large adult mellers, one is giant, and neither one could fit a hatchling duck in either of their mouths.

There are 3 CB orange eye parsons for sale right now in the classified section, though most breeders will want some background about your chameleon experience level before they sell them to you. They have montane-like needs, and do have a "hibernation" period. They live in dense tree tops and...

I can't tell for sure , but it looks like his left rear toes are swollen. I can't see toe nails in the pic. Did he rip one off? If so he could have an infection that possibly may have spread in his body. Leland

My free range room can get cool too, so I have a space heater plugged into an appliance timer so it only comes on during the day to eke the room in the low-mid 70's. This way the temp can cool down at night. Leland

Take him to a vet ASAP, could be lots of things, parasites, infection, dehydration, etcetera. Chams can go downhill fast, so the sooner you act the better. In the meantime fill out the form given to you in the other post so members here can also help, but definitely take it to a vet no matter...

I had a male veiled that I let free range with my mellers, and I had to get give him to a friend because he would climb on the mellers and harass them terribly. Leland

Good looking cham, his colors look good! As Olympia previously stated, you'll need to get a larger cage as soon as possible, and provide him lots of water. Only a handful of people here have bred mellers successfully so if he's CB find out from who. More than likely its wild caught, so I would...

I also would recommend you go with a bare bottom. Some are successful with the soil substrate but for a new Cham owner, it can spell disaster. Mold, impaction from eating it, flies, and drainage can all lead to trouble. The shamwow is an awesome idea. Leland

I keep mine in large Rubbermaid containers. As mentioned, it's a good thing to cut a large vent on the sides and out of the lid, and tape on metal screen. I've got two for crickets, each one holds 1000 easily, and two for dubia. You can buy bulk egg cartons online cheap. The dubia don't foul...

Thank you, I'm slowly adding more plants to the room, around the perimeter, and growing larger, heavier branched plants that I will use to replace some of the existing plants once warmer weather comes back around. Deb, it's nothing like your room, but the two seem very happy. I may try to...

Thank you for the compliments. The males fecal came back positive for round worms, so I'm starting the first panacur treatment today. I'm also keeping an eye on the female, she may be gravid. She's had a ravenous appetite lately, and she's putting on weight. It may be a growth spurt, but I've...

Well after the round of Baytril, my male appeared to get better then begin wheezing again after a few days, so I thought his URI had come back, but after a week of heavily hydrating him and dropping feeders into his mouth, he seems to finally be on the road to recovery. He stays dark still, but...