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I had a few of these, wild caught back when I first started keeping chameleons…none lived for 10 years with me, but they were all wild caught adults, age unknown, when I got them. One of them figured out how to open the sliding glass door on its cage. I don’t know how he was strong enough to...

@DocZ said…“That is his Achilles heal. He presents everything as fact.”…exactly. Hypotheses and suppositions from observation need to be proven to be facts. Saying “in my experience”…signals that what follows is an opinion, a generalization, an anecdote that comes from a person's experience or...

We do eat crunchie snacks though…don’t we? Granola bars, Rice Krispie squares, etc.

Edible insect analysis of diversity… https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-55603-7

“This overview describes many common reptile surgery techniques and their application for research purposes or to provide medical care to research subjects.”… https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3035398/

“This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the nutritional value of edible insects”… https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10670618/

This was aimed at people eating them…but that doesn’t change the nutritional values, of course! https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335893221_Nutritional_Value_of_Four_Common_Edible_Insects_in_Zambia

For information only…do not use without checking with a vet… https://www.merckvetmanual.com/multimedia/table/miscellaneous-drugs-for-reptiles

“From stone to dust, the journey of calcium supplementation reflects not just chemistry, but ecology, anatomy, and husbandry philosophy. The closer we get to nature's blueprint, the better we serve the animals in our care.”…...

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When I had old chameleons that I suspected had arthritis or something else going on in their old systems making gripping harder, I would provide bark strips about 5” wide that could be placed like a ramp for them to have a place that was easy to sit on without being so difficult for them to hold...

Scientifically, geographic isolation can prevent gene flow and allow local gene pools to diverge. So…for example, there might be mountains between different colour variations that prevent matings so that plays a part in colours developed in the separated areas. Such local differences might be...

I’ve eaten chocolate covered bees. The chocolate helped me do it of course!

I found this article to have lots of interesting information about crickets. Hope you find it interesting too! “This review is expected to promote greater recognition of crickets as a source of food, feed, and other benefits in the world and encourage up-scaling by farming them for sustainable...

Geese…im going to have to read this one a few times to absorb what’s being said… “Chameleons are charismatic and common lizards across Madagascar, Africa, and some surrounding regions. Little is known about their diversification dynamics and how this relates to their ecology, so we estimated...

I love to keep you busy reading! It’s good for the brain!

Thanks for posting the photos. I was looking for signs of MBD because of the supplement issues, etc…but I don’t see any! What colour are the urates? Their colour will give an indication of hydration.

“On base of the comparison study presents here, it seems that tooth bases of chameleons living in closed habitats are not in contact (larger interdental gaps of bigger teeth), while chameleons with wider heads from open habitats have tooth bases in contact or nearly so (imbricate teeth...

“When I was growing up we used to see chameleons ALL the time”.… https://africageographic.com/stories/where-have-all-the-chameleons-gone/

@Sticktongue …you said…”For my dry dry dry air in Idaho… solid sided cages with fog works WAY better than screen, or even 3 sided and screen fronts.. it simply isn’t ideal and IMO not cutting the mustard unless they are 4 solid sides. If I said that 15 years ago on here I would been crucified”…I...