IMHO, she doesn’t look like she’s in bad condition at all. Could you post a couple more photos of all of her without the screen in front of her please?
You said…”If a brand new member posts about a dangling stuck sperm plug, I don’t know them enough to trust that they have enough common sense to be able to be able to remove it without causing their animal harm.”…this is one of my concerns too and sometimes why I say see a good chameleon vet. I...
@jannb …thanks for the compliments. I have a lot left to learn. I’ve only touched the tip of the iceberg.
@jannb …I’m always glad when I can help someone…but there are still way too many things I don’t have answers too…and may never have the answers to.
Regarding going to a vet…if I cannot give a solution to what is wrong because I lack the knowledge or lack the medical information to determine what is wrong and what is the answer, then I recommend to go to a good chameleon vet…I am not a vet and I refuse to give medical advice that someone...
You flatter me and give me too much credit! But thank you for your compliments. I wish I could do better…there’s still too much to learn.
How I wish I could have done what Petr has done and observed them in the wild! He’s had experiences and opportunities few have had by observing them in the wild.
I just wanted it to be clear that it wasn’t a reply to only what I said…I don’t think I’ve ever dismissed him although we may have had differences of opinion once in a while!
@nightanole said…”Welp guess ill start breeding Madagascar bees or something”…bet importing bees from Madagascar isn’t allowed….so you will need to substitute something biologically inappropriate. We’re off to a good start.
Petr said…”In captivity, chameleons are often fed what is available...
“While energy is essential for metabolism in general, it is inaccurate to claim that chameleons are incapable of digestion at lower temperatures within their normal circadian ranges.”…...
“ABSTRAcT. - In order to determine the effects of recent diet on prey choice, Senegalese chameleons
(Chameleo senegalensis) were maintained on a diet consisting either of long-horned grasshoppers (Scud- deria sp. or or house crickets Acheta domesticus. Choice tests showed that when the...
“Bradypodion taeniabronchum were found
to prefer sedentary and avoid evasive items with equal
dierence in both winter and summer. Conversely, B.
ventrale changed from no discernable preference in
winter, to an aversion of evasive prey items in summer.”…...
“The fracture was oblique and that ensured the two portions of the humerus didn’t rotate over the intramedullary pin”…
http://www.edizionibelvedere.it/assets/8.-di-giuseppe-et-al.pdf