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You could give him insects like wax worms, horn worms along with crickets, hoppers etc because they should help with the hydration. Running a dropper might encourage more drinking for now too. What colour are the urates?

Is the top of the cage screen? Lay in…

Interesting occurence… https://www.chameleons.info/l/an-insane-metamorphosis-a-female-chameleon-becomes-a-male/

I’m not worried if they do! I’m definitely happy that @MissSkittles and a few others have taken over the husbandry reviews though. It was a lot for me.

I was going to comment on that…that you’re taking my “job” away from me!

@JacksJill said “The problem with bee pollen is it's an unmeasured commodity. It varies from source to source”…this is one of the issues I’ve worried about. You might like to read more this… https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10045447/ “this composition may be affected by botanical...

Are you going to add this to your gift wish list? https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Zoologist-Perfumes/Chameleon-53015.html

@DocZ …the study you cited was very interesting and one I have never seen! Glad you posted it!

Could be an eye issue or an injury or an infection or a supplement/husbandry issue…I don’t know how you can figure it out yourself.

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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