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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...

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?

Beautiful colours! In both “phases”!

So sorry for your loss. Keep him in your heart!

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!

Assuming that this isn’t completely directed at me since I did not comment on things like protein in roaches, etc.

@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...