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the cage looks awesome... just a quick thought: Is that perlite (fertilizer) in the soil? I couldn't really tell, but it looks like little white dots in the soil, which certainly raised an alarm... If your chameleon accidentally eats any of the perlite, all your hard work on the cage will...

In my emergency cham kit I keep: Panacur (for parasites) Albon (for parasites) Tri-Optic P (for eye infections) Baytril (for respiratory infections) Silver Sulfadiazine Cream (for skin issues) Clindamycin (for oral issues) Reptaid (for a variety of things) Liquid Calcium supplement...

A few pics of my Nosy Be, Orlov... He's a cranky jerk, but it just makes him all the more lovable.

I have tried both and my chams seems to prefer drinking the droplets off of the screen. Mistking sells an attachment for putting the nozzle in the screen cage and it works, but the chams almost seemed bummed they couldn't drink from the screen, lol...

Check out the websites for the site sponsors... most of the breeders have tips and advice on their websites as to how they care for their chameleons and most of the breeders are quite friendly and will answer any additional questions you have and offer continued support extending well after...

Here's a link to a news article from the Miami Herald: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/31/2143900_man-barricades-himself-in-south.html# It's not terribly informative, but I thought I'd share...

Oklahoma city, ok vet In Oklahoma City, OK: Dr. Brad Minson Banfield Pet Hospital 2140 W. Memorial Road Oklahoma City, OK 73134 (405) 752-0077 He handles exotics for the Oklahoma City Zoo and he's great with chameleons!

All of the above are good solutions... If you have a reptile show or convention in your area they usually sell branches at the conventions. Plus it's fun to browse all the reptiles.

I can get 8 - 10 months because I use them sparingly during the early summer and early fall when the weather is nice enough in Oklahoma to utilize some natural sunlight... If you subtract off the equivalent of the 2 months or so I use mostly natural light, then you'd be right back at 6 months...

I use Reptisun 5.0 I've never had any issues related to the lighting, my chams seem happy and healthy. Just be sure to remember to change the bulbs, over time they will lose their ability to put out the proper spectrum and they'll cease to be effective before they will actually burn out (it'll...

Looks good... Only thing I can think of is that you may want to consider putting something (foamboard, cardboard, anything really) between your cage and the wall. If you hand mist, the spray can often pass through the screen and dampen the wall (or whatever is behind the cage). Over time it...

You can't go wrong with old-fashioned spray bottle misting... The only time it doesn't work is if you're not around... I have a couple of Zoo Med Repti Foggers (around $45 - $55 retail) that I use on tree frog enclosures. They produce a very fine mist (literally a mist and not a drip) and can...

I have tried a variety of misting products (ranging from repti-foggers to simple drips to mistking). I definitely prefer the mistking. If you're serious about chameleons, I think it's well worth the investment to get a mistking system. It's not too difficult to set up and it runs in an...

I agree with the drawer setup... it works quite well. crickets can be contained by using screen (available at any hardware store like home depot, usually in the doors/windows section), but you'll have to be mindful to clean the screen, it's easy to overlook sometimes since it's down at the...

Thank you to everyone for all the advice, I am so glad I found this forum! cheers, rhett

First things first... I apologize if this question has been previously posted, I didn't see anything about it, but it's always possible I just missed the post... When building a custom enclosure for a chameleon, wood seems to be the best construction material (or at least the cheapest and the...