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I know it’s scary when you have a sick animal and the folks here want it healthy as much as you Start by filling out the questionnaire about your Chams husbandry and people will have a better idea of what your guy needs and how to help hopefully turn his life around

It could also show that this species will not be able to establish in the hobby due to genetic longevity issues which unfortunately probably means we as hobbyists should not seek them for importation, and they should continue their difficult little lives without us bothering them Cool stuff...

I’m very sorry for your loss.

This is a really cool case study. You saw more variable growth outside and pretty consistent growth indoors. I think the consistent temp and humidity patterns mirror this consistent growth and could explain this stable pattern What are you doing to maintain temp and humidity day vs night...

I found a free access book today about animal welfare and thought some of you might be interested. It’s not reptile specific, but should be interesting https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-85248-0

I wouldn’t single you out. Me? 😁 I am well aware good enough is not your style my friend

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-presidency-warns-attempted-coup-without-offering-evidence-2025-10-12/ A coup has started in Madagascar. I wonder if anyone has heard how it might affect the trade from there Obviously not the most important question, but it makes you think they...

Speaking of incredible resources being available to discuss with @kinyonga I’ll give my best advice if you really want to dig into the nature and science of these animals, set you feed to follow @kinyonga and read the articles she posts If you don’t understand something about the articles have...

This ^^^ Thank you @jannb I don’t have this great experience like either of you have, but passion is important. And it should not be discouraged. Petr is one of the most knowledgeable resources of chameleon knowledge that is alive and available to interact with in this hobby There are other...

No. A lot of things going on in that post I just think stopping because something is good when talking about “healthcare” (because that is what we are discussing is chameleon “healthcare”) and not looking for better is not the most productive approach I apologize if you felt I was singling you...

I totally agree that stirring the pot and predicting the death of peoples’ animals when your readers are looking for help has some serious deficiencies to helping people that want to do the best or right thing for their animals. Especially when you don’t offer good alternatives However it does...

Flies are easily available. Green and blue bottle flies are easily available, and if you’ve never seen your Cham in a room full of flies you’ll enjoy it. BSF pupate a bit slower and are a great size for most. Add a small wine fridge and they pupate fairly slowly for weeks making them useful even...

Have you tried them yet? 😁

I think it’s been very good and interesting so far, and I love his passion

I totally agree @ehdee6. That is my favorite part of this place. It allows us to discover, wonder, and look for better ways to keep these incredible animals

That’s amazing My dog had orthopedic surgery once and it cost a fortune I wonder what a Cham orthopedist costs 😂

No I never had any that required it fortunately All of my female Chams were trioceros

That’s what I was reading too. Homeostasis is such a complicated, amazing process

I didn’t know anything about leptin until you mentioned it honestly (and still know very little about it 😂), but that is a very interesting question My recollection would say that ovulating females would have greatly increased calcium requirements and should be have increased supplementation...

That is actually very encouraging. I would guess you took healthy Chams with a surgical problem to an experienced vet for surgery, and then took optimal care of them during recovery My suspicion is many people end up taking a less than properly cared for animal to a possibly less experienced...