28°C night-temperature are way to high, chameleons need to be able to decrease their metabolism at night, in order to stay healthy on the long run.
33°C in the shade is to warm too, your chameleons should have a retreat-area with no more than 25°C.
Have you used a measuring device, or is this the conclusion you made, because of your chams moving to the light?
Nowadays nearly all the metal halids have a safety glass, with UV-Stop, so UVB output should be nominal.
I would advise people against removing the safety glas though, because of...
Do you have any references? I only know that some lungworms use snails as intermediate hosts.
The probability of introducing parasites through wild-caught insects is considerable low. The vast amount of Parasites are host-specific, meaning that the feeder-insect must have had direct contact...
I'm pretty sure these are bradypodion pumilum, see http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/bpumilum.html.
Also a nice video I found http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0nJ0Wzeig.
The question is, do pygmies really do so well in commercial glas-enclosures?
If I look at the amount of health issus that occur, like sudden deaths and especially the swollen-eyes-symptom, then i start to doubt it.
I don't keep pygmies myself, but I've heard of some changes experienced...
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In Germany the majority of keepers do use enclosures, which have at least glasdoors. We don't use the comercially available Terrariums, because they lack of ventilation, so we are forced to build them our selves or get them made by a specialist. Few use full-glas terrariums, because the...
I wouldn't overdo it with the fruits, because the high amount of fructose can lead to an overgrowth of yeasts an a couple of bacteria in the intestine, that normally don't occur in high amounts.
This can cause indigestion and lead to processes of fermentation.
I would rather offer low-sugar...