Here's an interesting article about the cricket virus. It's a very devastating virus that affects only common brown crickets and can wipe out entire colonies in days. Took the company in the article out of business in 2010...
I can get this for rather cheap at my pet store and was wondering if it is an ok gutload to use nutritionally speaking? Along with some leafy greens for hydration of course.
After seeing the new pics I see a pronounced bulge at the base of the tail so I'm gonna go with male. Colors currently are more toward female colors but you can see small shades of green in the body and cheeks.
I fed off a cricket to my panther mid shed this morning. I picked him out from the cricket bin thinking he was dead but he was just going through a shed. Funny stuff, it couldn't even move.
Sounds like you are on the right track. I'm glad to see you decided to keep your veiled chameleon from petsmart. He will do much better in your care than back there and possibly into the hands of an inexperienced chameleon keeper.
Interesting, I will definitely be going then. Glad I came across this thread. If anyone would like to meet up there, PM me. I will be there Sunday the 18th as that Saturday I will be busy.
I got a 500 count box of small crickets and a 50 count container of small superworms for free from Timblerline at the Daytona reptile expo. That alone made the trip worthwhile. :)
Beautiful female panther you have there. I was tempted to buy a baby female panther for $50 at my local pet shop the other day but I was able to resist. Chameleons can truly be an addiction.
The smaller dubia will be just fine for him. Dubia range in size from 1/4 inches as a nymph to 2 inches when they reach adulthood. At 6 months of age your veiled should be able to eat an appropriately sized dubia without a problem. My panther was eating the occasional dubia at 3 months of age...
They will last for months and months. The last group I had lasted me around 5 months before I was able to feed them all off. They are definitely long lasting and I had minimal deaths throughout that time.
Your chameleon is shedding it's skin. This happens to reptiles when they outgrow their skin and will happen throughout their lives. It's nothing to worry about just means he is growing. They shed more often when they are younger.
This is a great topic. I was actually wondering this myself the other day. Since all the dubia look the same until the last molt I was uncertain whether or not I had any males in my small colony. Now I can actually sex them.
To go from a one to that many chameleons in 3 months I'd say you are going down the road of addiction, but there's nothing wrong with that if you can financially support your chameleon addiction and it does not place a burden on your financial or personal life. As long as you don't end up like...