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Gross. There's two thinks in this world that disgust me, and that's parasites, and insect fluids...blech!

Breeding them is not hard, but they are a high maintence feeder insect. There's many, many guides out there on how to breed them. A quick google search will give you all the links you need and many more. In short, you will need: Adult crickets, containers to hold the crickets, egg crates...

Thanks, I do feel a bit better about them now. I ordered 200 eggs and a pound of dry silkie chow. Using a heatpad, a small container, and a thermostat I've managed to make a makeshift incubator with the temps sticking at 79-83 degrees. I suppose this will suffice for hatching the eggs and...

Anyone have any input to this? I've read in some places that a thick screen like the ones used with reptariums will need a bulb with a higher output. What about with more traditional screen, like the ones used in 24x24x48s?

I agree. Old food, skinny roaches, some even dead. A substrate, especially an edible (and a mold-prone one at that) like oats is not needed. Maybe the roaches wouldn't mind, but I wouldn't feel comfortable feeding any to my animals.

As far as I know, chameleons are animals of habit. Any change in their schedeule is bound to stress them out. You can't compare human emotions to a reptile.

Chameleons are "look, don't touch" pets. If you manage to tame one, or happen to get a friendly one, that's merely a plus.

lol, I've seen sooooo many of these threads over the years.

You're in Texas, so think about culturing them. MUCH cheaper than buying them online, and you end up with more than you can ever need. They're EXCELLANT feeders. www.blacksoldierflyblog.com

Where's a good place to get silkworms from? I'm thinking about getting eggs from mulberryfarms but I'm not too sure if I want to risk hatching eggs. What about coastalsilkworms? Also, is there a need for a lid when my room's RH is already high? (70%)

Which is better and why? Would like to get silkworms, but I'm a bit put off by their unhardy nature. Mulberryfarms is out of live silkies, too. I'm not sure how hard hatching eggs would be. Hornworms grow faster, and appear easier to breed as long as you have tomatoe plants. They're...

Can anyone else add some more input? :) He's still a constant dark brown whenever he's near the basking light. I tried raising it yet again, but he ended up panting. He gets as close as possible to the screen. Temps are still 84-86. He does eat a big meal every morning, maybe he's just...

If you have hard water the plants will become stained like that. Even my filtered water stills leaves behind mineral residues.

You need at least two. A 18"+ linear bulb that provides UVB (reptisun is a good brand to start with) with a fixture that can support one, and a standard 40-60 watt incandescent bulb to provide for basking. Avoid the coil/spiral bulbs. Chameleons are capable of regulating both heat and UVB...

Yeah, it looks like how you described. Kind of a small, hard yellow "plug" and puffy white clouds after that. :) He poops 1-2 times a day, so I'm not too worried about that.

Breed the bananas?

Just wondering if white urates with an orange tip is normal. Maybe 1/8th of his usual urate is orange - the rest is bone white. I've only had this 2-3 month old veiled for about a week and have yet to see him drink. He has a dripper on for most of the day and I mist him 4-6 times. He eats...

My veiled literally hangs off a branch by his tail so he can shoot crickets out of his feeder cup. Quite amusing to watch with his 4 limbs stretched straight out in front of him. :)

That's actually nothing compared to my last trip to petco. I had run out of superworms and didn't feel like feeding any off from my breeding colony, so I went to pick some up. At first glance, they seemed to have everything in stock. Then I checked all the worms. All....dead. Every single one of...

I've honestly had 0 problems with both plants. Many say ficus drop their leaves when moved, but I have yet to deal with anything other than the occasional leaf every week or two. Schefflera grows fast in good conditions and the leaves/stems are rather usable for chameleons. The leaves hold water...