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Wow, they look great! I bet you won't have too much trouble picking a holdback when the time comes :) The few females that I had bred, that were smaller than average, seemed to have bigger eggs and gigantic babies popped out. I thought it was odd. The first clutch I had came from giant eggs...

Those are brown house crickets. I liked those, but they got hit with a virus here and now very few people sell them anymore.

I don't have one anymore, but I'll look and see if I can find a chopstick around my house to take a picture.

The second link didn't work for me. The first are what people call crazy red crickets I believe. I don't like them. They are fairly aggressive and will bite (and it's a pretty good bite!)

Usually the darker patterns like that are stress colors, but it's interesting that she turn lighter when she sees you (this is odd in my experience.) Maybe someone else can help more specifically. How old is she? It's usually recommended to start cutting food back around 6-8 months old so that...

It can be really sad sometimes, but you just can't save every animal. Hopefully everyone realized how thin they were and the bad condition they were in and no one bought a single one from him. Vendors don't want to take any animals home with them again, so if he realizes that they wont sell...

Some babies will not for the life of me hand feed. Usually they get at least a little more comfortable with you as they get older, and it will likely get easier to get her to hand feed. (Hey, if a giant was poking food around near my face and home, I wouldn't eat it either!) Yeah, don't...

I think that this has gotten out of hand and should stop now. We are all here not only because we share the same interest and passion for chameleons, but because we all want to better our knowledge and care for these animals. If you find that someone's info is lacking, brief, or outright...

My first thought would be it might be mange? One of my dogs who has allergies will lick/scratch herself bald on her butt/back legs and sometimes her belly/hoo haa area. She will, rarely, get an ear infection as well. Could that be a possibility? We usually just have to keep her from licking...

I've never seen that before, but it does seem like it could be from a burn. It's best to create a basking zone by putting several branches under the lamp at varying distances so he can move between them as needed. If he only has one branch and it is too hot, he is either forced to burn in an...

I agree, unless he is really small for his age, he should probably be eating bigger crickets. They can eat bugs that are smaller (from side to side, not head to butt) than the space between their eyes.

I missed the update. Like Sandra said, it should be fine once a week.

Yes, what are the temps under the light? Is it only in a small area (like only a few inches wide instead of a larger, chameleon sized area) that it is that warm? Is it a spot light? Perhaps he cannot warm up his whole body under the light and is forced to sit under the one spot even though it is...

Sure thing! I love stick bugs :) I wish I could find some of those kind around here, but I have never seen one in my life! I had some that did okay with lettuces (not just Romaine though.) One colony only ate lettuce. A later colony would get brambles as well as lettuce but they seemed to do a...

I don't have any cats so I don't have to worry about the disease issues, but now I certainly won't go petting multiple cats. I've been going to a feed store for the cat food. I had left over Orijen from when I was feeding the first cat I found and used that until I ran out. Now I'm feeding them...

How are you measuring temps? He could be too cold. It could also be he is stressed out because there isn't enough foliage/cover for him to feel safe. Try adding more foliage/plants and see if that helps. I don't think that little plant will grow big enough for that cage. And even if it did, it...

That is a male for sure. No mistaking those tarsal spurs. I would take him back and get a female from the person (unless you want him anyways.) At the very least, tell the person that he gave you the wrong sex animal. If they were a breeder, I'm surprised that they were unable to give you the...

Is it's the front of the casque (the pointy "fin" on his head) you're talking about, it appears that he had been burned pretty bad in the past and it healed that way. It was probably so bad that some of the casque died and fell off. The picture is blurry right there, but it looks like it is...

Well Jim, your post could have been taken as blunt or rude depending on who (or how) was reading it. Sometimes comments like these can turn new keepers away from wanting to publicly post (which can be a bad thing.) I have certainly had issues with this because of my writing style, though I try...

Also keep in mind that their nails might catch on the fibers and rip out.