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Sometimes. They are great if fed a nutritious diet and used as one part of a variety of insects offered to your chameleon. I breed my own mealworms and feed them to my chameleons about 1 meal per week. From your user name- Do you go to UVA? I have a son starting there this fall.

For all chameleons I put them together for breeding once every day or two until the female rejects the male- she will get dark, gape and rock in his presence.

They were probably not fertile to begin with. As I just posted earlier today on another thread- mold is usually because of 1 of 3 things 1- eggs aren't fertile (and sounds like they weren't "full" to begin with which starts them off as suspect). 2- media is too moist, resulting in eggs that...

sorry I can't help you with how much moisture to add to super hatch as I have never used it. Dirt- a little dirt is usually fine. It's the other stuff in the dirt sometimes that I mentioned that is the problem. You don't want to "scour" them clean or you can damage their protective outer...

If the eggs are good, they shouldn't mold. If you have too much moisture in the media then the eggs will "ooze" and drown and then mold will set in. Super hatch is pre-moistened I guess- I haven't used it. If so, then moisture content should be correct already. 2 other things will cause...

Maybe there is some, maybe there isn't- I have no idea. But what I can tell you with great confidence from plenty of experience is that you certainly don't need any ventilation for very successful incubation. Back in the old days I used to poke a pinhole in the lid for each egg incubating. I...

Just a few random lizard pics I'm putting up for fun First off one of the male chameleons from my last thread breeding today. I have never seen him fire up with these particular colors when breeding- usually he has lots of orange along with the red and yellow and he's got blue bars. Today it...

For fun a few updated pics after my recent thread on whether this lizard was a boy or a girl! The pics below are all taken recently, but some on different days, since she became gravid. To see her pre-gravid coloration and fired up coloration to reject a male once she became gravid click on...

Very cool. Congratulations and well done!

I don't use hatchright, but just wanted to point out that if your storage containers are a good brand and sealed tight and you don't put holes in the container, your moisture content and humidity will remain stable throughout incubation. I've incubated thousands of eggs successfully over many...

That looks like a possible burn on her back. Can't tell from photos for sure, but also looks like something may be going on along her spine. Burns are usually caused by a badly designed thermal gradient within the enclosure- the background temp may be too cool for the heat light, encouraging...

I use those same kinds of misting systems. When I need one, I usually order one from China off e-bay for cheap- they look exactly like the one in the photo, or very similar (I've purchased from different people over the years). They work great for me. Occasionally a nozzle gets clogged (I'm on...

Really cool. Cham behavior cracks me up sometimes!

You could both end up in serious legal trouble and expense. Dubia aren't magical. They are no better than discoids which are legal- they are very similar insects and both make excellent feeders, both have simliar body size, both do not climb smooth surfaces, both have the same care and...

While I agree with your opinion on Petsmart's reptile department, I think you are misinterpreting the behaviour you witnessed from the chameleon. Chameleons, like most lizards, occasionally tongue flick and touch things in their environment with the tongue to obtain information about the world...

Looks like a female. What happened to her back?

What he said right there would have my "balloon juice" detector going off really loudly. A comment like that is a sure indication that you can't trust the rest of what he tells you about caring for this lizard. If you can replace your cage- it would be better. Personally having used both glass...

I used to use glass tanks way back in the day. My advice if you want to use your current tank- take everything in there out, and instead put newspaper down on the bottom for your substrate, replace those branches with many twiggy branches that are all different sizes but mostly just the size...

more relaxed coloration taken today Guess my sexing question is now answered. :)

update OK, so today she rejected the male and turned gravid coloration. So I guess the breeding took. New pic right after rejecting the male: The strong white lateral line with the bright yellow/orange portholes come off as reminiscent of flames and is unique in person compared to other...