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She did find him !!!! Check about halfway down in the thread !! Dyesub Dave. :D

I had some young veileds that weren't exactly enclosed. I had a med. sized ficus with the pot part in a large rubbermaid container. As these chams got a bit older I found that they started to disappear. The first time I found one halfway across my apartment on the outside of another cham...

Check out this video of a jumping Jackson's cham. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7egDy5feHk Dyesub Dave. :D

Copied from the net .... A springtail 5-6 mm in length can jump 75-100 mm and floating springtails can even jump on water! Many springtails are beautifully colored (white, gray, yellow, orange, metallic green, lavender, red) but, because these insects are so small, this detail goes unnoticed by...

Hi lbesok, That would be a great idea but I may need to place the enclosure on a slight angle for that to work. But I really wouldn't anticipate there being that much moisture in the bottom. I'm sure that with regulating the spray times / duration and keeping an eye on moisture levels in...

Hey Vibrant, Well I was thinking that the plants may have to stay in pots anyways. Some of the large ficus or hibiscus need a fair amount of depth to the soil. The only way that I would be able to get this depth is to put plexi sides around the bottom of the flexarium and I would need much...

I like your idea ... very interesting!! :) Hey Dodolah, All very good points! And yes most animals in captivitiy live longer than their wild counterparts for a number of reasons ... disease and parasites definitely being one of them. Along with of course food availability...

Hey Kenya, Yeah .... I was just thinking about that same scenario with the females. You wouldn't want them digging through the charcoal and hydroton for sure. :( As for risking my chams life he has access to the dirt in the tops of potted plants now and there are leaves and twigs on the...

Hey Kenya, Thanks for your response and you have some very valid points. But female chams still need to come down to lay eggs and such and if they were hungry I'm not sure that they'd wait until back up in the trees to feed. But that's a good point about the damp soil being more adhesive...

OK ... so before I even start I know that the rule is NO SUBSTRATE for chameleons. However lately I've been questioning this and was wondering exactly why that is. Some reasons for certain types of substrate are obvious but others are a bit unclear. So please bear with me and read my idea and...

I am by no means an expert in any of this. However I did notice something strange that maybe I've just misunderstood. You said ... So that's 300W for one cham and 200W for the other. Also the second male has an extra UVB bulb. It seems like a lot of heat for one cham. And I'm unsure...

HHMMMM ... I see your point but if you only have it coming on 3 - 5 times a day then that's only 3-5 settings. ( Well 6-10 including the off times! ) I just think for the price difference it wouldn't be that much of a pain. I may give it a try when I get my misting system up and running and...

Nice looking misting setup. Any chance of getting some pics or a short movie of it running in your enclosure? ;) I recently bought a used partial system but need to do some work on my enclosures for drainage before I set it up. I also got a digital timer by WOODS that has many setting...

I came across this post while doing a search on the forum and was rather disappointed by some of the responses. Some people that like to give harsh advice or make smart remarks like the previous post should try to think back to when they started getting into exotic pets. I'm sure that almost...

Well I had bearded pygmy chams that certainly didn't like the higher temps. I think the care for yours are similar ... nothing above 80 deg. F. High 70's in the day and mid 60's at night I believe. I was using a frozen 2L bottle of water. I had several of them in my freezer and would...

Updated pics !!! Here's a couple new pics of one of the baby chams. They're approx. 3 months old and I still have 7 left. I'm planning on keeping this male as he quite often shows these vibrant colours / patterns. Dyesub Dave. :D

Hey .... thanks guys!! I've read that if these little geckos get the right spot that it's comparable to a Tokay which is 2 or 3 times it's size and also supposedly prone to biting. I'm sure it will happen at some point (hopefully after a few beers so it doesn't hurt .... LOL ) and I'll be sure...

Hey everybody .... here's the newest edition to the family. It's a male African Banded Velvet Gecko. He's about 5" long, nocturnal and apparently can have a wicked little bite. ( Haven't tested it out yet!! :rolleyes: ) Anyhow ... lemme know what you think...

While I haven't read all the linked articles yet my main question at this point is will my second batch of 46 eggs laid appox. 3 months after the initial mating be viable eggs despite which method is used to produce them? And if so ... what is the average hatch rate of a second batch of eggs...

Hey ... I just had my female cham lay a second clutch of 46 eggs a couple of days ago. Her first clutch was laid on Easter with 59 eggs. So are we saying that many of this new clutch will NOT hatch because of the retained sperm OR pre-fertilized eggs? This female has only been with one male...