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Is it normal for chameleons to shed their skin? Because that could be what the white thing on him is.

Hey guys, my chameleon is eating and drinking well and is pretty active. He has also grown a bit which is great to see. I am still a bit concerned with the white spots though. They appear on his nostrils but only at certain times during the day. I have not been dusting any crickets for about...

Ok, I admit I have been dusting them pretty hard. I will cut back on the calcium for a day or two and then use a lesser amount. Thanks for the advice it gave me quite a scare at first.

Hey, everything is going pretty well, he looks pretty calm, wears lighter colors and looks to be gaining a bit of weight which is really good because it is nice to watch him grow. There is one thing that I noticed today however... he seams to have either a swollen nostrile or some white...

Hey guys, for the past 2 morning when I turned on his lights he did his old territorial display where he inflates the crest underneath his lower jaw. Both times he opens his mouth really big as if he was yawning. Is this normal behavior during the early morning hours?

Haha, I feel the same way about mine. He looks like he is growing a bit too!

Cool, I also got a baby veiled about a week ago and he was 3 weeks when I got him. He is so small but today he looks a bit bigger than when I first got him. He's really fun to watch. I haven't fed him crickets out of my hand yet.

Yeah, I actually thought about that when I was watching him. I did it with paper on two of them and he actually seams a lot better. Although now the crickets are climbing up them!!

Hey guys, can anyone help me out a little? He seams to be doing this more and more often... He's going a very bizarre pattern with dark stripes and moving around the bottom and clawing at the glass. He also appears to be reaching for the top of the cage in an effort to get out. What am I...

We are talking about the UVB light of course, right? I probably have a dome similar to the heat lamp somewhere in my shed

Ok thats a good idea, I'll to that with the Tin Foil. I have calcium and vitamins both with D3. I try to coat the crickets as much as possible because when I put them in the humid cage they lose some of the power on themselves. Those look like some pretty big crickets, I feed my little...

Here are some of the latest pictures of his behavior yesterday when he was crawling along the bottom, and the latest set up. He seamed okay today, and I think the drip system is effective. I didn't witness any dramatically dark colors. I also didn't see him eat a cricket, but he could have...

Ok man, UVB has been placed on the top of the cage and I will look into replacing both lights. I have a dome fixture that I can put over the heat lamp in the mean time. I've read two basic books on veiled chameleons before I brought the lizard home but I am trying to get as much accurate...

He guys sorry for all the posts but I'm not absolutely sure if my chameleon is happy. Today when I put crickets in his cage he waved his arms and stuff and climbed on my hand in an attempt to get out I think. I let him crawl on me for a bit but eventually put him back in his cage. I have...

Okay so today was okay except for one instance where he went dark patterny colors and walked along the bottom of the cage and to the corners of the glass. I know that this is a very bad sign that something is not right with the cage. I tried adjusting the heat lamp to make it a little bit...

Thanks for the advice, I'll look into a good screen cage when he gets bigger. Today he spent a lot of the time exploring the cage to places where he hasn't been yet, including close to the ground and on the "cold" side of the aquarium. As he is exploring he creating dark patterns with his...

Ok, thanks for the help. It gets to be 65 with the light off, I think I'll leave it off for the night. I find that putting ice cubes and letting them drip is more effective then misting. I have watched him drink using both techniques but he seams to be more interested in the droplets from...

Yeah, I will get a nice screen cage in less time then that. I'm not sure how fast they grow but I'm told that they grow shockingly fast. I'd say night temp is in the low 60s maybe at 62-65. Is that okay for a cham as small as him or should I leave the heat lamp on but farther away?

Ok thanks for the help. I will look into purchasing a better screen cage for him when he is a little bigger (6months or so) but right now I am making sure the basic necessities are in order. The temperature is about 75 in the day measured with a thermometer on the top of the cage, but as...

This is what I changed. I also looked at some of his poo and there appears to be a yellowish white thing in it. I remember my leopard gecko had something like this too. Is it normal?