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B.dubia or any of the Blaberus or Eublaberus can't fly, only glide and they can only climb smooth surfaces so escape is unlikely unless there's something against the side they can climb. If you were worried about wings you could try Hemiblabera tenebricosa, it's native to the Florida Keys, is...

I only get about five months where I can take them outside for a few hours from time to time. There is a visible difference in growth when they're young. I don't put them out if I don't have a screen cage for it as I'd prefer less impressive growth than risk of loss.

Roach feces is nonreactive and doesn't smell (unless you're feeding them something very odd) so the vast majority of keepers don't remove it except maybe every few years. I just pull out the size I need from the colony as I lack the time needed to build and maintain multi-chambered caging. I'd...

I often see recommendations that females not be bred to reduce the stress from producing eggs but infertile and fertile eggs don't require a different amount of nutrients in their creation. Is there credible evidence that female chameleons that don't breed actually lay less clutches than those...

I wonder if I'd think Panthers were cooler if they were the cheaper ones.

Requesting someone to quantify a vague claim should not be read as confrontational. The original post mentioned that the animal was 'overdosed' and Chameleon Company was just letting that keeper know that it would probably take far more than he realizes.

The red spots on those eggs means they're dead. Throw them away and keep the white ones. Those may simply have been infertile but the eggs that don't change color may still be okay. Closer to hatching you can see faint red veins but that can't be seen in a photo (only visible with backlighting).

Beetles. The mundoworm/superworm beetles (Zophobas) stink like mad but the regular mealworms (Tenebrio) usually don't.

That's the other bucket. 1-gallon in a 5-gallon.

Obviously laying will always take place between the inner and outer bucket in this setup, I mean the eggs are always started right in the corner where the two meet.

I think putting an upside down bucket inside the egg laying cage seems to make a difference. It may simulate a large tree root in nature. I've had females dig around but every time they end up laying the eggs between the inner and other bucket. I originally did it to get the substrate depth up...

If you handle them all the time they'll get used to it and eventually not react but if you go away for a few days you may have to train them all over again. I only handle mine for cleaning and mating but I've seen people who constantly pet their veileds and they do calm down. Chameleons will...

It may take him a little while to figure out he has to aim into the cup rather than through the sides. It is important to make sure a branch is leaning directly over the cup so your animal can look in from the top. Some will figure out how to tip the container over but without a perch over the...

Fine bedding is not a risk for impaction, especially when they don't eat it (hence the use of the cup and the original topic of the post). A bored chameleon will chew on fake leaves, newspaper and paper towel. It seems like an odd arguement to assume a few fine grains would cause impaction over...

Normal 16oz. deli-cups usually keep crickets in long enough to get chomped but cup feeding is more for roaches.

That sounds pretty gross, I guess you weren't using a screen cage when you started? Wet substrate and chameleon feces would probably run your family out of the house with the stench. I just keep 1/4" of dry substrate to keep the feces from pasting itself to the cage bottom. What was your first...

He's that old and isn't a few times her size? If he shows no interest maybe you just have a bum male.

I'm pretty sure I didn't say what you think you read, check over the second part of that sentence. If a female doesn't look like this then the issue is most likely the male isn't big enough. Even the receptive females are aggressive and put up a fight.

How do you know they didn't mate already if they were together for a week? I've never seen any trouble mating Veileds except when the male is too little to hold her down properly (I don't think Veiled females can ever honestly be called receptive) or the female already mated. I don't remember...