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My two cents Hey aren't the Ambilobe populations and the Ambanja populations pretty close neighbors? And what do you call an animal collected half-way between them? And how much do the males or females travel? Do they ever wander into other territories? The fact is that we can only do the...

This is borderline mis-information. Putting a baby cham in a 65 gallon reptarium would be bad, bad, bad. While its true that adults shouldn't live in aquariums, I use them exclusively for babies and I've never lost one. Older chams stress because of their own reflection, but younger ones...

Hey, They are fat and sassy and eating like crazy, and the largest are ready to ship. Should be about $40 to ship. In the past, I get an a shipping cost that is "about right", and then we settle up for the difference unless its too small to worry about. Write me offlist...just click on my...

Oh yeah, Ambanjas were only known as Ambanjas back then. But about that time period, I did see Ambanjas occassionally refered to as "Rainbows", but I've also seen the term "Rainbow" for Ambilobes, and for a while "Rainbow" was also used to describe a mixed morph Panther. Its a PITA...

Hey, I had some baby veileds hatch out and the biggest ones are ready for the advanced keepers who have handled the small ones. Drop me a line for more info. Steve chameleonplantation.com

From what I've seen, the quality of Ambanjas can vary from year to year, and that may be due to where they are collected. I sometimes think they collect them outside of Ambanja in some years. Anyway, my litmus test is the appearance of pink or yellow on the underbelly. If it has the aqua...

When I have force fed a chameleon, I had some success when I thought of it as a tennis game, and the food item is the ball. Every time he tries to spit the cricket out, you have to push it back in before it leaves their mouth. Push it in kind of deep so its hard for them to work it out...

Thats a pretty cool idea. I guess if you didn't change the layout of the feeding cage, they might not get too stressed. Perhaps they can "feel familiar" in two areas.

It really depends on how old it is. If you're talking about a hatchling, thats too big, and you need something about half that size so the little guy can find the food. For one that is 2 to 3 months old, that is plenty. I think that its a tad small for an adult.

Raise the temperature in the cage unless you're at the high end of the acceptable range. Do not water your cham at least 2 hours before you shut off the lights. And get him to a vet. Steve

Check out Senegal Chameleons. If you get one that has been treated for parasites, they can be fairly hardy and they are small.

You're feeding him 3 to 5 pinheads a day? At his age, he should eat bigger crickets (like half-grown), and offer 8 to 10 of them. Looking at the picture, he's really small. You're not teasing us? I would think he would be thinner, but perhaps nature has a way of responding to such low food...

Four days is pushing it. I have no problems with a weekend, and I've taken a 3-day trip before. When I took the 3-day trip, I reduced the wattage on my basking bulb to slow dehydration.

Based on your attitude, seems like you could get a Panther and do well with it. Just the fact that you even asked indicates so (to me).

I was laughing I was laughing to myself, because in my mind's eye, I imagined the original poster thinking to themself: "Man, those chameleon keepers argue too much...maybe I'll get a bearded dragon". :):):):):):):)

Yeah, check the mother Just wanted to chime in that it is very important to know the background of the mother whenever possible. I always thought it was interesting that some sellers only show the sire, and not the mother. I am always concerned if there is no information about the mother, and...

Dave, If the soil is too dry, (or sometimes too wet) and doesn't pack well, she will continually abandon the hole. Make sure the soil has a good moisture content to form a tunnel. For this reason, I like soil without additives. Steve

You might try a shorter bucket. Also, put a bucket behind some plants. My chams hate to lay eggs out in the open because they feel exposed (I assume).

Yes, and yes. Put food out for the crickets, but put the food in a location in the open where your chameleon will see the crickets eating it.