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In my experience, veileds that eat a lot of greens need to be upped in their water intake. i wouldnt call veileds omnivores, you should concentrate on giving a good gutload to the insects.

Maybe so, but lemons are expensive in Sweden... ;)

You use a pad! :D Mix with water. Just spash it on somehow and wipe it of. Extreme amounts is reduced with a razor blad first.

I have said this before, and say it again; Dont waste any time searching for greens for your veiled. Their ability to eat greens is not the same as, say, bearded dragons. In nature its a way to get some more water Im sure, but they are still heavily dependent on the nutrition from insects.

Its a chemical reaction that turns calcium carbonate into calcium acetate due to the acetic properties in vinegar. It doesnt have to be wite, but there is probably some more cleanup job if you use a red one or balsamic... I still think everyone should try the citric acid (you buy iy as a...

Vacuum cleaner is your friend. I dont know about the american models, but in Sweden they come with a long hose. Suck the daylight out of the nest and be sure to plug the hose after you use some sort of bugspray. A carbon dioxide fire-extinguisher could also be a method, freezing the nest...

Is it your first time? Its always the best time I think. A huge tip from me is that calyptratus eggs have had a almost 100% hatch success for me, so you should consider the number of young it is thinkable to get rid of. It CAN be hard to raise 38 juveniles and sit with them for a year because...

The only tricks to keep crickets are water and ventilation. They also need egg cartons and such to hide in, but dehydration is a quick killer, so is gas buildup and "bad air". I always make a small ventilation area at the bottom (use steel mesh). Something that people sometimes confuse with...

I have use most substances over the years. My best experience have been with peat mulch, sometimes mixed with Vermiculite. Interestingly the eggs kept in peat mulch grew to become almost 50% larger than eggs from the same clutch that was in Vermiculite.

We had the discussion about the old "you need to change every 6 months" on a swedish forum, and people with UV-meters usually think that is not true most often. Here is a good site if it has not been linked yet. http://www.uvguide.co.uk/

But you specifically say that is why you need to culture your own. With what you say now, it should be fine to hatch store bought maggots. Also, I dont agree with your analysis of chameleon stress. In nature you have predation risks along with a HUGE number of physical stress factors. I would...

This is true, but it is not the problem. We cant go around saving the sick animals that petshops sell. By doing this we are part of the problem, we feed thier unethical business and it result in more animals that will suffer for it. Help these animals and you are in a sense contributing to many...

Its not really obvious that it was the lamp, this is a common symptom that applies to a lot of different problems. Showers may be great, but the stress from doing all this is only worth it if the animal is extremely dehydrated. How is the cage, lights? Pictures of it all including the...

They are great. Just keep them separated... Voracious little critters.

I still dont get it. I watched the link, but what is it that makes these maggots unfit? Maggots live on dead meat. They do this in nature too. Chameleons live in nature. Flies are one of the most common food source for many many animalsb in nature. I have hatched maggots from the store and...

Many lizards can excrete salts that way. If this is your case is imposible to say. Taste it! In theory it could be dried residue from a respiratory infection or something else, but you should have notised and in all probability it is not. I dont see it that much and I think there might be...

Ok. Well, all living organisms are full of bacteria, probably more so in a cricket than a maggot, quantitatively. I guess ther could be a specific type of bacteria, It would be interesting to hear.

I cant see that "robin egg blue" that is usually there in gravid females. If there are some eggs in there, it would be a small batch, its not looking lika a huge belly.

This is new to me, what did i miss? I know few animals find the larvae good to eat, it seems to be too chewy. But bacteria? What kind? There is genarally a huge misunderstanding around "bacteria", it has become synonymous to "bad", "dangerous" etc etc. Not saying this is the case here.

Its hard to tell from that picture, could you try to take one from the rear and from above, so we can se the "belly". Again, its hard to tell from that pic, but she does look like she has the typical turquoise pattern of spots along the top of her back, even if I cant see the color that good...