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goliath hornworms Months ago I scoured the internet for days looking for a nutrition chart for hornworms and came up empty. I finally posted on another forum and a hornworm breeder was nice enough to send one to a lab for analysis. These are the results he got: Fat 3.07% Calcium...

mantids I also ordered on ebay. There is a seller who gives you 15 sacs for the price most others ask for one. I keep them in the fridge and hatch 2 sacs at a time by removing them from the fridge to a warm, humid environment.

Petsmart Petsmart, or any other large chain for that matter, should not offer chameleons for sale any more than they should offer tigers and bears. The care of chameleons is unlike any other animal, including other reptiles. If you rated the difficulty of care for a reptile from 1-10, a...

Outdoors... My panthers reside outdoors year round here in South Florida, and I have kept veiled the same way as well. the temps rarely drop below 70. I only bring them indoors when temps are forecasted to drop below 60. When daytime temps are only 60-70 I add a low wattage heat lamp on one...

Perlite... I now have the eggs in perlite, 1:1 with water by weight. I noticed the stuff on top where the eggs are is dry and the water settles to the bottom. Will they still get enough moisture? Also, I've read two schools of thought on containers. Some say to not put airholes but to remove...

After 30 days since mating, Cinnamon laid 18 eggs in the bottom of a 12" planter filled with soil. She has been digging for a couple days now, but I startled her the first time, and the second day she got spooked by the auto mister. This morning I shut the mister off, and when I got home from...

Breeding chameleons... For your average home breeder, it's not a profit making venture, especially when you are breeding species that are sold inexpensively like veileds or jacksons. The money and time spent raising the hatchlings to a sellable size are definitely not worth the income in the...

Wow! That is one awesome cham. Most red bodied ambilobes do not have such pronounced blue barring. Please post his bloodline(sire and dam).

I had to turn off my family filters to view that 3rd pic. Just kidding. Hope all goes well. My female ambilobe(chamco zeppo bloodline)should be dropping eggs anytime now. Let me know if you are interested in trading any babies. I would like to trade for a second female from another bloodline...

coastal silkworms Thier website is working, I was just there. If the link on the above post doesn't work then just type coastal silkworms on a google search and find thier website that way.

Coastal silkworms has them in stock, but only small 1/4"-1/2". They are out of N. Florida(Jacksonville I think). If you are feeding a larger cham, you'll have to grow them up a bit on chow or mulberry leaves. There is also a seller on ebay who I have used, although thier packaging is not as...

Bravo Brad... I feel like going to the petsmart in my area and making sure thier jacksons are being cared for properly. Keep us posted on the gravid girl's health.

Between those two... I'd go with mealies because they can be gutloaded easily, and waxworms are more of a treat, not a daily feeder. If you only want to add one more feeder for now though, I'd go with silkworms. You can get them any size and they are soft and easy to digest and higher in...

Happens to me all the time... but I resist the urge to buy since I know this will only encourage the store to sell more of them. I recently watched a Mellers waste away in a local reptile shop. Mellers have no place in a store since thier watering needs can not be met in your average store and...

It's a looper... Loopers get thier name from the looping motion they make when walking. There are a few different kinds. Did you find it on a hibiscus? I find cotton loopers(Anomis flava), on my hibiscus all the time in Florida. It could also be a hibiscus looper(Anomis mesogona), but I don't...

Dragonflies are generalists, they eat whatever prey is abundant. Flying termites or ants, mayflies, caddisflies, and gnats are common prey. They eat mostly other smaller flying insects. Also of interest is that the average dragonfly cian eat it's own weight in 30 minutes. It would probably be...

No other chameleon looks quite 'tough' as an adult male veiled. There's something about that big casque.

Wild moths... I'm sure the experienced moth feeders like Heika already know this, but for the newer chameleon keepers: make sure you identify the moths before feeding. Many caterpillars have stinging hairs, and the adult moths may have irritating stinging scales. All moths have scales, the...

Nice compilation... The adjusted analysis of crickets and mealworms after being gutloaded: https://www.chameleonforums.com/nutritional-analysis-gutloaded-crix-2432/