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Introduction technique The most common technique is the one you have tried: introducing the female into the male's cage. A couple breeders(like Jim at Chameleon Co.)introduce the male into the female's cage. Normally, males roam around looking for receptive females, so I think this method...

My list... Roaches(blatta lateralis) Mantids(chinese) Silkworms Hornworms(also moth form) Butterworms Waxworms Kingworms(zophobas) Crickets I do not feed this whole list on a weekly basis, I like to not offer certain feeders for a while so my chams will get excited for them again...

Here is an excerpt from an article by Bill Strand at the E-zine that might help with your pairs breeding troubles. 4. Introduce a cricket to get breeding This is one of the stranger ones, but...Sometimes when a female is introduced to the male's cage they do nothing but look at each other...

Beautiful little guy... What locale is he? It's good to see you are already trying new food items(silkworms). Keep adding variety and he may accept something from your hand one day. My male will only zap roaches from my hand, but I've heard of other panthers refusing roaches all together...

Hissing good... Gaping or hissing at you is a natural reaction for a cham. There are a lot of posts by new owners who are concerned that thier cham doesn't seem to like them. It is actually more of a concern if your cham doesn't react to your presence. That is not to say that a cham won't grow...

Thats just a freshly moulted cricket.. It will darken up shortly, you can feed it off any time, they are actually softer when recently moulted. Whoops, someone finished replying before me.

setup Looks like thet gave you both a basking light for a heat source and a florescent tube for UVB, which is good. Make sure the tube is for UVB(like a reptisun 5.0). The problem most keepers have with glass aquariums is there is no drainage, so the frequent mistings/drippings will result in...

Gorgeous babies. And the colors on that male are amazing. Are the babies captive born from a wild caught mother or captive bred?

Excellent info. My supplementation schedule is almost identical to yours. My chams are kept outdoors in natural sunlight(S. Florida)probably about 340-350 days a year. I agree with your supplement recommendations and also with your statement that D3 supplementation may be necessary for chams...

Growth rate UVB definitely affects growth rate. Breeders who keep chams outdoors or in special greenhouses offer animals 5-6 months old that are near adult size and display adult coloration. Chams raised indoors under proper UVB lamps grow a little slower, so a cham who didn't get any UVB...

Anybody know what locale this is? I stumbled across a photo of a wild panther chameleon(locale unknown) while doing research on madagascar. It was lemon yellow with hot pink bars. I've been trying to find the photo again to post it, but can't seem to find it anywhere, I don't even remember what...

As you can see from this chart, non gutloaded crickets have a horrible cal/phos ratio: roughly 1:7, a far cry from the recommended 1.5:1 minimum. However, when gutloaded with a high calcium diet as most experienced chameleon keepers do, the ratio is raised to almost 1:1. This is WAY better than...

Uvb Choosing D3 only and no UVB is moving a step away from a chameleons natural environment. Those of us who live in climates where it is possible to keep chams outdoors under real sunlight have found D3 to be completely unnessesary. When kept indoors, the most proven method is to supplement...

hornworm nutritional info Oh yeah, some of you may find this interesting. 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...

Nice pics Will Here's one of my guy. I only witnessed the tounge retraction problem once. Sniper had to follow his tounge back to the worm to rip it off the screen. I'll try your cup method with my next shipment.

The light is a must have, but... Although it is extremely important for you to correct the causes of mbd (lack of supplementation and proper uvb lighting), you should see a vet. If your guy does have mbd, then his recovery will require more than calcium powder and lights. He may need an...

Ants Do the ants live in the cage or do they come in from outside? I used to have tiny ants come into my outdoor cages and attack the feeder insects. I built stands for my cages to elevate them off the ground and placed dishes of water under each leg of the stands. No more ants, but you have to...

Won't eat. If your chameleon is on a hunger strike, try something new like superworms (zophobas morio), silkworms, butterworms or roaches. Unfortunately, you won't find any of these at petsmart. You might find waxworms there, which may get your chams apetite going again. As far as the dead...

Iron grip I also observed this with the 3"+ hornworms. If I ever order them again I will try to feed them all off before they get that big, because this could strain thier tounge. Silkworms definitely are a better value. They grow to an ideal size for panthers and veileds.

Previous posts correct... Male chameleons of many species generally turn brighter colors when handled just as they would in the presence of another male chameleon. This is for intimidation, but if you handle him too often or too long, he will turn darker drab colors just as a losing chameleon...