Sorry i may have confused you a bit. If you could provide a picture of the enclosure with clear pictures of the lighting setup, and a picture of where he specifically basks that would be excellent.
I think my wording was a poor choice so ill clear myself up.
There should be 2 lights. One...
I used to use a glass aquarium but i felt that there wasn't enough air circulation so I now use the same container chambabysitter1 is using but i cut a circle out on each side of the container including a HUGE cutout of the lid and placed a screen (from in the inside of the container) into the...
What kind of chameleon is it?
How far is the heat lamp from the basking spot?
What do you mean by "I never leave him unattended while his basking light is on"? The basking light should be on all day (12-13 hours) and shouldn't require any type of supervision at all, if it does you probably...
I know if you feed Hornworms tomatoes they become toxic for Chams, I'm not sure if its the tomato factor or the fact that the tomato is being injested by the hornworms thats the problem.
Just for safety sake, or until you get a more educated answer i would stay away from gut loading with...
Hey guys, I don't have a sick chameleon or anything (knocks on wood), But I am looking for a member of this forum that is currently a Vet and works with exotics. If anyone reading this is a vet, could you please PM me, or just let me know so i can PM you. I just have a few questions about the...
Ill try to map this out as easy as i can.
To feed a chameleon Crickets you need:
- LIVE crickets (don't feed dead ones)
- An enclosure for your crickets
- Food/water for your crickets to eat to stay alive and provide nutrition to your cham
- phosphate free Calcium powder
- Phosphate...
You should be putting the crickets in the chameleons enclosure and dust them prior to putting them in.
Moving your cham to the cricket enclosure for feedings can be stressful on your cham.
I dust my chams crickets 4 times a week with only calcium, 1 time a week with calcium+D3, the other...
Maybe I'm missing something but I'm a little confused as to how they can be leftovers... I wouldn't consider anything leftover until it's.....dead really.... So i guess keep feeding your "left overs" until they're ready to feed off.