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::shakes head:: Good lord--how old are you? Are we children??? (this is rhetorical)

Veiled chameleons, along with many other species, maintain body temps in the mid 80's to low 90's F (~29-33 C). This is where their physiology is optimized and, especially for delicate physiological processes like egg development, forcing the animals to cope with suboptimal temperatures seems...

You could try it, but I doubt you'd find many people interested. Shipping would, I think, be unreasonable. The chances that any shipped eggs would arrive as anything other than dead (due to a combination of improper temperatures and rough handling in transit) would be fairly low. If you don't...

Uck, and they're doing it right in front of you. Perverts.... ;)

Niiiice :D

Perhaps yes, but perhaps no. You'd have to try it and tell us. As I said though, I'd definitely have the capacity to separate them if needed if you do want to try housing them together. cj

Shootz, sounds good brah :D Truthfully though, I'm not quite sure how my summer is going to be shaping up just yet. I'm waiting to hear back on some funding opportunities I've applied for. Whether I'm mostly around Oahu this summer, or off island quite a bit, depends on which funds (if any) I...

In about 3.5 yrs I'll be finishing my Ph.D. At that time I plan to move back to the mainland. Ten minutes after that I expect to get ahold of you guys and buy some cb babies off of ya. So get to work...please! ;) Seriously though, this is one of the few species I would consider dedicating a lot...

I didn't see the nighttime temperature listed above, but unless the temperature is dropping below about 10 C (50 F) or so, I wouldn't worry about nighttime heating. Veiled come pretty extreme environments and can easily handle temps that cool. Also, at 5 months he's not a baby any more, so I...

I have personally witnessed group housing work with adult Jackson's over the long term a few times, but only in rather large enclosures. For instance, some friends have two male:female pairs that they have kept together successfully for a couple of years now. They are kept in an outdoor...

Agreed with the above: we've said what we can say Benny. If it's unsatisfying to you, ok, but it makes little sense to me to keep debating this with you. Tom: gorgeous animals, and many congratulations on the success!

Gotcha. I would add some branches/vines to the middle part of the enclosure, allowing her to bask beneath the bulbs, and use that part of the cage. You want a real crosswork of branches there. That will allow her to thermoregulate well, and will make use of the space. After all, cage space that...

I might try placing her food (i.e., crickets) in a small cup or bowl right below her basking area. This way she'll be in close proximity to them, and hopefully will notice and want to eat more of them. Also, is it possible to see a photo of the inside of the cage? I'm wondering what kind of...

As I said, wild collected individuals from South Florida are becoming available. Nonetheless, it's not hard to track down cb Jackson's, from juveniles to subadults. As I said, species that are readily available as cheap, wild caught individuals are not often bred (monitors are good example)...

Huh-uh. That is exceedingly illegal. Hawaii allows an individual to hand carry up to four chameleons out of the state one time only, and with legal documentation. Smuggling out more than that comes with stiff fines, and possible jail time, and these laws are enforced. Chameleons aren't coming...

There are two currently recognized subspecies of Veiled chameleon, Ch. c. calyptratus and Ch. c. calcarifer, but Ch. c. calcarifer is most likely a hybrid between Ch. c. calyptratus and Ch. arabicus, and thus not a valid subspecies. Regardless, all Veiled chameleons in captivity are of the...

Gotcha. In Madagascar where F. pardalis are found, during the warm season (when eggs are hatching and juveniles are growing) nighttime temps are usually in the 70-78 F range with daytime temps in the 85-95 F range. During the cool season temps are about 5-10 F cooler all the way around. For a...

:Sigh:, these have got to be about my favorite (sub)species of chameleon. The mere sight of them makes my heart flitter. One day I hope very much to have a large breeding group as you're doing Benny, and to dedicate my efforts to them. That'll be a few years at least, until I move back to the...

Lovely animal! :D

I live in Kaneohe, on Oahu, in the foothills of the Koolau mountains where Jackson's are especially abundant. They were first released in Kaneohe in the 70's, and have spread since then (in addition to a lot of intentional spreading, but people trying to establish new populations). They are...