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I think it is one of those things we can forget about. I know we all concentrate on chams not eating, but we know that with females they can overeat (I think Tiff's cham lily was a good example of this) and that it can shorten their lives. I have noticed that Hugo's casque is quite plump - I am...

Ok, probably a stupid question/statement - I presume that chameleons can become overweight / obese, as can most animals? What does it look like? Does it start to show in the casque first (if you had a veiled for example), and how does the casque go?

I have had my chameleon for 8 months now, and yes, he recognises me. He recognises that I am the one who mists him, and brings him food. Would still bite my face off given the chance. All chams are different, some may tolerate more than others. Tiff (MissLily) seems to find chams that will...

Thanks Syn and Kinyonga for those. Have since been doing some research (which one person at my work said "for god's sake, it's only a cat, why bother?" - how rude!). I think I am worrying more than I need to. We are going to start having different smells in each room, whilst she can still see...

Thank you for these Kinyonga! Really helpful, and it's good to see that I am doing everything right so far! Guess when it gets worse and she loses her sight completely I will really have to make an effort to tidy the house more often! :) She's never been much of an outdoor cat (was born on a...

Thanks Syn, all info is helpful. I can find loads of specific info on the web (what it is, what it does, how there is no cure etc) but nothing that gives you specific tips (apart from don't move the furiture) of what to expect. Kinyonga, it is the same thing that happens to the dogs (in fact...

Hi there, our cats went to the vets yesterday for their boosters, and had a check up at the same time. Lucie, my 9 year old moggie, has progressive retinal atrophy (PRA). We had thought that she had early onset dementia, but luckily it appears that that is not the case. It looks like her night...

I know it's slightly different as Hugo is a boy (but over feeding is over feeding at the end of the day!), but once he reached 6 months, he was on the large crickets / Ex large locusts, and we went down to every other day. If he was particularly hungry some days, then we may have given him a...

The site I ordered them from didn't have silkworms, but we will see how we get on with the butterworms first! I did try Superworms and he hated them. He ate one and refused them every other time we tried. He is very fussy! The only thing he readily eats are the locusts. I ordered 25 of the extra...

Hi Deb, I think locusts are prohibited over your side as they can do a lot of damage if they escape (here they just die due to the cold). I don't mind handling those at all, as they remind me of grasshoppers, and they don't bite. We actually buy the ex-large size and feed them up and where...

Ok, just made my first online order for some feeders for Hugo. Based on this order, I may use them more regularly. Anyway, to my questions: I have just ordered him some butterworms to try. What do I gutload them with? The site I ordered from has many feeders - has anybody ever tried...

This of course depends on where in the world you live as well. Ventilation is the key.

Haha, I already have some of those, and they are pink as well! :D My concern is the fact that he gets all fierce, swings round (has actually touched my hand but not bitten - yet) and if all of that doesn't scare me, he will just let go and drop. He actually did that when he climbed to the top of...

So how do you deal with a cham that is not only incredibly aggressive, but if you try to distract with the other hand, either tries to bite that one, or will just drop to the floor? I know the obvious answer is to not handle him (which I very rarely do) but it often takes about an hour to get...

Went into Do-It-All / Payless yesterday, and they had a load of houseplants in. Loads of ficus' and umbrella plants, about 2ft high for £3.99 a plant. They also had larger ones, that ranged from 3-4ft that were £9.99. I don't know about other places round the country, but that seems quite cheap...

I think that Jonas' point is that there is a tendancy to just jump on the mere mention of a glass cage, without considering all the factors. If it was an all glass cage, I can understand the ventilation comment, but they already stated it had a mesh lid to enable ventilation. Some people...

I'm sure the OP said that the cage has the mesh top, which gives ventilation!! Some people just don't read the whole thread and just jump in at the end. I do like your idea of the thread regarding the type of enclosures, and people's successes. I am based in the UK also, and my cage is wood...

I find that the locusts I get don't really go for fruit or oatmeal (maybe they are fussy?) so I tend to feed them curly kale, romaine lettuce, cress and have also added in stuff from the garden, such as the leaves from the corn plant (been growing corn on the cob in the garden), grass, herbs...

Yes, I do get annoyed with everyone on the internet for bad language. That is my personal opinion. Text talk etc makes it confusing to read, and I personally believe that where possible, people should take the time to spell correctly. I realise that spelling mistakes happen, I just think 'wtf'...

Please show me the quote where I said you had no perspective? I merely stated that if you were to have a go at me for having no perspective (which you did) to be able to back this up having thoroughly read my comment. And yes, I do think that 'wtf' is a childish response, regardless of who...