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One of the other senior members also recommended it, though I can't find the original post (sorry!) Other great sources of information are the following blog and a couple of threads discussing gutloading for various insects: Blog about gutloading and nutrition for feeder insects...

LOL! I try to be one of those you're describing, but sometimes, I'm sure, I drive everyone CRAZY!! :rolleyes: Havin' fun here!! Sandy

For us US folks, 90 cm is about 35.5" and 45 cm is 17.7". Basically an 18 wide that's 3 feet tall. Again, it would be OK for a juvenile veiled; it would be the minimum size for an adult female veiled. But the adult would be happier in something bigger. Cage info for Panthers and Veileds is the...

Ah, the experienced folks were posting simultaneously with me! Good! :)

I think people will need to know what cham species you're considering. 90 x 45 x 90 cm seems pretty small for anything except a juvenile to me, and I think it's too small for some cham species' juveniles. I do know that UVB 5.0 is generally the best to use, but as for type, that really...

(Bold added for emphasis) OK, good reminder . . . I too do often post as if everyone is in the US, as Canadian friends on another forum point out. I try to remember to do degrees in F and C but sometimes I fail. What's silly is DH & I have a number of host students from around the world...

Surprisingly, weight can have little to do with age; weight gain is very strongly correlated with what/how much they've been fed. Typical hatchling weight is around 65-90 grams. I have two rescues. One weighed 95 grams at 6 months; the other weighed 98 grams at ONE YEAR. It was very...

Oh, I'm learning something new here, Cammie! What is Reptaid? I looked it up, and it seems to be an herbal, maybe a homeopathic remedy? But I'd never heard of it before. It certainly couldn't hurt to try it, and if it helps, then great! If you put it in her water bowl, it could promote...

Your photos are wonderful! Thank you for sharing your cham-hunting trip with us; I've been showing my DH as I scrolled down and we've both enjoyed seeing the chams up in the trees. What a wonderful adventure! Sandy

Wow, scary, Drakonia13--I know you're hoping somebody with some good experience and information will jump on this quickly! I'm not the one, but I just wanted to tell you good luck--I hope you're able to resolve your new baby's issues and get him on the road to recovery very quickly! Sandy

Wait and see if he poops now before offering too much more. If he hasn't eaten enough in a long time, which definitely seems to be the case, he needs to stretch his appetite a little slowly--not a lot, but don't overwhelm him. On the other hand, what he ate today may lead to much more interest...

Echoezra and Tay and A, thanks to you as well! So I told my DH, "You know, the bathroom would be a perfect place for a chameleon." He responded, "So you asked the forum people and they said it would be a great way to keep up the humidity?" He's never fazed by anything I do . . . wonderful...

ROFL!!! You are sooooo right about those fools! My boys used to love to watch Steve Irwin, and every time he grabbed a snake without looking or using a hook, I would remind them that he was NOT using safe handling techniques! I taught them how to identify venomous snakes--I'm in Oklahoma, where...

You got me curious, so I went to look. If you bring up eBay.com, there's a search window in which you can type "live fish" or "live reptiles" and all sorts of things come up. I found lots of tropical fish and lots of crickets and roaches under those two searches. I didn't scroll down far...

Carlton and Laurie, thanks for the input. I was thinking that the bathroom would be the perfect room to keep the humidity up! Currently the floor is just subflooring, but we'll be putting in tile, and we'll be mudding and painting the walls. Sounds like I should definitely use mold-resistant...

Meant to respond to Carlton's comment, That's true; I shouldn't have said that a BP would be disturbed by the light at night. Guess I've been posting about too many different animals today (on this forum and another) and got myself confused! sheeeesh . . . I should know better; I've only had...

If what you have is a true black light, black lights are really iffy. There are a couple of kinds, and some of them can cause blindness in snakes. Basically, none of them are needed if you have a UTH. If the room in which you keep the snake gets really cold at night, a ceramic heat emitter...

Malnourished is definitely the case here. At 11.5", your beardie should weigh at least 400-600 grams, not 146 grams. I'm betting you're correct on the burn, too. It sounds like you've gotten lots of great advice for feeding and rebuilding his strength. I wish you lots of luck--it's really...

I am a ball python keeper; BPs are my primary snakes. (In fact, I know a heck of a lot more about BPs than I do about chams!) The small area that I see in the photo (not as clearly as I'd like) does not appear to be anything dangerous; it definitely does not look like mouth rot to me. It would...

Thanks for the info, folks! Sandy