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Oh, good grief. My DH has decided to cover the outside of the base with leftover pieces of our Brazilian mesquite hardwood flooring so it will be pretty. He just took off with a whole box of the flooring pieces (we have a couple of boxes left over) to the physics department (they have saws &...

and on top of adopting Lea last Tuesday, last night we drove 30 minutes to pick up a corn snake needing rehoming . . . fortunately, he is in EXCELLENT condition! He belonged to a veterinarian whose husband is in the Air Force; they are being deployed to Japan for three years, so she has to find...

What a relief to read your post, Kate--my DH & I have been worried that her laying on top of the soil meant she is too weak to dig and, hence, potentially too weak to survive the rigors of laying. Sheeeeesh . . . we've had this girl less than a week and we are totally invested in her...

The little white balls are perlite, which is volcanic glass that has been heated to make it expand: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlite While small pieces of perlite may not cause impaction in an adult cham, larger pieces definitely could, and even the smaller pieces may not pass through...

Lea is laying her eggs . . . on TOP of the soil. I walked in quietly to check on her this morning, and she was on top of one of the artificial vines going across the bucket. I thought she wasn't doing anything, so, as everything was dry, I decided to spray her. When I did, she moved off the...

She's finally digging!! I went up to spray her (her noonish spraying), but when I peeked through the top of the curtain around her tank and saw what she was doing, I just backed away again. :D Maybe just a test hole, but that's a start!

I am also really glad that StickyPad has toughed it out in asking questions. I am a herper who has, until this past week, done lots of snake rescues, along with a few turtle and fire-bellied toad rescues. NEVER had a chameleon--and as of this past Tuesday, I have a calcium-deficient and...

I would bet they do; nearly all animals have far better scent capabilities than humans do. The sheds may not smell very much, but the bullsnake will. I have snakes, too, but they are downstairs and the cham is upstairs so there's at least *some* separation. I worry, though, that when the air...

OK. I saw the shower curtain suggestion and wrapped her tank so she has more privacy. I will now leave her be except for misting and offering crickets, well-dusted with calcium powder. THANKS!!!!!

She ate at least three crickets this morning. She's been hanging out in her paint bucket full of sand/Eco Earth mix. but she's not digging in it. I wrapped an old shower curtain around her tank several hours ago to give her more privacy. There's still one cricket in her enclosure...

Thank you sooooo much for the really helpful information! I was given a female veiled chameleon yesterday by a family that is moving 2000 miles away in 1.5 weeks. The vet says she is egg bound and told them to give her a laying bin with wet sand; they offered her a 2" deep, 5" x 5" sandwich...

Lizardguy, I should spray her directly, not just her environment? This morning she is still hanging out in the corner where she spent the night. Color seems reasonably good (as far as *I* know). We have to give her her calcium drops in a bit. Carol, you suggested putting towels in the...

Yes, she will eat--she ate two well-dusted gut-loaded crickets this morning while I was being taught how to feed and medicate her. From what the family said, she ate more crickets this afternoon before they brought her over. The vet did say that she's overweight--"Body condition 6," if that...

Photos too big; Sorry! Even resized per the info I could find for your photo contest, the images are really huge. I apologize! Maybe that will actually help, though . . . Anyway, apparently the vet did NOT say Lea has metabolic bone disease, and I'm not seeing the double elbows shown in some...

Hope this works . . . OK, I've taken pics, uploaded to photobucket, and resized in hopes that this forum will accept them! A couple of other bits of info: The vet said to maintain temps of 80 until she's better. Let me quote the entire set of instructions from the vet: "Lea presented...

Kate, Hi, and thanks for jumping on this so promptly--it's good to know this is an active forum! So I just called the family to find out what they decided about moving day, and they are actually on their way to my house with her right now. I should replace the infrared bulb then, perhaps...

A family was referred to me by a mutual friend because they are moving 2000 miles away and needed a new home for their veiled chameleon. I posted their information on our local herp society's forum several months ago, shared it at meetings, etc., but to no avail. They are moving on the 25th, and...