Mandajo8- Can you post a picture of the enclosure this veiled was kept in and give us its dimensions and where in your house is was located? This might help us figure out if was an environmental issue and maybe we can spare the next cham from a similar issue.
Sounds like you did everything...
If you can't find smaller crickets, try pinching their large back 'jumping' legs off. Simply pinch the large thigh area in between your thumbnail and index finger and the cricket will 'release' his leg. Its a natural protective reaction they use to avoid predation.
This 'may' make the size...
Oh, I have dug up many old photographs of my parsonii trio. I'll try to scan them (yes, they are on 'film paper' of all things :rolleyes: ) and post them sometime soon.
Thanks Will. I agree that obtaining one, let alone a pair or trio, may prove quite difficult and costly, but I'm willing to do what it takes.
Actually, I do have quite extensive experience with parsonii (and many other species) back in the pioneering days of the late 80s and early 90's.
I...
I know how rare and hard they are to come by but if anyone here knows where I can find a pair or even a trio of paronii, I would be very grateful. I do know that Kammerflage has some babies but I am looking for other, non related specimens as well.
I do have experience with this species :D...
Keep it. :)
Make a simple, temporary, partition out of plywood or screen to make it the correct size for her. You can make this partition vertical and use one half the full height or make the partition horizontal and use just the top half for the enclosure.
Glad to hear they sent you an...
My plans have changed a bit. I've actually decided to go with 3 70 watt metal halides that I can mount on a track system. Each halide will be powered seperately and be placed far right, center, and far left within the canopy. With this set up, I'll be able to simulate a virtual path of...
Thanks everyone!
Will- My halides are the type used over my reef aquaria. They do not produce any harmful UV rays as they are all protected by UV glass shields as Dave stated above.
My light schedule will be similar, but since I stay up rather late, I will set this light schedule to fit my...
I'll be housing a harem of quadricornis in my large 'open air' enclosure within a few weeks and I'm collecting the lighting supplies now.
For my full spectrum flourescent lighting I was planning on getting two 48 inch shop lights each with two bulbs. These will be run about 14 hours a day...
Thanks for the replies.
Glass at this size is much cheaper than acrylic and much easier to simply silicone together rather than bond the corners of acrylic with weldon.
When/if I should ever need to take this apart, simply cutting the silicone will also be easier and the panes can be...
Thanks Mathew. I will do a few trials and see what kind of humidity I can get in this area. That's a good tip.
I agree that keeping humidity high enough in the enclosure, without making the rest of the room uncomfortable, will be the challenge with this type of set up.
However, I think...
Here's what I have planned:
Enclosure will be roughly 5, maybe 6 feet wide and 3.5 to 4 feet deep. The base cabinet will be 20 inches tall and the glass perimeter wall will be 18" tall.
The canopy will hang anywhere from 6 to 8 feet above the bottom enclosure (depending on how tall the...
Hello guys and thanks for the replies.
I live in a suburb SouthWest of Kansas City Kansas.
The window that would be near to this enclosure unfortunately doesn't open. Its a large solid floor to ceiling pane. However, I am in the process of building their outdoor screen enclosure as we...
I posted this on CCIC, but it appears somewhat quiet around there. I'm hoping for some responses here as well.
'Open Air' enclosures? Anyone else using this? Not truly a 'free range' set up as the chameleons are actually confined to a smaller space rather than a full size room, but similar...