Nice research. However we use hibiscus in all our indoor enclosures and they do great. I'm no expert on plants, but my thought are the UVB and UVA light spectrums from the lighting needs of the chameleon supplement the plants needs of sun light. Not sure on that, it's just a thought, but ours do...
Interesting that the thread is titled "Teach a Chameleon" maybe it should be renamed to "Teach a Chameleon keeper????" the problem isn't the Cham my friend! The problem is you! Your apparently not mature enough to respect the needs of this animal if an animal. Seriously, turn them over to...
Trace, thank you, I have a female that looks almost identical that was turned over to us. I might actually have a Senegal Chameleon myself that I thought was a young female veiled. I'm going to have to look into that.
Just consider that Chameleons are arboreal creatures, there natural habitat is in trees or bushes, they really prefer to go "UP" a happy Cham is a Healthier Cham! The idea behind any animal enclosure that will promote the best health is so get as close to natural as possible. They truly feel...
I kept calling it a her, sorry, can't tell from the pic if he/she has a tarsal spur. So it looked like a female to me from the coloration. Sorry if it's a He, my bad.
Hard to tell from the pic, but appears she is trying to shed, if she's having a problem shedding, the humidity could be way to low. Also her eye is closed in the pic, if she is keeping her eyes or one eye closed quite a bit, she could have and eye infection or something in her eye causing...
I agree with Norcal55, we just drill holes in the corners, drainage works fine, really seems like the screen on the bottom would be harder to clean, we also use deeper totes, so we don't actually have tops on our totes. So the construction process is basically building a removable ChamyGym and...
Not sure I have ever known of a Chameleon laying eggs over a few day period. All of our gals after finally selecting there acceptable spot, digs their hole, lays and lay there entire clutch, and then cover it back up again. It's usually a 2-3 day process digging their selective hole, and i don't...
Your basking temps are good, low to mid 90's, the light source should be at least 10" from the basking spot, and ambient temps should be low to mid 80's and drop at night to low to mid 70's, and no less the 60. More than likely with the onset of the shed it's just stretching the skin in...
You can get 1000 from LLL Reptile for $80 and that includes shipping, not a bad price and a good start for your colony, you can divide them out, some as a breeding colony to experiment with, and some as strictly feeders. They are pretty resilient little feeders, keep longer than crickets and...
She could be ready to lay, not saying this is what's up with you Cham, but a female Veiled that we have had close to the same coloration just before laying a infertile clutch. She was basically a little stressed, we covered her enclosure with a towel and within 2 days she laid that clutch of...
I can't even hardly look when going to the local big box pet stores. 3 weeks ago I saw a juvenile male Veiled in one of those tiny glass boxes displays, he was so large in that container, and he could hardly turn around. Just made me sick!