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Hi and welcome to the forum! I can only advise as to what I do, but I work full time, so hand misting twice a day is all that I can manage and I have to say that I keep two chameleons happy and healthy using this method without a misting system. I do have Zoo Med Big Drippers going...

About a week ago, my 5 month old Panther was having his morning poop and when he had finished (I wasn't really watching, honest!:o) I was also shocked to see his hemipenes (have I spelled that correctly??) come out of his body with the remainder of his poop. It did look quite shocking and I...

Excellent advice, as always, from Laurie, but I would just like to add my two-pennorth about the Vit A. When I got my 4 month old Panther, he spent an awful lot of time "bulging" his eyes and rubbing them on vines. I had him to my vet as a first step, to make sure that there was nothing...

To be honest, if he gapes anywhere other than in a hot spot, i.e. under a basking lamp (which chams do sometimes when too warm - its the lizard version of a dog panting) then I would take him to the vet, as it can be the sign of a respiratory infection. Better to be safe than sorry.

I didn't realise that you couldn't how come???:confused:

I have just spent an hour and a half cleaning out and feeding my feeder insects. I do this twice a week, once on a Tuesday and once on a Friday. I have 5 tanks, as my chams are very different in ages, so my insects are sorted according to size, locust and crickets. its just taken me...

Awwww Jann!!!! What a totally wasted opportunity that was!! I have been kicking myself ever since I read that!!:o

My adult male Veiled will not only not touch Dubia, he won't eat crickets either, despite me starving him for 3 days in an attempt to get him to eat them. He just won't, so I gave up in the end. As long as you feed a variety of different insects, all appropriately gut loaded, I really don't...

Hi and welcome! Essentially, what you should be aiming for is areas of both brightness, warmth and also cool and shade, so that your chameleon can move around the cage and themoregulate dependent upon how he feels. My cage has two basking spots at the top, one slightly warmer than the...

That's really interesting about the bruise Trace, thanks for posting. I also agree with your excellent idea about the thinner branches when I upgrade (which should be at the end of November). Thank you all for your kind posts.

Yesterday, when coming home from work and checking my chams, I noticed that my 4 month old male Panther's tail appeared to have a pronounced "kink" in it, very close to the base. Handle him very rarely but this definitely warranted a closer look, so out he came. He seemed calm, his...

Sorry but forgot to say.... maybe cut the handling back to about once a week instead of once a day.... chameleons are really not happy with frequent handling, it can stress them out big time, so only get him out minimally, if at all.

Hi Cherry, welcome to the forums. Can't see your pics unfortunately. Your set up seems ok to me, as is your level of feeding. The fact that he is darker colours in his viv than when you have him out is normal. Brighter colours can mean that he is a bit stressed out, or on "high alert"...

I guess this thread is a little bit on the back of MarceMarc's thread that I have read throughout the day - the fact that he posed a question and was then subjected to other questions about his husbandry, without anyone answering his exact question. I can only speak for myself, but what I...

Superb post Mike.

I live in the UK, so it is harder for me to use an all screen cage and keep the temp and humidity up. I have lined three sides of my Reptibreeze with heavy duty bubblewrap - which has been amazing. It stops my walls from getting wet when I mist, and keeps the humidity and temp just right...

My goodness!! I am in awe of anyone that has the skill and knowledge of what they are doing to be able to do that!! Amazing.

For UV, I don't think that you can better the Arcadia T5.