OK, so this is going to sound like a super odd question, but bear with me!
My mister recently broke (and I'm blaming the cat :p) so I'm in the market for a new one. However, in September, I will be moving across country to San Diego and I'd like to bring my mister with me but pay the minimum...
I agree. The past two years, I've had my next door neighbor's daughter watch my cham. She is extremely particular - even more so than me - about cleanliness of a cage! She actually took out the fake plants and hand washed each leaf this past winter. I usually just throw them in the shower and...
That's all I did. I have a pothos plant in Kukui's cage and I used soap once a day for a week. I have an outside hibiscus plant that he sometimes goes out onto and that one isn't treated, but it isn't a perma plant - just something for once or twice a week. I would advise taking some large rocks...
Regarding ice cubes - if I am working a long shift (10+ hours) I will use ice cubes because I KNOW my dripper will run out by hour 9 or 10. I've told roommates to help me and keep an eye on it, but it's unfair to them to watch MY pets. So I will actually fill the dripper with ice cubes. By the...
This is the best picture I can get. He was moving around a lot, so I had to hold him so my old digital camera can take a picture of his cute lil face. Obviously, he hates me for it. lol
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In the first pic, you can see it a bit clearer, but the second picture shows what I...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male veiled, approx 1 year old, been in my care since August 2011
Handling - once a week , while I clean his cage. he is generally a pretty chill guy.
Feeding - Gutloading on a homemade gutload (assorted fruits and veggies, depending on what I happen to have...
Have they had a lot of soft-bodied meals lately? Like tomato worms? Sometimes that gives Kukui softer stool, but he is a male veiled. The only other thing is a lack of enough water, but I don't know about melleri much, so I don't know what type of water intake they need or how not enough effects...
When your best friend buys you chameleon jewelry as a present and you not only love it, but can identify the chameleon species (panther) and proceed to give her a 20 minute long explanation on the differences between locales, which one is your favorite, etc....
And then, a week later, a...
I used to have Jackson' in Hawaii. I had one male who broke his horn the first day we got him. We had a homemade cage and he had wedged it, somehow, between the net siding and the wood. He broke it off and lived for many many years afterwards, just fine and dandy (and yes, we did fix the cage)...
Ya know, it's hard to tell because the pictures are very dark. I do see a nose horn and that doesn't say much, as I had a female with a full nose horn at one point. Do you have any clearer or lighter photos? If she is starting to grow some eye horns, I'd say probably male, but I don't see any in...
I third The Photo Princess. I visited them a few months ago and was amazed at how wonderfully healthy, friendly and how incredibly LARGE their melleri were! They can give you so much advice. Also, they are on facebook as The Chameleon Farm. They have Jackson's, Panthers and Vieled, so they can...
I actually went to the art supply store and bought a huge pack of thin dense foam, like the type children use to cut out fun shapes. I line Kukui's cage with that with paper towels underneath. That way, the excess moisture is absorbed by the paper towels and the foam catches any poo or skin when...
I actually use a similar way to check Kukui's mouth that Sandra uses. I stroke the front of his nose, right where his nostrils are. I don't cover them, but just apply a bit of pressure and stroke and he opens his mouth right away almost every time. Or, if I place my finger between his eyes and...
Don't you worry! If it was the HHS on South King, they will take amazing care of her. When I moved off island, I had to leave my one female Jackson and my pet rats with them. The rats were adopted WHILE I WAS STILL THERE!!! I couldn't have been happier and, although two have died since then, the...
The thing with Hawaii is that Jackson's may not be a native animal, but they are, quite literally, EVERYWHERE. I used to do five mile hikes regularly and would spot an easy fifty or so on my hikes. Most people don't notice them or think they are geckos and ignore them, but being a cham lover, I...
What island are you on? There are plenty of chameleon vets all over the island of Oahu. I raised jackson's there with no issues. When we moved, we gave some away but we couldn't give away our last female, so we went to the humane society off of South King, near Manoa, and there was a manager...