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Today I purchased a nice, big golden pothos for my girl's cage. I know that you want to use non-fertilized soil for use in the cage, but how, then, do you keep the plant alive? Is liquid plant food safe for use in an enclosure? Is there a different, specific way to provide nutrients to the plant...

Thanks for describing burns to me. I feel a bit better now that I know what to look for, even though, like I said, she doesn't really put herself into a position to become burned. I'll just keep an eye out to make sure she doesn't decide to climb underneath the heat lamp.

Thanks for the help, guys. I think I'll probably go with some species of pothos, then, as those seem to be brought up the most often and seem like a pretty rock solid option.

My girl Rinoa doesn't sit directly under her heat lamp; I have it set more toward the front/middle of the enclosure, and she's usually perched at the back. I've measured her favorite perch in the low 80s with a digital thermometer, so I'm not especially worried about burns, I'm mostly just a...

Right now I only have artificial plants and vines in my veiled chameleon's enclosure. I'm looking to put a live plant in with her, but I'm wondering a few things. How beneficial to an enclosure are live plants? What plants are best for an enclosure that receives artificial light almost...

Thanks for the help. I think I'm going to skip on the butterworms for now and focus on less expensive feeders. Most care resources state that the mantids are able to be kept together until two molts. At two molts, are they big enough to be fed to a juvenile veiled? I know that Rinoa will grow a...

So I'm trying to start to diversify my girl's feeding. She's a veiled chameleon, a few months old. Right now I have her eating mainly crickets, with mealworms and a few waxworms here and there. She's a little food guzzler right now, so I'm hoping that she'll readily take to whatever I give her...

Thanks again, Nick. I really appreciate the time and help. I think I'll shop around for combinations of cups and lids, then, until I'm ready to order. The last site I looked at had plastic lids with holes punched in, advertised as being fit for raising fruit flies, so I'll probably go with...

Wow, thanks for all the help, guys. Definitely feels less daunting than it did before. My google-fu turned up a couple of sites that sell cups/lids, but is there a specific type/brand that is better than the others (vented fabric vs vented aluminum)?

Cool, thanks for the help, Nick. I'm going to try ordering some in the coming week or two, then hatch them and separate them when appropriate. When using the "space between her eyes" rule, I'm measuring against the larger value, right, i.e. the length of the mantis, as opposed to the relatively...

I'm really interested in using the Chinese Mantis as a feeder for my young veiled, Rinoa. Here are a few pics of her (she's a little camera shy). What I'm mostly wondering about is the size of the newly hatched mantids, and whether they'd be appropriate for feeding her right after hatching, or...

Okay. Thanks again guys. I'll look into getting a white bulb replacement ASAP.

I'm not particularly arguing one side or the other, and from what I've read you are an experienced keeper, Mike, but one of the first things I read when I joined these boards is that you shouldn't use a red lamp at night because it will keep them awake. Is this not true? Again, thank you for any...

Really? I was under the impression that they have the same color vision spectrum as humans. She hasn't had any trouble eating. All the same, though, I'll replace the bulb as soon as I get the chance, probably on Saturday. Thanks for the quick reply.

Right now I have an 18" Slimline UVB bulb along with a red heating bulb, currently in use because my white bulb burned out for whatever reason. The heat is in the low-mid 80s; does it matter if the bulb is red as long as the heat generated is appropriate? Or should I replace the white bulb ASAP?

I have considered roaches, and they've been recommended to me by others on the board, but unfortunately I can't use them as feeders because my sister is deathly afraid of roaches. When I asked her about keeping roaches, she freaked out just from me saying the word "roach." Also, I wouldn't mind...

I added a pic in the opening post, but it kept failing to attach to the post, so I linked it instead. She's about the size of my thumb, not including her tail. I think you're right, Montium, I was probably looking at the mealworms on Ghann's site... My bad everyone. I've been hearing many...

The superworms I've seen at my local pet stores are way too big for my young veiled. One of these monstrous worms would definitely be too much for her to handle. However, the superworms I've seen online are much smaller, with the large sized worms being barely bigger than a penny. I guess I'm...

I don't think that anything caught by my house (in So Cal) would be carrying a significant amount of pesticides, but I think I'd be too afraid of parasites to catch anything from the wild and put it into my chameleon. Like I said, I think I'm going to stick mainly with store bought crickets and...

While I understand how that can keep them interested in food and provide a balanced diet, it seems difficult to provide this amount of variety in practice without a serious space and financial investment. I know that providing for the animals in your care is a serious responsibility, but that...