Thanks summoner for posting the picts.
Turns out that Crested Gecko of mine will be a very nice breeder.
mind if I use that photo? :D
Oh, and regarding the guy with the Parsons at the show.
I found quite a few pages on him after I got home on sunday
Here's one. and his flikr page
I came...
They're aware and have personalities
Congrats.
You just have to get to know the species
yes, they do have mood swings stemming from their own psychology as well.
It really helps to know what they're thinking and interested in.
Basically,
Tthe dark color is him either being very...
Alright, here we go.
I've looked at your image
it would have been much better to have given us several from different angles
so as well as some frame of reference to measure the growth.
I've shortened down a long story.
There are papilloma virus's that infect chameleons.
I had it on...
F1 and F2 don't match
Thanks Kent I was just going to point this out.
The concept of Nosey Be is determined by the feedback loop in the breeding market. The breeders locals have a fuzzy connection to what is in the wild.
Breeders have to breed to the market demands and right now that is...
Back from the dead
Why do you think the prices are out of hand?
I go there looking to personally meet the breeders
and pick out their top of the line pets.
you can get a bulk animal without lineage verification.
it depends on what you're looking for.. or to avoid.
Yes, the sunday prices are...
grape vines are fine
I've had my first chams chewing on them
the only problem is that they require full light. and are best outdoors
with non tropical species.
I clean mine out every few months
the droppings can be a food source for beetles, gnat larva, bacteria and assorted fungus.
best to keep it clean.
the process is simple
by taking the egg crates and shaking them out into a new enclosure
(storage tub w/ new egg crates)
The old egg crates...
Yeah well that's some serious MBD.
The problem may have been that if he was trapped with alpha males and kept down low he may have not gotten enough UV from the top of the enclosure
Secondly, there's a real chance that he might not have also gotten all the fresh crickets and powered insects...
Whoops, I mean to have the subject say "I'll deliver!"
All of these have been raised on my own gutload mix
(high protein / calcium / vitamin mix formulated for chameleons)
and fresh fruit as their moisture.
I can provide a mix of sizes with a good sex ratio.
Get your own feeders started or use...
bad breeders hurt us all.
There are ways of dealing with this type of person if they're at a show and have animals in the conditions as you describe fish and game will usually have something to say about it Here in California there's a list of rules and at every show there's a few wardens...
:)
Yes cheaper than crickets meaning: cheaper to maintain
cheaper by weight gram for gram for money spent
better "meat" to shell ratio than crickets.
crickets are difficult to reproduce.. these are easy... grow your own vs buying crickets every week
yes they can climb up the screens but...
While I haven't had a problem with an animal refusing to eat anything other than superworms once they've been exposed. I can't rule out that happening. What I can say is that you shouldn't use wild caught pillbugs just because I know that they can carry parasites (fact). Weather or not these...
I first kept lobsters as feeders for a few years before I moved on to B. Dubia
My experience is that they stink. They emit a odor when caught. The Panthers refused to eat them (Veilds didn't like them either). I had to snip off the legs to slow them down enough for the chams to target them...
I live in San Diego (University Heights)
if it works for you we can meet
The good thing that I can tell you(for the wife) is that these
lack any offensive smell, they don't climb, fly, bite, chirp or run fast.
they're a hell of a lot cheaper then crickets
They'll eat your fruit scraps...
Brian, No offense intended.
I thought it would be nice to maintain the price and not try to undercut anyone.
It just looked like a good well thought out list when I did a quick search.
If you like I'll rewrite it.. just in a hurry and needed work fast since I'm currently in the process of a...
I got too many B. Dubia Roaches!!!
and want to get rid of at least half my lot.
They're well fed and I'll include a mix of sizes and sexes.
I've provided them with a high protein / calcium / vitamin mix as the dry food
coupled with fruits and melons for the water source.
get your own feeders...
I take the "ghost" males and feed them asap to the chams
they go down easier. the chams turn their noses up at the hard shelled males
they're not nearly as meaty as the females... but mostly wings and shell.
Every cham I have will only go after the ones without wings nowdays unless they're...