Twist off the skinny part of the back leg lol....i do that in Lambeau's free range feeder bucket, that way the little buggers cant jump out ,, muahhahaha:D
I have been following several posts on the egg hatching process for many chameleon species. I was wondering out of simply because i'm curious. "why does it take so long for chameleon eggs to develop"?
wow that is a great deal!!!, im not sure i have the right stuff to house them, do you house them like crickets/ gutload them, i have never done them before, i house crickets in a trashcan with egg carton etc.. screen lid, and feed them variations of gutload mixtures, same with dubias?
I currently feed, crickets, silkworms and waxworms to my male veiled Lambeau. I have been looking around online and there are currently great prices on feeders right now!!, so i was wondering if anyone had suggestions, it can be anything, as long as its staple, or cham safe..
So i have brought the temp down about 4 degrees, a ambient in his basking temp of about 89-92 max degrees, i took him outside for a hour to let him bask in the sunlight and he did in fact display a open mouth (not a wide open mouth, just cracked about a 1/4 of a inch) his appetite seems normal...
Im sorry your having a bad day Syn :( sorry to hear about your father, he is actually due for a shed anytime now so it may be a good assumption...i fear i was cooking him :( my Lambeau is like family, no different from the dogs..i just get paranoid and have been known to leap to the vets without...
I have moved his light upward about a inch, his basking gauge hasn't dropped yet but should in a few im assuming. I suppose i should add that we mad ethe adjustment with the bulbs when we got a new UVB light about a week ago, because the winter temps are comming and the ambient temps have been...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled Chameleon (Male) 5 Months old
Handling - 3 Times a week depending on his mood
Feeding - 10 crickets a day 5 morn/ 5 mid afternoon sometimes more) Variations of Veggies for gutload along with some Cricket Crack and Fluckers cricket quencher)
Supplements...
Love the setup!!, ya i agree she is on the thinner side, i would definitely beef her up a bit. In her favor she doesnt look to have any signs of the classic MBD from poor husbandry at the Pet shop, so that's a good thing. I wanted to add that she looks like she is retaining a shed, this could be...
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(note-sometimes chameleons stress in a new enclosure and show darker colors while stressed, as long as your husbandry and care is correct you may want to wait about a week before getting to worried, as some chams take a week or two to...
no fear my friend , That is a Crane Fly, harmless, it actually does not feed as a adult, it merely only flys around, mates, and lays eggs in soil. We have them all over where im from. :D your welcome