Our of 3 chams only one has not been other than for fecal. I think chams are reasonably hardy given near- perfect husbandry. Unfortunately that is a moving target and we are still learning. Also their short life makes it SEEM like they have problems more often as their lifespan is so compressed...
Pelli just did this too! The skin along the top spine persisted forever. And lots of yawning to crack the face. He is so sweet I could not resist peeling a little for him.
Looking thorough a book I got at the conference came across this radiograph of a female with eggs.
It is horrifying-there are eggs all the way up to her neck! Can you imagine the pressure on all her organs.
Could be useful as an educational photo to demonstrate what can happen if the girls...
I get mine from Josh's at the same time as crickets, fly larvae etc. so shipping cost is spread out among all the bugs. I get about 1000; those go into the bug fridge and then I take out what I need 50 at a time to be at room temp. The ones in the fridge last until I use them up but I'd say...
The problem is container size. I always move them right away from the small shipping cup to the tallest deli cup, filled with coconut coir. It can be completely dry, just put in some ends of squash/any kind of pepper, which they will eat to obtain moisture. You can put about 50 at a time in...
Well I never could do math so you're the smart one!
I realized how the vet profession gets some wrong info..in the emergency lecture they were talking about soaking as a standard. Of course that works great for some reptiles but not our chams. One speaker at least clarified it would be for...