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With the long weekend coming up, I'm wondering what you all do with your chams if you decide to leave town? I've searched out the similar threads, and it seems that the popular consensus is to leave you kids at home with a babysitter, or just lots of extra food if one isn't around. I'm...

Hi Guys, Tesla seems to be on a hunger strike. He refuses to eat his crickets, but happily munches red peppers, leafy greens, and anything else plantlike I put in front of him. Is it abnormal for veilds to eat only veggies? I notice he has been eating tons of his pothos plant and I'm worried...

Hi Everyone, I'm having a bit of a weird incident right now. Up until about 8pm Tesla, my 5 month old Veiled male, was a nice pastel green and basking like he normally does before bed. About 5 minutes ago I looked over at his cage and saw him lunge from his basking spot, grab onto the top of...

Hi everyone, We all know that different feeder insects have different ratios of vitamins, fats, calories and the like, but what I was wondering is if anyone can give their general idea of approximate conversions between # of feeder insects so that I can order/buy the right quantities. For...

Hi Folks, I know this question gets asked all the time, but I'm concerned about his eating habits. I generally feed Tesla (3 month old male veiled) 10 to 15 crickets per day. They're somewhere between 1/4" to 1/2" in size. He also gets what I call a '2 bite' superworm or silkworm every other...

Hi Guys, I found a plant list online that has some toxicity info for animals (likely birds). Maybe good for a list of things to avoid at least: http://www.busybirds.net/Toxic.html Post yours if you have one you normally refer to. -Chad

Hi late-night forum goers, I'm a short sleeper. Never get more than a few hours a night, and I have noticed something about my chameleon over the past few days while I am up at night; he tends to be active at night too. Every once in a while I'll hear a rustle from his cage in the next room...

Another open-ended thread from me. What does your chameleon spend most of their time doing during the day? My guy seems to spend 6-9 hours basking (not all at once) spaced out with periodic bouts of climbing up and down and around. What does yours do? -Chad

Hi Forum-ers, I am having a problem I'm sure many of you are familiar with: Cricket escapes. I live in a small apartment, so this issue is a big one for me. I realize that escapes of feeders are inevitable, but I'm seeing 2-3 per day wandering the baseboards. I have a plastic tote-bin with...

So I got home from work today only to find Tesla escaped! A piece of the screen for his cage broke somehow during the day and he was nowhere to be found inside. However, having seen the advice of forum-goers who have had escapes in the past I decided to have a good look for him instead of...

The title says it all, but let me put it in context: My cham seems to be aware of my presence most of the time I'm in the room where his enclosure is and takes cover if I come any closer than about 10 feet (he's a juvenile still). I'm wondering if anyone on the forum knows how good their...

Tesla (named for Nikola Tesla) is a 3 month old male veiled and my first cham. Picked him up yesterday and haven't been able to keep myself from watching him (from afar) since! I'm sure I'll be posting questions as I go through my new-dad phase, but for now just check him out! -Chad

Hi reader, I was hoping you could take a look at my setup and double check for me that I've got everything correct for a 3-4 month old veiled male before I get him (Soon!). Enclosure: 14w x 22l x 30h glass on the bottom half (for humidity), screen on the top half. I also have a 24x24x50...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone has come across this information site before: http://webhome.idirect.com/~chameleon/owners/index.html If so, what do you think of it? It seems to me that some of it is alright, but a number of points are a bit loosely defined or stated. Debate...

Hi All, I've been taking temp readings in my apartment for the last month or so getting ready to bring in my first cham and noticed that my place doesn't drop below 70F at night (and it's November). It normally hovers around 72 (with 40% humidity, which isn't bad) and I have adjusted my...

Hello Everyone, Long time reader first time poster. I'm new to chameleons (have a male CB veiled coming in January) but not to reptiles and like a lot of what I've read on this forum. Everyone seems to be quite helpful and friendly with lots of good info, so I signed up to say a merry hello...