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My 10 month old Panther girl, Hatty, laid her first clutch of 26 eggs about six weeks ago, having been gravid colours for about a month. I removed the infertile eggs the next day and she went back to normal very quickly, and shed a week later. However, within a couple of weeks she was showing...

I need help! My female Carpet, Boo (my third cham) has never liked being handled and will hiss and even strike out at me. However, with patience I have been able to pick her up and take her outside for sunshine, which she loves. Usually the longer my hand is in the tank, the calmer she becomes...

Hi - My seven month old Carpet Chameleon has started to 'put heself to bed' before it gets dark and today I saw her in her sleeping place and with her eyes closed BEFORE her lights even went out. I have read that a healthy chameleon NEVER closes its eyes during daylight so am a bit concerned...

My 4 month old Carpet Chameleon, Boo, is in great health, eating, drinking and pooing fine. She's eating about 10-15 size 3 banded crickets a day. I usually put them in from a cricket keeper about five at a time and she usually eats ALL of them straight away. I got a new delivery of crickets...

Hi, my young female carpet chameleon shed on Friday for the first time in my care. I haven't handled her much as she's pretty shy so I have given her time to settle since getting her about three weeks ago. However, when I went to pick her up on Thursday she was REALLY angry with me! She was...

I have a fluorescent UV tube bulb on a magnetic controller (Arcadia ACR-18 Type 3C) with wired connectors at each end of the bulb. One connection wire is longer than the other and I want to extend the shorter wire by about six inches for more efficient mounting in the viv. I want to know...

Hi, I've just got a 3 month old Carpet chameleon (Boo, see avatar) I live in the UK so have her in a glass viv with vents. She's eating and drinking, but is pretty shy at the moment so I'm not bothering her, but if anyone has any experience with this species I'd be interested to get any...