I bought a female xanth Jackson's at the Daytona herp show and low and behold, she was gravid and I have a bunch of little bundles of joy this morning. Pics later - right now I have some options.
12x12x12 Exoterra - planted or unplanted?
or
16x12x20 Screen cage - with schefflera...
So what's the general consensus on water conditioning? Reason why I ask is that it always seems that when I mist (I use a pump-handle pesticide sprayer, obviously never used with pesticides) my male Oustalets sometimes has his eyes irritated it seems for a few hours. None of the other chams...
Set up a tub to house my crickets. I live in Tallahassee, FL - and we have a real problem with sugar ants. I went out to grab some feeders for the chams, and the tub was overrun with ants. It was ironic to see the crickets being pestered by another insect (they were pestering me when 200...
I was debating about purchasing some wild caught specimens - and I've read a lot about the warnings and potential pitfalls of keeping WC animals. I've located some local herp vets and the chams (when and if I get them) will be making a visit to a vet soon after delivery. What's some general...
I grabbed these 5 baby rudis chameleons from a reptile show awhile back from a supplier who wasn't feeding them. I expected them to not last, but decided to hydrate and feed them anyways. That was about a month ago. They've been doing great - eating D. hydei and pinhead crickets. I recently...
I'm about a year and a half into the whole chameleon-keeping experience, and I have to say, its been really rewarding! But I was worried when I was reading older posts about how dangerous the "coiled bulb" fluorescent lights are for chams. I've never used that type of bulb until today...
I'm considering purchasing 2 C. dilepis in order to potentially (as in a year in the future) try to breed them. I've heard that there have been no successful breeding attempts thus far. Is this due to problems in sex determination or is it compounded by other difficulties as well, ie, babies...