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I have an adult Furcifer verrucosus, Gus, a year and two months old. Up until recently, his diet had been four superworms every other day (or an equivalent amount of black soldier fly larvae or dubias). But about a month and a half ago, his appetite nearly disappeared, and he left all or nearly...

I have a 15-Watt Repti-Glo 10.0 fluorescent lamp about 2cm above the enclosure. My new 10-week-old F. verrucosus spends a lot of time on the ceiling right under that bulb - is that a problem? I've heard that UVB bulbs like this aren't intense enough to burn a chameleon, but I'd rather not chance...

So I'm moving off to college next year, and I'll be bringing my female veiled chameleon. The trick here will be finding a roommate who won't mind sharing the room with a chameleon. I figure it won't be too much of a hassle, but chirping crickets might be a deal-breaker. What I'm wondering is, is...

I am considering modifying my room to give my chameleon a partial freerange. If I implement this I would open her door during the day and bring up a vine that would lead to something like a dwarf umbrella plant of a large ficus. I have a light fixture that I will use for a basking light. My...

My family will be moving to a different house in a little under a month, and I was wondering how I should transport my seven-month-old female veiled chameleon. The drive between the two houses is not particularly long- she would only be in the car for about half an hour. Should I just get an...

Post pics of your chameleons basking.

Whenever my female veiled chameleon is basking, she had a black-and-grey coloration. This is different from her stress coloration, which is a solid dark grey. From what I have observed on this forum, this is not normal. Is it because she is too cold? Pictures: Info sheet: Female veiled...

Post some pictures of your chameleon's growth over time. First day I had her (my first and only chameleon so far), at 5 months old: As of today she is 7 months old. This picture was taken yesterday:

I had a few questions that I figured I would lump into a single threat, rather than start several threads. When do female veiled chameleons generally become full-grown? I am breeding crickets. How long should I keep the breeding dish in the main tank before I put it in the baby tank? Also, how...

Not intended as an interrogative question, just curious about why the various members of the community keep chameleons. For me: -Helps test my responsibility in keeping another organism happy and healthy. -Entertaining to watch. -I had a chameleon as a little kid, so there is some nostalgia...

I live in Sebastopol, California. I extend an offer to anyone in Sonoma County, or indeed anyone in the Bay Area, of whatever size my young veiled chameleon's clutch turns out to be. I am a new owner and I did not know that my female was pregnant when I purchased her, so I will not be able to...

So my chameleon is laying eggs that I am almost positive are fertile. I doubt the male she was impregnated by was super happy, but nevertheless, the eggs she is laying seem fairly good to me. I am a first time owner, and I would not be able to raise the babies or incubate the eggs properly for a...

This is my first time owning a chameleon. It's a female veiled, 6 or so months old. We purchased a 2ftx2ftx3ft cage for her before doing enough research (I know, stupid), but I think this size should be okay for her. We've owned her for a little under two months now. Does this seem like an...

I am owning a chameleon for the first time and I bought a female who was about 5 months old. I have owned her for a month and a half, and she is now heavily gravid. I have asked about the community, and determined that she had not been impregnated when I bought her. She was kept in a tiny...

So everyone says that a 60W house bulb should be used to heat a chameleon's enclosure, and I have been doing this for the past few weeks. It doesn't seem like this is hot enough, though! My chameleon spends her basking time within an inch of the roof of the enclosure. At the very top it's only...

So I am breeding crickets in a small enclosure so that I don't have to shell out ten bucks per month on crickets. I have only had this batch of crickets for a few days now, but I am wondering: After waiting seven days for the crickets to lay in my little tray of soil, do I need to incubate the...

So my 6-month-old veiled is pretty far gravid with an infertile clutch and will probably lay within a few weeks. I've got everything worked out with materials, and I've read enough threads on laying to know what all to do when she digs, lays, etc. My only question left is: what am I supposed to...

Tomorrow I will be getting about a hundred crickets to start a colony with. Previously I have just been buying them in packages of 30. I will be keeping the adults in this container, and the eggs/pinheads in a different one without mesh. What does the community think? I am still a bit unsure on...

For the past while I have been planning to buy a bulk package of crickets for my chameleon, and then breed those. But then, it occurred to me that this was a very stupid idea. Crickets only live for about three weeks, if the sites I read informed me correctly, so most would die off before they...

I've got a six-month-old chameleon who is pretty gravid at this point. Do you think this pot is big enough for her to lay in?