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Are water conditions really needed? I often read and hear conflicting information about this, some say you don't need it for reptiles when misting and drinking, some say you do need it as nitrates in tap water is harmful. So are products like reptisafe water conditioner really needed are is...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - 2 and half to 3 year old male Veiled Chameleon, had him since he was 2-3 months old. Handling - Rarely to never, hates to be handled. Feeding - He eats crickets, locusts, morio worms (few times a month) wax worms (few times a month), silkworms (not often...

A friend called me today to say she recently bought a baby herman's tortoise and now decided she no longer wants it and asked if I would take it instead and adopt it from her. I do have a vivarium that's empty that is big enough for a full grown herman, so don't need to get a additional set...

After loosing my beloved 6 and a half Panther Chameleon yesterday from old age, I've had the most ignorant and insensitive comments from some of my own family members :( My grandmother has never liked reptiles and thinks I'm weird for liking them (I don't care btw lol) and told her today over...

Got a new baby last week, a red iguana, he's only a baby right now and know he's still in the settling in stage and iguana's can take up to two weeks to eat properly but do iguana's eat at night rather than day light hours. Currently he's getting spring greens (AKA collard greens) water...

Feel so sad and worried at the same time. My Panther Chameleon, Sebastian turned 6 years old this June, so he's about 6 and a half right now and due to old age, he's going down hill :( and he hasn't had ANY health issues since the day I got him until now, so he's done well health wise...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Panther Chameleon, Male and he's 2 years old and had him since he was 6 months old. Handling - Once 1 a week Feeding - He will only eat locusts and dubia roaches. I give locusts kale and the roaches butternut squash and dried dubia food I get from the...

Feeding my panther chameleon with a adult locust this morning and my Jack Russell puppy ran into me by accident while he was playing which made me drop it and since then I can't catch the little bugger :p Is there any methods or traps that can catch locusts. Only can find cricket traps, would...

I haven't been a member here for about a year or just under and I wanted to say thank you to everyone who's always answered my questions and given me advice when I first started out keeping chams. I think you're all awesome :D Emma XxX

How long can chams do without UVB before causing issues? My panthers strip light decided to blow this afternoon and won't be able to get a replacement until Monday or Tuesday at the latest. Will he be ok?

I've had my new baby veiled for over a month now and OMG he's grown so much since he arrived 23rd of March :o He's grown from this (Link is his first pics) https://www.chameleonforums.com/new-baby-here-79400/ To this (Pic attached) Can't wait until he's an adult. Sorry I couldn't get...

Well it's my panther Cham, Sebastian hatch day today. A big boy at 1 year old :D He's the sweetest Cham ever, never bit me or hisses, loves coming out of his cage.

Most of my friends have subscribed to this. Is anyone here a member and is it worth signing up for? I know in the UK its only £6 a month and you also get 1 month free and can cancel at any time.

Watching random cham videos and this is what I came across, feel really bad for this cham and the awful set up. It has some kind of dirt at the bottom, hardly no plants and looks like no lights but what I can see :( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojpq8O4szHk

Well I've had my new baby veiled for about 2 weeks now, he's been lovely as ever, didn't try to bite or hiss at me and thought I may have hit the jackpot and got a friendly veiled LOL. Well I spoke to soon, his lights came on at 10AM and went to give him his first mist of the day at 11AM and...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Veiled Chameleon, male. Roughly 3 months old, had him for 3 days Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Only once to put him in his cage Feeding - What are...

He came at 11:30AM this morning, was supposed to come Wednesday but the breeder had forgot to ship him out :o so he was with the breeder for an extra day. Anyway not sure his age, guessing 3 months but he's gorgeous. Misted him for 20 minutes but he hasn't bothered to drink anything yet so...

My local plant nursery has just starting suppling ficus benjamina trees. I only use fake and been interested in using one of these but I wanted to ask, what are these trees like for looking after? Do they need special lighting. Information and care would be appreciated it, not very...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Panther Chameleon, Male, 11 Months and had him since August 2011 Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Once every week or every two weeks Feeding - What...

My new baby veiled cham is coming Wednesday, he's male and need some awesome name suggestions So fire away :D