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Hey guys, my jackson's cham is looking pretty healthy and seems to be adapting well to his new home. One thing that has me worried is this weird movement he always does: while climbing on the side of his cage (mesh) near the basking light, he places all four of his feet close together, tucks his...

The rocks on the corners sounds like a good idea. I'm sorry to ask so many questions, but i really want to do things right this time around. Like I said, I bought crickets (around 25 i think) yesterday and when i woke up this morning two of them had died in their plastic cage (the ventilated...

Hey guys thankyou so much for the quick replies. The cage i have has a window-screen like mesh, and i'm not really sure how flammable that is. Today i made a stand that will hold the light about 1 inch above the mesh, so hopefully that will solve the problem. This morning i dusted about six...

I have a large mesh cage and have the UVB light sitting directly on top. Another thing i noticed this morning is that a cricket (gut loaded of course) walked right up to my chameleon....the chameleon took a few steps back...shot at the cricket...but didnt catch it...just seemed to knock it...

Hey Cherron, you don't have any problems with the bulb burning the mesh or anything? I'd hate to accidentally start a fire or something from an overheating light. Also, how long do you guys usually keep the UVB light on for? In addition to the UVB, i bought a repta sun basking bulb that's in a...

Hey, thanks everyone for replying so quickly. Okay, so to get this straight, all of your UVB bulbs are exposed to the air and do NOT have any type of covering over them, only the fixture that it connects to for power? Can i place the bulb directly onto the top of the mesh cage or do i need to...

Hey guys, stumbled on this site a few days ago and i have to say it has been very informative. A little background...I had a Veiled Chameleon about two years ago that lived to be about 5 years old. I'd like to get back into chameleons and have been researching for the past two weeks about the...