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    Arched spine and muscle weakness

    I suspect this is a result of under calcium supplementation. Though the rate at which her spine has inflamed and the sudden decrease in activity/shaky movement, and falling, makes me wonder if something else might be going on. I am about to take her to a herp but if this is classic MBD then...
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    gutloading feeders with chicken

    Is this a bad idea? insects in the wild would feed on dead animals often. Probably not a cooked chicken exactly but some sort of creatures flesh. I was thinking bbq chicken but rotisserie chicken might be better suited, or should it be left raw? has anyone done this?
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    using v8juice(s) as a supplement, soaking carrots over here...

    well, it occurred to me today, why not give the little feeders a carrot. So then i had another thought... What if I soaked that carrot with some v8 juice! So by golly i pulled out my double barreled pipette and got a sample of the freshly shaken v8 fruit fusion of absolutely delicious fruits...
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    thank you

    To everyone that helped me learn about the care and proper treatment of chams, we would like to say thank you. Like really, you helped me keep my little buddy alive through a crazy flood. Though I am uncertain that he is even a boy at this point... Harold is really doing well, showing...
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    new enclosure!

    30"x36"x48" Call me crazy but this was made for a finger sized jacksoni xan I am in love with the visible uv radiation that can be observed via cell camera :)
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    Microscopic image of a pin worm ova?

    Please help me identify this. I have matched the general description to a pinworm ova. Does anyone else agree or know what this is?
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    Preventing or treating infection

    I have been researching parasites and bacteria that commonly affect arboreal reptiles. I am particularly interested in the treatment of the common infections, illness and injury. Are there un-regulated or homeopathic medicines that can treat the early stages of infection? I want to know how...
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    bedroom side table free range chameleon stuff

    So, my addiction has gotten bad enough to literally convert my nice table into a free range setting... I am working on collecting more plants but for now this is all I have to spare from the larger free range... I had to add the canvas as every time the baby went into her free range, she...
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    baby veiled murdering crickets to claim territory

    I just tried to feed a slightly larger supplemented cricket to my baby veiled. His reaction was the strangest thing. He began stalking it and doing the whole rocking back and forth like a leaf in the wind thing. But when he went in and shot for the kill, he caught the cricket only to bite down...
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    A very angry chameleon

    this is my house!!!! says the angry chamereon She got so mad!!! She saw the baby veiled crawling along one of the lower tiers of the free range and exploded in rage. Followed by immedietly climbing as fast as she could towards me to put her back in her regular enclosure. I felt so terrible...
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    REpost:need help, running from flood with 3 young chameleons

    I was evacuated from my house today, as a river appeared in my backyard and has now consumed my house. seriously... I took my babies and their smallest enclosures and as many supplies as I could fit in my small car and am now trying my very best to care for them the way I just was at home...
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    traveling with chameleon(s)... please help

    I was evacuated from my house today, as a river appeared in my backyard and has now consumed my house. seriously... I took my babies and their smallest enclosures and as many supplies as I could fit in my small car and am now trying my very best to care for them the way I just was at home...
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    sick baby veiled

    Chameleon Info: Veiled, possibly male (has stumps where tarsal spurs may grow) approx 1-2months old and been in my care for 3 days. Handling - Day 1 the lady that was caring for him was kinda rough with putting him into small pet carrier with screen sides. I furnished it with a fern and sticks...
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    juvenile veiled enclosure

    After examining the suggestions that were made to me I decided to introduce two baby veiled chameleons from an all glass aquarium to an 18x18x30 all screen reptibreeze. There is a plexi glass sheet with holes drilled for drainage and a bare screen floor. The screen floor will be steam cleaned...
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    Ideal Neonate/Baby Care in Aquarium with no drainage :(

    I just got two very tiny baby veiled chams yesterday and after an entire night of reading I discovered that they are still too small and young to be placed into the all screen 18x18x30 exo I have. I decided to keep them in the 10 gallon aquarium for the time being. Has anyone had any...
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    awww! do chameleons dream of electric sheep?

    precious little babies in their jammies dreaming :)
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    help! No experience with veiled cham(s)

    I just recieved two baby veiled chams and have no idea how their housing and treatment differs from the adults. Does anyone have any tips or tricks for keeping them healthy? I have them in an aquarium with grape vines and small ferns. 14w t8 uvb lamp on top and no basking light because I do...
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    too much light?

    :confused:I just wired up 2 fixtures, both t5ho(high output) 48" 54W. Lumen output with standard bulbs is rated at 8,900 lumens per fixture. With the lamps I am using this number is probably greater, although I am uncertain of the dispersion rate and have no idea of how many are lost passing...
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    First shed part II!

    This is too cool! but looks so gross! She keeps rubbing her face on my like a cat until a face load of skin came off! so cool!!!!
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    Her first shed!!!! how can I help?

    She looks like leather face, but thats ok :) She is starting to turn green!!! She is a jacksons cham roughly 5m old. Is there anything I can do to help her? I know it is not natural to help but neither is keeping them in man made enclosures. I have the cool mist aimed at the screen, most of...
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