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My ficus tree is losing leaves all over ? Is there any kind of plant food or fertilizer that is cam safe ? I water the tree about every 4-5 days . It has sunlight and now I have a uvb bulb on it trying to save it . Any ideas ?

Thanks for the responses , I've now got a few good treatment options . I haven't seen anything on the trees yet but I don't wanna take any chances

Hey if your having issues with all the joint on your enclosure being a little shaky I would invest in the kreg pocket hole kit , I bought this $35 kit when I needed to make a few door frames and it works great and ontop of that it allows you to hide the screw so there not seen . It makes rock...

Well I lucked out in the last two days and I got 2 medium size and 1 large ficus tree for my new enclosure . I'm looking through the forum for some tips for taking care of them and I'm seeing that ficus are prone to getting small bugs on them . Obviously I know I can't use any pesticide on them...

Well I'm starting to get all my ducks in a row . Almost all the building material is here for building the monster sized enclosures but I'm having a huge problem finding live plants to eventually put in the cage when I'm finished . I'm from buffalo ny and right now most of the nurseries are...

Is there a way I can treat them for parasites on my own ? Can I just buy the meds for them ?

Looking for some people's thoughts as far as buying some wild caught Jackson chams ?I have heard both good and bad reasons as to buying them ? I saw a ad about a week ago for some adult wc jacks and they looked to be very healthy . Anything I should look out for or be concerned with ?

How would you breed chameleons ? I know not to put two or more males together . I also planned on putting several vents in the ceiling part so I can hopefully have better control of the humidity

Well I'm taking my time building 3 huge enclosures . I don't wanna make any foolish mistakes in any aspect of the enclosures . Each one is roughly going to be 7' tall without counting the base ,7' wide and 3' deep . All of them are going to be built out of 3/4" birch plywood " the two sides ...

I stopped to my local homedepot last night and sat and looked at all my options from there . I found a water based killz bare wood sealer primer and mildew inhibitor that had very low voc's. I'm thinking mabe 3 heavy coats of that and then several coats of a exterior semi gloss in some sort of...

Lol , now I think I'm back to square one at figuring out what to use

Ok , I have built several dozen 3d backgrounds for aquariums using drylock in the past and never had any issues with any chemicals leaching out and killing fish , I figured it would probably be just as safe for reptiles . For aquariums I would fill the tank let it sit for a few days and do this...

Thanks for the response . I sat here and looked for the previous thread about building enclosures and im not to sure i found the one you were talking about . Im still leaning towards usin drylock from homedepot . It water proofs and seals concrete so why wouldnt it do the same for wood plus it...

Well I'm new to this forum . Id like to start off by saying that this cham forum looks really good . I'm in the process of building a giant size jackson cham enclosure . When I say giant I mean it going to be 7' tall , "4' tall enclosure with a 3' tall base" 3' deep and 16' wide . I have a nice...