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I'm in southern Indiana, and it's starting to be a great time to catch feeder insects at night. In the grass fields and my landscaping near my house, we've been catching 10+ adult katydids and the same numbers of adult green and brown praying mantis in less than 20min. Cicadas are starting to...

Hey guys, haven't posted much lately but still following daily. I was on vacation last week and due to my own error, my home thermostat didn't have a high temp limit set, and the inside of my house was 87 degrees for at least 3 days. My Cham room's temperature gauge showed the room hit 95...

I haven't posted anything concerning my melleri in awhile, so I thought I'd post an update. Both chams are doing great. My male that had the bad URI has recovered nicely, and is steadily gaining weight. Unfortunately, his right eye, the eye that had the bad infection, is obviously blind. I think...

Well its the first day of winter here, so this is wishfull thinking for the spring, but how do you raise or keep katydids? I catch them often in the warmer months to feed to my chams, but I've seen others mention keeping them in outdoor cages and/or possibly raising them. Just curious how to do...

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Just wondering if anyone out there sends off stool samples of their chams to a specialized reptile lab? Ive been using my local veteranarian clinic, but I'm not sure they're looking for protozoans as well as nematodes. My vet said they were, but I'm reluctant to belive that the lab they send off...

Well after the round of Baytril, my male appeared to get better then begin wheezing again after a few days, so I thought his URI had come back, but after a week of heavily hydrating him and dropping feeders into his mouth, he seems to finally be on the road to recovery. He stays dark still, but...

Hey, Since I'm new to this forum, it may have already been discussed, but where did Kristina Francis go? Looked like she was very active until 2009, then no more updates to the MD site, and no posts on here. I've never met her but I know her site inside & out. I hope she's writing a book...

Hello, Trying to refer this to Dr. O, but can't find him on here lately. Anyone know the best dosage of Baytril for melleri? One of mine is on the 2.5% solution, dosed at 10mg/kg per day, and it doesn't seem to like it. It stays dark most of the day, and gets very restless. Is there a better...

Just received a new Melleri over the weekend, it might possibly be a female, so for now I'll refer to it as a female. She is dehydrated, so Im giving her 3, 30min showers a day, and gave her a 3 hour shower when I received her. My free range has a mist king system on it, and I use RO/DI water...

Occasionally I'll find a huge praying mantis outside, like 6-8" big, and my melleri love them! My male melleri literally runs like there's a fire when I release one in his free range. Here's a pic of him eating a especially big one. Sorry, I can't seem to get the image to turn, even if I turn...

I've been contemplating a way to make my own artificial vines for my Melleri free range room. I'd like to put eye-screws in the ceiling and loop the "vines" all around the room from plant to plant, above head level. My first thought was to use some heavy plastic braided rope, the kind that's...

I currently feed my crickets and dubia both a dry mix and fresh fruit, vegetables, and tubers/root vegetables. This is my constant food in their containers, so I'm assuming they're constantly gut loaded. Is this true? I have great results with my chams this way, but was curious if it's better...

Hello, thought I'd post some pics of my island free range I built for my melleri. I'm a plumber, so I got the idea while installing a drain for a concrete shower base. I basically built a 4' square table, 2' high, with a 6" recessed area in rate middle to install a sloped concrete pad with a...