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Hi, Kinyonga - she was 61. Please accept my condolences for your own loss. Thank you, Everyone. ~Bruce

Thank you for your further thoughts, Lovereps. No red lights - though when we have guests sleeping over, as some family are doing now, I sometimes leave the blue "moonlights" on in the fishtank across the room. I'll give turning off the UVB for a day or three a try - though he seems...

MelissaB and Lovereps, thank you both. I should have mentioned that since the rack photo was shot, I've cut up a shower curtain and hung it between each cage. (I have seen the male veiled snuggle up to the wall and give the ladies in the next cage a shadow-show, though!) They've only gotten...

Finally got the photos out of my card reader! Also, since the previous post, gave Cyrill another (0.2cc) dose of the soggy supplements, as well as a fresh-moulted superworm which he ate while in my hands. No tongue action, just opened his mouth and let me put it in, then chewed and swallowed...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Believe this guy to be an Ambilobe panther, though he was purchased as a female Nosy Be. Handling - Rarely - when cleaning cages, or taking outside for sunshine & photography (Just once, a few days ago). Feeding - Primarily crickets & supers...

When the dubias (or any other arthropod) moult, they leave their shell behind. Freshly-moulted dubias are white, but it doesn't take them long to darken up. ~B.

First WP I've had to miss in a couple of years ... and several folks I know randomly decided to head up there for bearded dragons! What did you think of the expo, and did anything "follow you home"? Two months ago, I came home with bugs, Repti-breezes, and panthers. One, I purchased as a...

Some speculations that a student of paleontology might make, examining these intricate and beautiful skulls... Looking at those eyesockets, I might guess them for nocturnal . . . The teeth suggest carnivorous diet - could be insects, perhaps larger prey. Some of those back teeth look...

Risky strategy, this ... One bad year for hatch rates, and it's all over . . . Still - there are plenty of annual fish across the Southern Hemisphere, and most insects and arachnids operate this way. They seem to get by . . . ~Bruce

At the rate I'm going, I should be able to retire about 8 - 10 years after I'm dead! ~B.

I almost want to say "Axanthic" - but then I see the yellows in his jaw and lateral line, and think ... nope, that's just a freakin' awesome purple chameleon. ~Bruce

Y'know, I love my local show (New York Metro / White Plains), but something like this makes it feel a bit ... backwater. Thanks for sharing! ~Bruce

I open the container inside the cham's cage. The flies are pretty photophilic - they're attracted to light - so they'll take off for the basking / UVB lights. Close the door - and the lid of the cup - while the flies are bouncing their heads off the screen, and watch the chams have some fun...

I've dropped baby carrots and dandelion greens in with mine ... they feed on compost, so I figured rotting veggies would work. The maggots seem to be doing well, but I don't like the new substrate the soldier fly larvae are being sold with so much . . . ~Bruce

The reptiworms are the larvae (maggots, if you will) of the black soldier fly. They feed on compost, so a few damp bits of veggie will make them pretty happy. My chams haven't ever shown much interest in the worms, (YMMV) but let them pupate and moult into flies? Oh, yeah! ~Bruce

They're actually more of a maggot . . . My chams don't give the larvae a second look - but adore the black soldier flies they moult into! ~Bruce

My understanding of "morph" is a genetic aberration, such as albino or piebald. Same species, not naturally occurring (or usually not for very long, anyway, as they tend to be targeted by predators), but inheritable by offspring according to standard genetic rules. In the case of panther...

Thanks for your hard work and diligence - and for letting us know ... I got a bit confused last night, reading "new posts" that I _knew_ I'd read a couple of days ago, lol! ~Bruce

Great progression to a beautiful boy! ~Bruce, somewhat in awe at what he'll look like in _another_ six months!

_THE_ Winslow?! Little fellow looks terrific, and set for a long happy life! ~Bruce, loving the name, lol . . .