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Sharky, I'm pretty sure they're established there if you're seeing one outside. I was in the keys about 12 or so years ago and they were all over the place where I stayed. The problem with them is they are big and eat anything that fits in their mouths. They also bite HARD. Don't let him get...

Thanks for the replies! I've been feeding mainly big black crickets (maybe field crickets?) and superworms along with whatever safe to eat bugs I find in the grass around my house. When he was smaller he got alot of field caught insects, mostly grasshoppers and flying bugs. The crickets are...

Well I got this guy when he was approx 1-1/2 months old, he was pretty sick for almost a month and I was resigned to the fact he wasn't going to make it, I got to the point of force feeding for a few days. BUT with the help of this board, some Vit A and TLC he has been doing pretty well since...

I don't know why he would be that color unless that's his genetic traits or there is too much "brown" in there with him. I would get those coil UV lights out of there asap and add some more plants, make it so he can really hide in there and he might relax more. The coil lights will damage their...

Can you set up some kind of small fan to get air moving through there? Also I live in a really humid climate, I've noticed when the humidity gets up over 70% for a while my veiled starts developing some respiratory problems. With the air con in his room it stays around low 50's to 65% humidity...

So I was sitting here drinking my coffee and looking at the youpor..... errrmmm Chameleon Forums, and I got to thinking about lighting for the chams. Right now my Veiled has one strip UVB and one spotlight for heat. The room he's in can be rather dark if it's cloudy or the light for the room are...

There's a cool chart in the chameleons online ezine in the Senegal chameleon article. It shows some pics and has a listing of the moods and their corresponding colors.

Can I ask why you're selling it? If it actually works (as in the design is good) I will take it.:)

I don't know if they would eat the basilisks, but a green tree monitor would be awesome if the space is large enough. They're active and don't grow very large as far as monitors go. Green basilisks are some of my fave lizards but they do tend to be pretty shy. I'd also vote no on the chams...

My take on it is almost anything is ok and maybe beneficial if you use it once in a while. The problems start happening when you get too much of a particular thing all the time, with the flakes it's probably too high in protein which would lead to problems if the chams ate it every day.

No way! Besides the obvious "what if the cham eats some dirt", there's an off chance that if your cham eats leaves it could it in their system. Get some fish emulsion or bat guano if they needs a boost. *EDIT* BocaJan beat me to it, heheh.

Same thing happened with my baby veiled. Could be the heat, "sunburn" on the eyes since they're used to indoor light, or coincidence. I gave mine some beta carotene, used a little antibiotic ointment, and kind of nursed him through until he could open them again. Took about a good 2 weeks for...

I would think the high protein fish food could possibly be causing some problems, especially with the kidneys. High protein diets can be hard on the filtering system and over time wear it down. I just read an article about the Dr. who's studied panthers for years, he states clearly chams are...

Looks great! Thanks for the motivation to get my guys' cages up to speed...:D

Sounds like too much supplementation was at least a contributing factor to me. Also feeding the crickets spinach may interfere with calcium absorption. So were they living together until 3 or 4 days ago? Maybe he was too stressed by the time you gave him his own cage. Moving them into new...

Pics added, they're dark because the exposure on my cam. He wasn't that dark looking in person. Also the small amount of red on his chin is beta carotene. Sorry if the pics are too gigantor...

I was thinking it could be photo-karato-conjunctivitis at first but he's been about the same for 2 weeks now. From what I've read it usually clears up in about a week(?) It started with one eye closed then he had both shut after a day or two. I gave him a small amount of beta carotene Thursday...

Does anyone have a dosage schedule for Terramycin ointment? I can't find anything specific to chameleons or lizards in general. The closest I've found is for livestock which recommends 3-4 times daily. I have a feeling this might be too much for chams. Thanks.

Sure fire way to give your cham parasites.

I noticed a few very small red mites crawling on my cham yesterday and today. He hasn't been 100% and perhaps these little creeps could have something to do with it? Anyone have experience with getting rid of these things? The cage is in very good condition, I'm thinking they came off one of the...