Tip of the day

[Psychobunny]

So, you have a bunch of nice, fat, juicy butterworms, but your cham is not
too keen on hand feeding and you want to put the woms in a spot where they will be seen easily and not escape or fall to the floor!

What to do, what to do!!!???

Take a small clear plastic dish, like a 2'' pettri dish or something not too
big, and maybe half to 1'' high.

Now, get a dime size ball of Bostik Blu-Tack, stick it under your DRY plastic dish, put the worms in, and stick it inside your cham's cage, to a large DRY vine or stick, don't matter if its a rough, bumpy surface.

You can place the dish so he cant miss it, and not worry about it falling over.
When he has eaten his snack, simply pull the dish off.

The Blu-Tack will leave no harmful chemical residue, and you can roll it up and re-use it for a long time !!

 

[nightanole]

How do you handle power tongues that will hit the butter with a mightly "bam" and then knock over the dish if its not on the "vine line" reinforcement?

 

[ChamMan7]

How do you handle power tongues that will hit the butter with a mightly "bam" and then knock over the dish if its not on the "vine line" reinforcement?

Good point!

And also, i wouldnt think using clear plastic is that good an idea... I have seen chams aiming at the bottom of cups that were clear, and with as hard as they can hit things, i would be a little worried about a possible injury. With a less see through color thats a good idea though!

 

[Rango3d]

They will try to shot through clear plastic. I have seen it. What I do is dampen the container and rub some calcium all over it. That way they eat their snack and get a dab of calcium too. And as the container drys, the calcium will stay stuck to it.

 

[ChamMan7]

They will try to shot through clear plastic. I have seen it. What I do is dampen the container and rub some calcium all over it. That way they eat their snack and get a dab of calcium too. And as the container drys, the calcium will stay stuck to it.

That is clever, but either way, a cham slamming their tongue into a solid surface is not good... regardless of the amount of calcium they are getting out of it.

 

[Rango3d]

Aren't their tongues gonna slam into something away? If theirs a bug on a branch or on a screen door, wabam!
How is that different?

 

[ChamMan7]

Aren't their tongues gonna slam into something away? If theirs a bug on a branch or on a screen door, wabam!
How is that different?

Shooting through clear plastic (or anything hard, other than what they are expecting) is not good. You are right they are going to hit something anyways, but attempting to shoot throughhh something greatly increases their risk of injure a verryyyy important tool.

 

[Rango3d]

That's why I rub the calcium. The container is not clear anymore and it works.
And don't people normally put feeding dishes too?

 

[Rango3d]

I do agree that it's not good for them to be slamming their tongue. But the calcium thing works.
Don't knock it till you try it for yourself. Lol

 

[Psychobunny]

Okay, good idea, change the clear plastic to a colored one, though I have not yet had the problem you suggest, I can see that it could happen.

No, the dish does not fall over if you use a nice big ball of Blu-Tack.
Also, branch needs to be dry!! try it out for yourself and see if it works for
you.
The Blu-Tack is very cheap, and has tons of uses

 

[ChamMan7]

That's why I rub the calcium. The container is not clear anymore and it works.
And don't people normally put feeding dishes too?

Yes, people do, but using a clear cup is not what most people use. Rubbing calcium on it is actually a clever idea, but why not err on the safe side and use an opaque cub, and rub calcium on it as well?

I do like the calcium idea though, that is clever.

If they are looking at a cricket in the cup, they may be looking through a clear cup with an edge on it. WHen they aim at the cricket, or anything else in the cup and their tongue unexpectedly slams into the side of a cup they didnt really notice before, that is not necessarily harmless to their sensitive tongue.

 

[ChamMan7]

I do agree that it's not good for them to be slamming their tongue. But the calcium thing works.
Don't knock it till you try it for yourself. Lol

I am not saying it is a bad idea.. i have said a few times i liked that idea

 

[vgaines]

So, you have a bunch of nice, fat, juicy butterworms, but your cham is not
too keen on hand feeding and you want to put the woms in a spot where they will be seen easily and not escape or fall to the floor!

What to do, what to do!!!???

Take a small clear plastic dish, like a 2'' pettri dish or something not too
big, and maybe half to 1'' high.

Now, get a dime size ball of Bostik Blu-Tack, stick it under your DRY plastic dish, put the worms in, and stick it inside your cham's cage, to a large DRY vine or stick, don't matter if its a rough, bumpy surface.

You can place the dish so he cant miss it, and not worry about it falling over.
When he has eaten his snack, simply pull the dish off.

The Blu-Tack will leave no harmful chemical residue, and you can roll it up and re-use it for a long time !!

Great idea. I have a brown worm bowl that I use but I have been attaching it to Rebels tree with a rubber band. Blu-Tack is a much better idea. That way I can place it where ever I want and I don't have to worry about loosing the rubber band. Thanks for the idea...

 

[ChamMan7]

Okay, good idea, change the clear plastic to a colored one, though I have not yet had the problem you suggest, I can see that it could happen.

No, the dish does not fall over if you use a nice big ball of Blu-Tack.
Also, branch needs to be dry!! try it out for yourself and see if it works for
you.
The Blu-Tack is very cheap, and has tons of uses

That is a pretty good idea, and i like that it is removable.. i use zip ties on all my feeding cups and it doesnt look the best. I will definitely give the tack a try!

 

[Rango3d]

My bad chamman. I though you where saying not to rub calcium on flat surfaces. My mistake.
Yes, clear isn't good. Agreed!
I havent heard of the blue tach stuff. Gonna have to check it out.

 

[Psychobunny]

I have been using clear deli cups for feeding as long as I can remember and have never had a problem, except when the cham in on the wrong side!!

They aim at their target, the crick (roach, whatever) and they judge their shooting distance with that target, not the background.

I have not seen a difference so far in the force used from a stick, to my hand, to the screen cage, or the deli cup.
The only time I have ever seen them hurt their tongue is if it gets stuck on to something.

Chris (one of our vet members) once posted a old research paper on this very subject about the chams tongue projectile aim and force.
Nowhere does it support the notion that a cham can inadvertantly use more
mussel force on a clear background (flying insect from the air for example)
and hurt it's tongue mussel.

Besides all that, my old deli cups are so scratched up, you really cant call them clear.

 

[Sinfulintent]

You should do tips of the day every day, have a sticky made and have user input and such. think it'd be a good idea.