There are a number of ways to transport your chameleon to reduce stress. Whenever your chameleon needs to go in the car to the vet, or when you're moving, it can be nerve-wracking to make sure they are going to be okay during the stressful journey. Though chameleons have specific long term needs...
My first prototype
I was planning on using Exo-terra Nano glass cages for my baby cages but the supply chain issues we are all too familiar with made me get creative. Forum member, MeruJack, who I all but stalked on here when I was getting started used Nanos for her baby jacks and she had a...
Introduction to Bio-Activity:
As of recent times, a lot of folks have been asking questions, and for guides on Bio-active Enclosures. How to set them up, how to drain them, how they work, why they work. I figured it was good and Time, that someone sat down and made a Guide! I have been meaning...
The Philosophy of Gutloading
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Anthony Herrel and Walter Tapondjou for their helpful advice on where to look for relevant papers.
1. Introduction
Recently, it was suggested to me that our current gutloading practices might be wrong-headed. In particular, I...
I free range my chameleons so I really have to pay close attention to when it’s time to lay eggs. I think one of the most important things is to have a gram scale and weigh her once a week. If she's gaining and you are still feeding the same amount of food then I figure she must have eggs. You...
Well, some bad news with the cryptic, my heater in my house stopped working one night and it got pretty chilly in there. I woke up to a dead mantis. I was however lucky enough to get a few orchid mantis which are amazing so I am changing the photos to them. The first group were taken before...
Since this is our first blog post we will update more than anything.
We got our first clutch of eggs back in early September of '07. They were from our Panther hybrid project Skittles (50% nosy be, 50% ambilobe) and Mango (100% Sambava) all looks well with those eggs.
More recently...
I am starting a blog that will document the growth a cryptic mantis(Sibylla Pretiosa) that I recently aquired. I will update with photographs as it grows. It is currently a nymph and smaller than a penny. I am feeding it fruitflies and pinhead crickets.
This is my first blog on this site. I first used this site just for asking questions without searching if anybody posted a question first. Then after a few months, I began searching the site first and then asking questions if it wasn't on there. And today, I've decided to take the time and make...
I've been of work for about a week and a half for an injury. The new drugs they prescribed are working great. I have been trying to be a bit more active the last few days too, in preparation for returning to work on Wednesday.
Yesterday was boring, I was very tired from the medication and...
I picked up some more bags of Seachem Fluorite for the new aquarium. Getting expensive though- and I'm thinking of returning the 5 bags of gravel I have for an all fluorite substrate... I do however need to pickup a 30-40 foot heat cable to submerse beneath the gravel. This allows the roots to...
Today was Ribfest. The Burlington Ribfest always falls on Labor day weekend. I believe it is said to be the biggest Ribfest in all of Canada, Though I haven't been to any anywhere else- so I cannot confirm the statements validity.
During a discussion on how anticipating this event is, and...