Recent content by kinyonga

Welcome to the forum and the crazy world of chameleons! This is a great sight full of good information that will help you the main mistakes newbies make. You’ve been given more good sites to check out too.

@Motherlode Chameleon …this site shows a bright green with light on the lower half of the body…are there different colour phases or is it something else?

40+ years and I’m still learning!

“The general tendency and pattern is, chameleons that are exposed to hydration methods using pressurized water seem to do it very frequently”…

@Beman said…”I am a firm believer in not stealing”…I totally agree. @Beman said…”But I could delete this thread you made and then you could give her the forum to come here and get help”…great idea!!

Some veileds are very easy to handle and others can be awful.

I’m afraid I have no advice about keeping blue tongue skinks. I did keep a couple of species of skinks….but not blue tongues. Sorry. ☹️

“You can create a safer environment for both you and the chameleon by using gloves and encouraging the chameleon to crawl onto a stick.”… https://www.chameleons.info/l/how-to-handle-a-chameleon-bite/

“the calcium and phosphorus content was lower in the jaw bone than in the teeth, especially at the juvenile stage. This could explain the broken jaw bones during fights between animals, as the bone is much weaker than the junctional tooth–bone areas.”…...

I love the coat idea…it works!!! Maybe put her in a small cloth bag inside he coat, to keep her from crawling out of the coat?

@Decadancin …looks like it’s that time again! Hope you’re having a great day…doing things you love to do……… eating pizza!? 🎉🥂🎂🎈🎉

At least 40 is better than 80! Best if it could be lower than 40 though…for sure. As she ages, you want to keep the number of eggs lower if you can IMHO. They can even go as low as no eggs with the proper diet restrictions and husbandry…and easily live longer than 6 years too. Glad she laid...

Be careful with the heat pak if you use one…you want to put it on the side of the box rather than under it so you don’t burn the bottom of the chameleons feet. I always used a hot water bottle and always wrapped it in a towel. BTW, I live in Canada too.

@MissSkittles said…”I grab a small flashlight and go in at night in the dark when my chameleon is asleep”…this is a trick I learned in the first couple of years of chameleon keeping. They seem to sleep deep!

In the first photo she is showing mustardy splotches that indicate that she is sexually mature, so she could produce infertile eggs any time now. Wether she will or not depends on your husbandry…temperatures, etc and on how much and what you feed her with and even somewhat on what you feed the...