Recent content by MissSkittles

Banded crickets are much hardier and less stinky than domestic crickets.

Very handsome guy you have. 🥰 He should be eating regularly. Have you noticed if it’s any particular feeder that he is refusing or showing a preference for? For some chams, roaches can be an acquired taste. For others, they get hooked on the treat bugs and try to train us to give only the good...

Awesome! I had to Google what your monitor looks like. They are pretty! 🥰

Hi. You are getting excellent advice…you need to take your animal to the vet and have them run a fecal parasite check to identify what may be there. Only after it has been identified, can the correct treatment be determined. Each type of parasite has its own treatment and medication. The...

Back to give you a bit more info. Provided I don’t get called away by my job, I’ll give you a quick run down of husbandry basics for a female veiled. Minimum enclosure size is 2x2x4’, or the equivalent of an XL ReptiBreeze. Basking temp no higher than 80F. No heat needed at night provided...

Oh yeah…the hatchlings are tiny and can’t do any damage to a chameleon. This was a Chinese mantis baby that I hatched sitting on top of a cricket keeper to give you an idea of size. It was actually smaller when it hatched. I don’t recall how many sheds it had gone thru at this time…it was a few...

I can’t bear to watch that video. Will a fully grown mantis wipe out the pests or do you need their hatchlings? I know for soil gnats, I get mantis ootheca and let it hatch out inside my enclosures. Of course, my chams are very efficient at making sure no mantids survive long.

Umm…does the monitor live in the enclosure and can eat the babies? If so, maybe move the monitor elsewhere if you can. 😬 Love the babies…they are adorable. 🥰

He must have fixed it as I see March. @BleuSaphir I hope you’re planning to enter a pic this month. I love seeing your boys. 🥰

Hi and welcome! No judgement here…we all start at the beginning. 🙂 I am going to guess that you have the ReptiBreeze chameleon kit…yes? To be the bearer of bad news, there is little that is actually useful for a chameleon in that kit and far too many people are tricked into buying it. Besides...

I’ve always liked going more natural with real branches. You can use any from trees that don’t have strong odor or thick sap, like pines, eucalyptus and others. My only tree died years ago, so I go out when my neighbors trim their live oaks. I know they don’t spray with anything so the branches...

I do see a little spur, so I believe you do have a cute little boy. 🤗 I do see some needed changes in his enclosure. The first is to move the uvb light to above his basking branch. It does have a relatively narrow band where it’s at peak levels and then drops off very quickly. Provided your uvb...

Aww…little cutie! 🤗 Yes, it’s a normal coloring for a veiled. Usually, when they are bright, they are fired up or asleep. Their normal relaxed colors can be a bit on the greyer side, especially for boys. I have to ask - are you positive you have a boy? Do you see some prominent nubs (tarsal...

It’s not the tips of the tongs that are the problem, but it’s that we aren’t quick enough on the release of them. You see how fast those tongues shoot out and grab a bug. If the bug doesn’t let go in the millisecond it’s grabbed, the tongue muscle and shooting mechanism gets pulled wrong and is...

Aww…cute guy with beautiful colors. 🥰 I always love when they use the super duper tail hold like that…twirling it back onto itself to lock it in place.