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Cage Cleaning • Sanitation ISTYT (Part 4) DisinfectionAn eye problem is probably not going to be contagious. Any parasite eggs could linger in the cage. A good soapy wash and a bleaching would have...- JacksJill
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Cage Cleaning • Sanitation ISTYT (Part 4) DisinfectionOk thanks. I just talked to the previous cage owner and they had a cham, not panther, and said it had some type of eye issue and ended up going...
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Cage Cleaning • Sanitation ISTYT (Part 4) DisinfectionI would say no. I would steam it or use hair bleaching 12% peroxide on a used cage of uncertain origin.
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Cage Cleaning • Sanitation ISTYT (Part 4) DisinfectionGreat info! Thank you for sharing! I have a new cage off marketplace, looks in good shape but don't know what happened to previous occupant. Is...
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Photographing Chameleon's in "Naturalistic" Settings
If you want a place in the Forum Calendar or a shiny medal next to your avatar there are some basic things you will have to do. First understand what the contest is looking for pictures that will ultimately go into the calendar. Nobody wants to be distracted by your fingernails, dirty or...- JacksJill
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Free-range inspiration
Some inspirational thoughts for free ranging First, our living room is a large, bright (views on both sides) and pet free living room without small children walking around. Second, the free-range area is at exact the same spot as where a Reptibreeze XL (24´x24´x48´) stood. Many assume...- Sonny13
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World Chameleon Species Tour: Trioceros pfefferi
Welcome to another installment of our World Chameleon Species Tour! Today we are in the Cameroon highlands with Trioceros pfefferi. Natural History: Trioceros pfefferi is a small size chameleon around the size of a carpet chameleon. It is listed as living between 1100m to 1900m by the IUCN...- DeremensisBlue
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How to Do your Own FECAL FLOAT - VIDEO
Intestinal Parasites are common in chameleons and other reptiles. Wild caught chameleons have a reputation of having intestinal parasites..although this is true , parasites can effect Captive bred as well as Wild caught Chameleon. A chameleon may have parasites but not show any symptoms...- Dez
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Intro to Bio-Activity
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...- cyberlocc
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Swyft was pacing yesterday on the curtain rod. He knows how to get back to the tree, I've seen him do it, I don't know what his deal was. Finally, frustrated and concerned about the pacing, I grabbed my step-ladder and relocated him for the last few hours of the evening to his tree which has...
I'm very excited to begin construction on a new modern styled enclosure for my future panther cham. I found plexiglass at lowes that will work wonderfully for a very affordable rate. I am excited to begin work.
I have also started breeding crickets again tonight.:)
Swyft is starting to concern me. He's alert, active, and eating superworms but still wont eat a dubia. He turns his head and looks away. But if I bring out a superworm he will turn and grab it.
He's still free-ranging and I'm still misting him and the plants and the fake plants, he doesn't...
I watched someone "dusting" their cricket with Calcium + D3. I say dusting in quotes because it was actually more like painting or heavily coating the crickets. I dont dust my home much, but even at my house the dust layer has never been that opaque and thick.
Well, almost never. That top...
Mr. Swyft is going to exercise all his weight off if he doesn't slow down and eat more. He has been shunning the dubias lately, I don't know what his deal is but he's assertively eating the superworms.
The last few days we've had a storm roll in so I've been able to keep the temp down...
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sandrachameleon's Blog, this is a GREAT resource!
This is a log of what prey was given to the NosyBe hatchlings (Babies are fed multiple times a day) during the month of August, 2010 (their third month of life). Prey is gutloaded. First half of the month, they got two types of fruit flies, but later in the month was only using the large fruit...
It's good to read the visitor messages on your public profile every once in a while. It reminds you of the nice things people have to say.
Had an excellent chat today, thanks guys. It helped me to understand some things I have been going back and forth about.
I made a reference that I wanted to record so I could remember the importance of the topic and possibly help out other new keepers residing in AZ.
All of these...
man it is getten hard to control the heat with heat wave comen through. i am being forced to shut off the heat lamps beacuse it is so hot that ambient temps are rising to high 70 and sometimes low 80's!!!!!! idk what to do but just keep a lot of water dripping and mist.
I just wanted to officially say thanks to all those that have been helping me to understand chameleon care in the past two weeks. You know who you are.
To the rest of the forums. Please remain true to the animals. This is one of the better pet forums i have had the privilege of being a member...
Just some links I have collected. This has been done a million times I am sure. But the best way to learn is to think about what you need to do. Read about the things necessary to do them. Then actually go do them. Then practice, practice, practice…. and practice some more.
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Swyft was wary of the rope, and rightly so. I can't seem to get it taut enough to be safe for him so I took it down for now. Maybe bf can help me on his next visit.
Swyft has been free range since Friday. His lights are set up for his plant area but now he has taken to hanging out on the...
When I had baby veileds this was the info that I provided to the new owners. Hopefully it will help you with your new veiled or panther. I have some additional information at the bottom for the female chameleon which should be handled differently.
You will need a starter cage to begin with. I'd...
I found a couple pics of when I first got some of my chameleons. It is realy amazing to see how much they've grown. I'm going to start out with my ver first chameleon Lima bean. I lost him a couple months ago :( I've never found him
I did it! I created a full circle around the room of climbing area for Swyft. He hasn't tried all of it out yet, he's been half way around several times and just today I finished the other half but he was too tired done exploring by the time I finished so I tucked him in bed instead. He was...
So now I've learned that if Swyft was startled when I go to put him away the shock could be really bad for him. I'm trying to put him away earlier and earlier each time, watching to see when he gets "settled in" and thereby putting him back in the cage for the night. He's a tricky one. I am...
I know these are posted in a lot of other places, I wanted them all together for my personal benefit. I will constantly be adding new links.
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I am really struggling with planning out his feeding. I ended up with over 20 superworms and nothing else. I think some dubias escaped as I found a dubia in the superworm house, hahaha! Oops! No clue how he managed that.
I finally took a calendar and just wrote crickets, superworms on...
For two nights now I have put Swyft to bed at about 7:30 p.m., he has slowed down and perched but not fallen completely asleep. Both nights now he has let me use my hand to remove him from the tree!!! Just my hand, no stick, nothing else.
YAYYYYYY!!!! HE IS TRUSTING ME! I don't plan to...