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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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Jackson's Chameleon Articles and Studies
I'm always trying to find these links for people. Now anyone who is interested in knowing more about Jacksons chameleons can find them here. Articles This is the caresheet from this site if you haven't seen it and you want to take care of a Jackson's Chameleon read it...- JacksJill
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Individual Baby Cages or Caging during the time of Covid
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...- JacksJill
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Traveling with Chameleons
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...- ferretinmyshoes
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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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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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My boys are headin' outside! I have some yard work I can do while they bask.
Grab your chams and join me!
I put an ad on Craig's List looking for a cage. Its a long shot but hey, never know. Bf is visiting next week and will help me price out constructing my own, and all else fails I'll buy one. My boys need upgraded.
I'm also going to ask Bf to help me shop for lights again. It really...
Offered two from a cup, not interested. Moved the paper at the bottom of his cage and a cricket came out so I didn't want to add more to the cage.
Swyft ate the two crickets instead. so that's six for him today.
Gave Swyft 6 medium crickets dusted with Miner-All. It says it has calcium 34-36%. He is heartily chasing and catching them. I decided not to do the cup since he seems to like hunting.
Going to offer a cricket to Jolly.
I'm putting a calendar in the room to mark when I should do the different dustings of crickets. I'm also going to have a different colored pen/pencil for each guy and jot # of crickets eaten. (if any, sigh, I wish Jolly would eat in front of me) This blog works for my discussion of them but at...
Jolly still isn't eating and Swyft is still in hunting/hungry mode.
Swyft had four crickets, lightly dusted by the cup but no dust added, just whatever was in the bottom. He now crawls to the front of the cage, cage door open, and snags the crickets right out of the cup, it's cool! Three...
I'm going to read up on the feeding. I love watching Swyft eat and he is such a hunter and a pig. Today was going to be my "no feed day" but that didn't happen. He got a big ol' roach this morning, two I believe, and now tonight after misting he was all hunting around so I offered him two...
I had such a blast watching my guys outside! I brought their enclosures outside, exactly 1/2 in sun and 1/2 in shade, I just kept following the line of the porch side. Swyft really enjoyed it, he was all over the place, nose in the air, reaching for the plants nearby, it was so cool to watch...
Today I went looking for some chameleon items. I found the bamboo sticks at Hobby Lobby and they were on sale too! I got one set and divided it between the two cages, took my time threading it around and fastening it, then threading around their fake vine. Both chams have been climbing up...
My first morning after giving up the girls and what a sigh of relief. I was so worried Alice might be hinting at nesting. I couldn't tell if she was hinting or hunting as other parts of the day she would be way up at the top of the cage as usual. Anyhow moving forward with the boys.
I...
I've begun the addiction! I acquired my chams on Craig's List, all four with all setups. Crazy huh? I found this site and was really excited for my new journey but the more I read the more I realized there was so much to learn.
Thankfully I was contacted by very experienced chameleon...
Leo has had a growth spurt this month I think! I was worrying a bit that he might be behind the norm for his age, but now I think he's caught up. His weight has nearly doubled during this period.
Here are his weight records for this month:
6/05/2010 29.6 g
6/12/2010 36.9 g...
Week 1: fruit flies* (no supplementation) Its worth noting that i didnt witness any eating until around day 4 post hatching.
Week 2 (week 1 for the ones that hatched later): fruit flies* calcium dusted for one of the feeds every other day (they are fed 3-5 times daily)
Week 3: fruit flies*...
A log of what the adult male chameleons ate (averaged) during the month of June. All feeders gutloaded except moths and butterworms. Supplementation indicated by C=calcium; CD3=Calcium with D3; V=Vitamins
1 - 2 crickets C & 1 mealworm C
2 - nothing
3 - hornworm
4 - 3 crickets C
5 - Hisser
6 -...
I would like to post a few pics of Lily when she was poorly, so that other owners can see what a sick chameleon looks like. They become sick so fast that you don't notice how bad they look at the time, it kind of creeps up on you. I didn't realise just how ill Lily looked at the time - it's...
There was a lot of growth in May, especially toward the end of the month. At the beginning he weighed in at only 13.8 grams. I was starting to worry that he was small for his age, but by the end of the month I think he was catching up. I don't have a weight for him near the end of the month...
Chameleon care basics
CHAMELEON ENCLOSURE
The first thing you will need is a well ventilated enclosure. Glass aquarium tend to have stagnant air and the constant moisture can cause the chameleon to become very ill. A well ventilated enclosure will help maintain a proper humidity cycle. A good...
The clutch of Ambilobe x Nosy Be babies is starting to hatch now too. This is a little ahead of schedule (and the pure nosy be clutch hatched a little behind schedule just a few weeks ago). boy oh boy am I ever going to be a busy person over the next while. Better get more fruit flies brewing...
Here he is in April, so if he was hatched on Nov. 21, then he is going on 5 months old here. He seems a bit small for his age here, at least compared to some of the other pics I've seen on the forum. But then again, I don't know his exact birthday and who knows how accurate everyone else is...
Here are a few pics from March. Leonardo is around 4 months old in these pics and I have the pics time-stamped.