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Mistakes: The Best TeachersJust came across this, good on you for taking on the duty of learning everything to help Rango live a good life. When I came home from work one...- Lucas00-
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Dubia Roach Ranch Setup 101Looking at starting my own Roach Ranch. Awesome write up, thank you!!
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A Tribute to Life: The Chameleon Who Never Gave UpI am brand new to the group and I love this tribute. I lost my mom on February 6 and I think us getting a chameleon is a sign. Hugs!
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Mistakes: The Best TeachersWe’re all a little weird in our own beautiful way. I’m so glad that you kept Rango and have been making the needed changes for him, rather than...- MissSkittles
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Free-range inspirationI had the setup for my Jackson’s, in the beginning they will escape, but that stops over time once they feel that tree is there best place in the...- Sonny13
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The Philosophy of Gutloading PART 1.
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...- Kaizen
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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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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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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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Egg Laying and the Laying Bin
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...- jannb
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A chart illustrating which feeders I've used most/least over the period June - November.
Summary for November:
37 Larva (14 superworm (aka kingworm) 12 butterworm 11 silkworm)
11 cricket
7 stick insect
5 roaches (2 turkistan roach 2 dubia roach 1 hisser roach)
2 terrestrial isopod
Daily:
November 30: nothing
November 29, Sunday: stick insect, superworms, silkworm
November 28...
Daily
Mornings
-Feed silkworms
-Feed crickets (remove any uneaten food from previous evening)
-Fill water drippers (and later empty the collection pan)
-spray water stick insects
-Feed chameleons (I feed small amounts frequently, about six days a week, rather than large amount every other day...
I am finally able to post my own blogs! Sweeet!
I need to get Diggy a bigger cage. Any ideas? Because there is no way I would succeed in building one myself. haha :rolleyes:
Nutrients in a cup of chopped raw Romaine
Water 44.47g
Energy 8kcal
Energy 34kJ
Protein 0.58g
Total lipid (fat) 0.14g
Ash 0.27g
Carbohydrate, by difference 1.55g
Fiber, total dietary 1g
Sugars, total 0.56g
Calcium, Ca 16mg
Iron, Fe 0.46mg
Magnesium, Mg 7mg
Phosphorus, P 14mg
Potassium, K...
Nutrient content of a cup of raw collards
Water 90.55g
Energy 30kcal 26kJ
Protein 2.45g
Total lipid (fat) 0.42g
Ash 0.89g
Carbohydrate, by difference 5.69g
Fiber, total dietary 3.6g
Sugars, total 0.46g
Calcium, Ca 145mg
Iron, Fe 0.19mg
Magnesium, Mg 9mg
Phosphorus, P 10mg
Potassium, K 169mg...
Crickets are readily available, fairly inexpensive and often are the primary captive diet (although a varied diet is important to the well being of your chameleon!). Crickets can be fairly nutritious when they themselves are fed a complete diet that includes leafy greens, vegetables with a high...
Following is a listing of the nutrient value of the various parts of the Chinese hibiscus:
Leaves (100 grams dry weight)
Water: 0 g., Protein: 15.4 g., Fat: 3.5 g., Carbohydrates: 69.7 g., Fiber: 15.5 g., Ash: 11.4 g., Calcium: 1670 mg., Phosphorus: 520 mg.
Fruit (seed pods, dry weight)...
Bee-collected pollen is generally found to contain notable levels of provitamin A, B-1 (thiamin), B-2 (riboflavin), B-3 (niacin), B-5, B-6 (pyridoxine), B-12 (cyanocobalamine), C, D, E, H, K, biotin, pantothenic acid, folic acid, choline, lecithin, inositol, and rutin. It also generally contains...
Then I fixed on the sides (this was a little trickier), but just make sure you hold them in place as best you can. To make things considerably easier, drill pilot holes to make sure that the wood lines up and joins together properly. This will stop your screws going in the wrong direction and...
I’m old fashioned and so use a hand saw to cut my wood, but whatever method you use, make sure it’s a nice straight line. Also, one tip, if you’re making multiple cuts into a piece of wood, measure each new cut after you make the first, otherwise, the measurement you made will be wrong as...
Well finally, it has begun! I’m still in shock that I’ve actually started, but I have, so now it shouldn’t take me so long to get it finished (I hate leaving things unfinished, although I am a little bit too busy these days for my own good!). Anyway, let’s begin (sorry if some bits are a bit...
Summary for the month of October:
Superworms: 23
Crickets: 22
Butterworm: 12
Stick: 9
Terrestrial Isopod: 8
Silkworm: 6
Roaches: 4
Mealworm: 2
List of my panther chameleons ate this month
Oct 31 2009: 1 Superworm, 1 silkworm
Oct 30: 2 butterworms, 2 crickets
Oct 29: 2...
Rep-Cal Calcium
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INGREDIENTS: 100% phosphorous-free oyster shell calcium carbonate.
Repashy Calcium NoD
Guaranteed Analysis: calcium 30% - 32%.
INGREDIENTS: calcium carbonate from the Mohave Desert USA
Sticky Tongue Farms: Miner-All-O...
January 11, 2008
I had planned it all out in my mind. My mother is from the island of Oahu, Hawaii and I always imagined if I found THE girl, I'd take her to the most beautiful spot on earth and ask her to marry me.
After a grueling 3 hour hike up the mountain, we finally made it to the...
A few of the many online Insect suppliers
Canada
http://www.recorpinc.com/index.php
http://www.bugsgalore.ca/apps/webstore/
http://www.bugorder.com/
http://geckogurl.com/product-category/insect-feeders/
http://www.supercricket.ca/...
I track what I feed my chameleons. Decided to chart it and see what kinds of average quantities I was offering this summer (June - Sept).
Here's the chart:
Averaged out, I was feeding about 62 bugs a month, or 2 bugs daily. This was made up of about 14 different types of bugs each month. On...
Summary for the month
Stick Insects: 18
Crickets: 15
Superworms: 9
Butterworm: 6
Silkworms: 5
Roaches: 5 (2 turk, 2 hisser, 1 dubia)
Isopod: 4
Mealworm: 4
Hornworm: 1
Waxworm: 1
Grasshopper: 1
Sept 1 Tuesday: 1 superworm (calcium dusted), 4 small stick insects
Sept 2: nothing
Sept 3: 1...
Just my keeping track of a few threads/sites I've found interesting on the subject
http://chamworld.blogspot.com/2008/01/parasites-warning-this-health-chapter.html
http://wvc.omnibooksonline.com/data/papers/2008_V461.pdf
http://www.chameleonforums.com/parasite-photo-2104/...
It's been quite awhile since I first posted. Since then, Mel has laid her first clutch of 52 eggs, though they were fertile. I just got a male veiled from my aunt, Spencer. He's a bit under a year old. Mel has been put in a 2'x2'x5' cage i built and Spence is in a medium ExoTerra terrarium. The...