Well - first night and I blew it! Knowing that my house was going to be around 60 during the night, I thought I would put the silkworms that I just got in the mail yesterday on top of my crested's night light dome cover. I didn't put it directly over the bulb part, but any event this morning...
Thanks Natureboy - I do feed him in 2 sessions. I feed him 10-15 in the a.m. and 10-15 in the late afternoon when I get home from work. They are always ALL gone. I clean his cage completely out every Saturday or Sunday and have found some of the roaches left crawling around, but never any of...
O.k. peeps - Spike's 100 small silkworms and 150 small phoenix worms just arrived. I have yet to find on here how many of those I should feed my 2 mo old veiled cham. I would like to feed him these exclusively or mainly for the next few days while they are tiny and I won't waste so many. Is...
Up until a couple weeks ago when I bought my first chameleon, I was using Flukers for my crested's crickets. They love that stuff. But since being on this forum, I bought the bug burger which was highly suggested. Both the dubia's and crickets don't seem to like it at all? But then, maybe...
I just ordered small silk worms on Monday from Mulberry Farms. My cham is only 2 months old, so I won't even begin to use half of them before they are too big. They should arrive tomorrow - Maybe I could split some of them with you? This was my first time ordering them, so I'm not sure how...
I'm geting ready to place an order for some silkworms for my 2 mo old veiled cham - Spike and it was suggested that I order Phoenix worms as well to meet the min order. So my question is are phoenix worms good for a cham or not so good like mealworms. Right now Spike is eating about 20 insects...
How important is it to make sure any crickets that have not been eaten, be found and removed? The crickets are 1/4" - tiny and they are going to be almost impossible to find. Besides the stress it will cause my little guy digging around in his enclosure does not seem worth it, unless those...
Oh ya - I've got the rep cal shaker - rep cal with d3, rep cal w/o d3 and the rep cal herpivit. Bug burger is the gut load and I have an ample supply of fresh kelp - which I plan on blending some up and freezing in cubes this weekend before the weather turns and frosts it all. NW Oregon has...
Do you dust every insect your about to feed your cham? Not sure if all are supposed to be dusted or just a few? I'm getting my baby veiled tomorrow :D He's about 2 mo's old. I know to do the d3 and vit 2 x per month - but again all the insects that day or just a couple-few? Thanks everybody!
I'm new and in reading all these threads to make sure I am set up right and do the right thing, it sounds almost impossible for a chameleon to make it in the wild! Between supplements, lighting, heat, water, humidity - YIKES! I know the point is to mimic the wild as much as reasonably possible...
The 3.5 month olds are from Chameleons Northwest out of Washington Sate. The younger ones are out of southern CA - a senior member here named Lance Lindgren. (Anyone have dealings with him?) The colors of the Sire on the little guys are just beautiful. What I was really looking to hear is if...
So, I'm all set up and ready to buy my first veiled chameleon. There are several breeders out there and the babies really range in ages. I found some on the classified ad's here. One breeder has some that are 1 month old and some that are 1.75 months old. I also found some that are 3.5...
I think it turned out great! I hope our new baby likes his new home! :)
There is a drip coming in from the top and a fogger hose comes in from the back. Lights are set for 8 to 8. Loaded with plants so hopefully he won't want to hang out on the bottom - no room. One thing left to add. I...
Decision Made
Thanks who responding and offered advise. I have decided to not get the poor little fellow at Petco. I know if I take him, then he will be replaced and another one will get put into that enclosure that is not right and yet another cham will get sick and suffer. I am going to...
I could afford the vet bills, but the closest reptile vet is 65 miles away. My heart is telling me to get him out of there, afterall he is the reason I'm wanting a cham. He just showed so much personality and by coming toward me twice out of the 4 times I have seen him just made me think he is...