Thanks Shauna,
He just finished his first shed today, his colors look AMAZING and are getting brighter and brighter every day.... As soon as I stop being too cheap to buy new batteries for my camera I can get some good pics up :D
I know I'm late to respond but thanks for all the kind words guys.
It is pronounced Ch-aw-ska. I must admit, I'm part Cherokee as well so it seems 100% fitting lol
Here's a website PACKED with some information on Mantis:
http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Bug,%20Mantids.htm
Also read this:
http://www.wonderclub.com/Wildlife/insectsandspiders/praying_mantis.htm
You can buy some here:
http://statequarters.20m.com/prayingmantis.html
But keep in mind they...
So I think I finally picked a name for my chameleon:
Chaska
chaska is a Native American name meaning "First born son" being my first chameleon and it being male I find it only fitting. What does everyone think/
It will drip and mist.... I have "The Big Dripper" set up on it as well. I was just attempting to save myself the hastle of ordering a mist king if this will do the same job.
Okay, so I was thinking about buying a misting system and then came up with an idea for a cheap solution and was wondering what you all would think.
So I was debating buying a Maxi-Jet 600 Powerhead, running some plastic tubing from the powerhead to an elbow joint and some more tubing...
Thanks mate, just went out and bought all the extra wood and such I needed - Only spent $105 as well, which is awesome considering ordering a cage is just as expensive haha, plus this includes the stand as well :D
Very excited as I planned to spend about $116 and got away with $104.79.
A...
Okay everyone, so I'm getting ready to build myself a new cage. Everything from stand with drawers to cage. Here's what I'm thinking.
Stand:
2X3X2
Base will be big enough to conceal cricket keeper, 2nd shelf big enough to hold easily removable water tray. Hoping tray can hold about 2G of...
Yea, actually have a spare water line in the room I'm keeping them (Bathroom converted to bedroom) so that was my first bet. Was just trying to be a little "Green" as they say. And to think for my old aquarium tank I had an old evaporation, condensation water recycling setup :p Thanks mate, I'll...
Okay, so I'm building my own tank and I had one question. I was thinking about building a non-stop reuse dripping system... to better get an idea I made a simple diagram:
Now my idea was to have the dripper, obviously, drip into the tank. From there it will funnel down the drain and...
So I think I discovered, if I don't refill my mist bottle with warm water, not luke warm but really warm about 80-85% and spray the tank he will continue to roam the tank. If the water is too cold when I spray I guess it's a cold humidity in the tank thus why he'll stay up top near the basking...
Carol, that is urate. Chameleons are like birds, they don't pee like humans. If you notice next time he defecates it will be a brown, followed by that white that you notice. Also, be sure to pay attention to that as it's a good indicator to wether or not he's getting what he needs. A brown fecal...
Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - Male Veiled owned for 1 week
* Handling - Only when doing a full cage cleaning - once a week
* Feeding - Crickets gut loaded with flukers high calcium cricket food
* Supplements - Repti Calcium with and w/o D3 - reptivite reptile multivitamins...
So, here's some pre-bed/bed pictures of my new cham in his favorite sleeping spot.
Still no sleep - flash used
Eyes-Closed no flash
Sorry for the blur, hard to keep still, watch a cham and take a pic of your shoulder at the same time :p
I love the little guy already, lol, he's...