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I agree, besides of obvious caterpilars, itnrefers mainly to beetles: e.g. Cetoniidae, which are countless in madagascar and other territories and I found them often in the fecal samples

This is very interesting and fir me quite strange. It must be somehow bias of the methodology and lights used I guess or maybe a small sample? Though the babies of F lateralis live less exposed to sun than the adults, which is one of the few species getting extremely high doses of UV in the...

Ansolitely agree. The fatherhood would be a mess as the female A would after mating with D anyway produce first eggs from B, then mixed and then only from D. You would never know which is which, as there is no way testing it. So keep the same pairs is better. You will anyway have a mess as you...

Very very interesting! Thank you for the sharing! I totally agree that chameleons seek juicy insects when short of water as rhe food intake way of water intakenis very likely dominant. As oer my experiments, the rough rule that i found out is Low humidity desiccates high humidoty...

Awesome! Same, when I reported about not seeing chameleons drinking in the wild, people thought I am crazy Only then rhey started to understand that captive experience with dry nights induces compensation drinking and that ai am righ… Chameleons do not drink as a rule, they hydrate different...

I know this species from the wild and from captivity. Concerning hydration: in the wild, they technically live so high, that they sleep daily in clouds/fog, at very low temps (sometimes around freezing point. The fog is untense and comes and goes randomly to dissolve in the morning hours around...

Great info! I am happy for your observations and their sharing especially about the intensity of fog and moisture… When I introduced the logic of fogging widely to the community, I was accused from lies and some people tried to make statements that there is no fog in Madagascar etc etc. Of...

HYDRATION PURPOSE I often hear/read questions repeatedly: What is the right hydration schedule? When should I fog? How long should I mist? Is 3 times 2 hours enough? Do I need to keep the dripper on all day? etc., etc., etc... And, we engage in endless debates... So, what is wrong? The...

This is more dependent on the quality of feeding and supplementing and lighting than on the female itself, although genetics can play a role too IMHO

We are synchronized and connected, it is a privilege

Thank you for your warm words. I would suggest to follow what they do in the wild: they bask as early morning as the first sunrays are a available (it does not need to correlate with the sunrise - thy often live in deep valleys or forested areas so the first available rays may appear as late as...

HOW TO PREVENT UNWANTED CLUTCHES IF EGGS IN CAPTIVE CHAMELEON FEMALES? Very often breeders and keepers parott again, and again, the following message, especially to beginners: the females of chameleons will lay eggs even without the mating: they will lay infertile eggs like chicken every second...

This species is not so short living as you state. In Europe, the ildest ones reach 5-6 years easily. The problem is oberheating in captovoty, which is a commonly recommended practice by some breeders in the US, it hiwever soeeds up the metabolism and causes early death with all symptoms of...

Will do mea culpa

The UV exposure is an issue we know not enough about till now. But what we know, is enough, to keep our animals healthy and fit to reproduce. Folow my video and enjoy the cheat sheets produced in cooperation with Eva Žilková and Anstasiia Shiriaeva! Youtube:

we fight with Bill on our ends more or less coordinated was for it... calling it either the naturalistic approach to chameleon husbandry or defining it as naturalistic chameleonoculture

you made my day! congrats to all the positive changes! I am impressed and your chams will absolutely love you (and it) :)

this seems to be disease based either bacterial infection or parasite infection which you can not detect with layman methods of analysis or chronicle overhydration of the chameleon tell me how you hydrate your chameleon