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Thanks! I totally get that concern, the main reason I've been tong feeding is that they don't like the feeder cup (yet) and the dubias don't move enough on their own to incite a feeding response. I want to make a 'shooting gallery' for each cage so the chams can hunt without risks of the bugs...

This seems so fun! I'll have to give it a go, not sure how well my camera takes video but I guess we'll see!

Okay, just took a round of pics. I'm relatively sure that she hasn't laid yet. I took her out & dug around for a bit right after I got these pics, and I didn't find anything. I think she's ready, as her appetite has diminished a bit (where just a few days ago she was ravenous) and she has...

Wow, I think I may have solved the females' lethargy. I mist a couple of times per day, but never for particularly long (about until the leaves start dripping). Well today, I misted for long enough that water was dripping for over two minutes, and after an initial dislike, my female made a...

40% sand, 40% organic soil, 10% orchid bark, 20% sphagnum moss. It's a bioactive floor, about 3.5" at the lowest and 6" at the highest. Holds a tunnel reasonably well when wet. This is what her last attempt at digging was made in.

I think she MAY have laid, but I'm not 100% sure. I noticed that she had some wrinkles along her abdomen when she stretched out, and she does look a little thinner. But she doesn't look skinny either, just a very healthy weight now. I'm really hoping she isn't retaining any eggs, but she may...

Wow, the Willsii looks so dopey! I wasn't expecting his head to be that short, it's almost like a frog lol That yellow giant has to be the best Parson's I've seen. So magical looking!

Very interesting to hear! I've read some anecdotal evidence that suggests C. Malthe will actually hunt along the ground and even flip over leaves to find prey in the wild, so perhaps that's why they consume the roaches and pillbugs so readily. I will be adding some beetles and small roaches to...

Thanks a lot! I've been looking into some of the larger species recently, they seem like a really viable option. I'm going to order a few more species of roach from a feeder site, so I'll add some of the larger Porcellio to the order too! My female showed no interest in the native...

Hey there! I'm curious if Pillbugs (Armadillidium Sp.) would be an OK feeder choice for smaller species of chams? I have a pair of Calumma Malthe, and while the male can eat roaches just fine, the female is significantly smaller and has a lot of trouble getting them down. Until they breed...

Wow! The puppeteering is incredible!

Stunning boy! The Nosy group of panthers are my absolute favorites, Be and Mitsio are at the top. He looks really good!

Wow, I was not expecting to be right! That's such a cute species!

Furcifer Petteri? That's the closest I could find.

It's a really good hobby, don't get me wrong. I'm currently working to spawn some coral (in a separate tank, thank goodness) and it's been a joy to do. I just hadn't been paying my big tank enough attention to deal with pests and problems before it blew up in my face. They are like teens, you...

Thankfully the chams aren't the issue today, but unluckily the problem is with my giant reef tank. Nitrates tanked overnight and dinoflagellates bloomed and suffocated the majority of my fish and coral, most of which I've been growing for 3 years. I lost my summer income through coral I was...

It was an old towel that wasn't sitting flat against the front of the cage, it was dark blue. I'm still using the same thing and I don't think there's any issue, since she felt secure enough to begin digging. Sorry for weird replies, today hasn't been particularly fulfilling.

Yeah, it was not the plan. I dusted some roaches and set them in a cup in her cage about 10 minutes after I put her back, and she had already started digging by then! One of those things you just have to roll with, I guess.

Well as expected, she abandoned the spot after I looked at her. Go figure, I hope she tries again.

Well, after I falsely thought she had laid and took her out, I decided to plant the plants I had bought in the age while I had her out. I filled the bottom with soil for a bioactive setup and, lo and behold, just minutes after I put her back in she has started digging a hole at the base of the...