You said…” I put vermiculite in a container for the crickets to lay their eggs”…I have always used washed playsand as a substrate for crickets…but many things work.
You said…”As far as veggies? What would be out of the ordinary”…do you normally have in your fridge things like dandelion greens...
Welcome to the forum and the world of chameleons. You’re starting off a little fast if you have no reptile experience…but hopefully you and the chameleons will get through it all well.
Next is raising insects!
Then, you might get into buying veggies and greens you would never have thought of buying!
Pretty soon you’ll need a whole room for all the chameleons and insects…
Parson’s chameleon..
Common chameleon…
Lots of different species…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJtaIqahi3I
South Africa…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz29p4OL7O4
Hawaiian Jackson’s..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6eROuYkzik
Jackson’s chameleons…...
I have to agree…it looks like it might be a burn. If you’re really concerned about it, you could take it to a good chameleon/exotics vet to ease your mind.
“When we looked into the cauliflower box, two peeping eyes, moving independent of each other, were staring at us from the vegetation," a police spokesman said in a statement.”…
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-chameleon-stowaway-rescued-from-vegetable-box/a-60299470
“It is associated with two common husbandry errors, insufficient intake water and a lack of vitamin A in the diet.”…
“A vitamin A deficiency changes the structure of certain cells within the kidney. As these cells become affected, the kidney is less efficient at processing wastes and moving...
“The splint was easily removed from the casque
along with a superficial layer of skin. A small callus was evident and the bone appeared healed and no longer folded.”…...
Wow! That was an amazing video! That was such a freak accident IMHO…she must have hit whatever broke it very hard and just in the right position to break it like that.
You have a great vet! The way the jaw was stitched to the stick was IMHO, the best idea ever! The treatment (antibiotics, pain...