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Are you planning to use this as substrate for a chameleon enclosure? What sort of chameleon are you planning on keeping in there? Substrate is only recommended for pygmy enclosures. For all other types of chameleons, it's best to have no substrate in the cage. That will make it much easier...

I'm also not certain, but perhaps a Chamaeleo africanus, or one of its close relatives. (https://www.ssl-id.de/aga-international.de/images/ca15.jpg) Though you do live in the right area for that to be a juvenile Veiled. Chris Anderson would probably be able to ID it easily. You can PM...

Just remember, there is a school of thought that says you should try to limit a female's diet as they become sexually mature (so from about 6 months). If they are fed large quantities of food, they may produce clutches of infertile eggs (i.e. producing eggs without having mated). Please read...

You never mentioned what humidity levels you are attaining. For Panthers, you should be aiming for about 50%-70% RH. However, those levels do not have to remain constant. It is quite acceptable for the humidity levels to spike up after misting sessions, then slowly fall down again as the cage...

No red lights! But that's exactly the point - they can't see it, so they won't go bask under it during the day, and it's already been mentioned that chameleons need a drop in night time temperatures (and can sustain quite a large drop in temps), so the additional heat at night is usually not...

No red lights! Just flat-out don't use the red lights at all for chams, whether you are using them for a night light or a heat lamp in the day. They don't respond to the red light as a source of heat (they're used to seeking out the sun's light for heat - so they respond better to ordinary...

Over the past couple of months there have been a few posts asking about what flowering plants to use in chameleon enclosures. One of my favourites is Camellia. It doesn't demand as much light as Hibiscus, yet also manages to cope with the high volume of water in a cham enclosure. Plus, the...

I fed my chams mealworms from an early age with no ill effect, but if I knew what I know now, I'd probably avoid doing it again. Mealworms are tougher to digest (due to the chitin content) and are also not very nutritious feeders (high fat content for relatively low protein, and the gutloading...

If that's how you feel, you probably won't enjoy this thread... https://www.chameleonforums.com/button-quail-veiled-food-11689/ ;) (BTW I'm with you though - I struggle to feed the cute Dubia babies to my chams - I'd never be able to feed one of those chicks...)

Reptiles will continue to shed their entire lives. Since shedding is mostly linked to growth, they may not shed as often as adults as they do when they are younger, but they will certainly not stop shedding. A healthy chameleon kept in good conditions will continue to shed regularly throughout...

OK. I may be mistaken - just looks like in the photo it has time, temp then humidity (not both in and out temps).

Yeah, the shipping on those HK ones is a little silly. But it's one of the few products I can get in SA for the same price as you Americans :) I'm sure you can probably pick up similar ones for a good price at your local department stores (in our local stores, they're way more expensive), but...

Can you post a pic of it, or do you have the botanical name? If it looks like this, , then it is in the same family as the common 'Wandering Jew' (Tradescantia spp.). The Bluebeast plant list says that it is safe to use, but the University of California-Davis website says that it comes...

These are the ones I use: http://cgi.ebay.com/Indoor-Outdoor-Max-Min-Thermometer-Hygrometer_W0QQitemZ380047648728QQihZ025QQcategoryZ40977QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It's a combination thermometer/hygrometer with a thermometer probe. Far more accurate than the much more expensive...

Please don't do that. One of the reasons we (exotic pet keepers) are encountering more and more legislation preventing us from keeping certain species of animals and bugs is because people irresponsibly let these creatures out in the wild. In a best case scenario, the animals can't survive in...

That's not exactly normal, but it's not a health issue either. Chams usually end up sleeping in random places like that when they are taken by surprise by the lights going out. A simple way to solve this problem is to provide 'cues' of nighttime approaching, instead of simply switching the...

Sorry to hear about that Noelle. She really was a beautiful chameleon.

You said he is "sleeping more than usual" - does that mean he is sleeping during the day? Or do you just mean he is going to his sleeping perch early, before the lights are out, or waking up later after the lights come on? Sleeping during the day is a bad sign - it indicates stress or...

I presume those measurements are in centimeters? If so, an individual yemen chameleon should be moved into its own a much bigger enclosure from about 4-6 months. However, I would separate those chams as soon as possible. Some people allow chams to live together until they're a little older...

I built exactly that same system. It works quite well. I used it every day for over a year. It's less intrusive than using a hand mister, so I found my chams were far more settled and started drinking quicker using it. But then, as Jeremy mentioned, I eventually got sick and tired of having to...