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Why would you want to burn incense in the room you keep your chameleons in? If it's to hide some sort of smell, then you're doing something wrong. A properly cleaned chameleon cage shouldn't smell. Don't burn the incense - it's not a great idea to be polluting the air around your cham's...

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Sorry to hear about your loss. If you take the body right away, your vet could try carry out a necropsy on the cham. It might provide valuable information that may improve your husbandry for any future chams you might keep (sometimes evidence is found of over-/under-supplementation that is...

Just remember to make sure that it is an open window. Behind a closed window, the sunlight coming in will only provide warmth, but no UVB, since UV light is filtered out by regular glass or plastic.

In general, you'll struggle to find any Bradypodions being kept in captivity, particularly in North America. The reason for this is that Bradypodions are endemic to South Africa, and the South African wildlife authorities have placed very stiff restrictions on the trade of all indigenous...

There have been owners on this forum that have reported having problems with their chams due to compact bulbs. The issues clear up once the bulbs have been replaced. There have been no such reports of problems with the recommended linear UV tubes. So you say that it is not a bulb problem...

It's not the white spots that would be bothering me at the moment - it's the big red X! ;)

I think it's just a waste of money. Linear tube flourescents like the ReptiSun 5.0 have earned their reputations by serving chameleon keepers well for many years. I don't know why anyone would want to deviate away from a successful formula. If you're worried about UV penetration into a dark...

By being shy and hiding away, your cham is just doing what he was programmed to do by thousands of years of evolution. A 'friendly' cham, or a cham that is 'outgoing' wouldn't last very long in the wild... Don't fight against their natural instincts - just appreciate your chams for the...

Um, I thought hookworms were parasites that we try to avoid. Are we talking about hormworms here?

This is why: A problem with some of the new high UVB output fluorescent compact lamps and tubes

And this is why your cham's urates are orange (and not white like they should be). You need to set your cage up so that you CAN put a lot of water through there. Whether it is by a dripper or through misting (hand or automatic pump), the cage should be getting pretty wet from time to time...

It's not that it's different for babies, but because they're smaller (and the corresponding 'bumps' are so much smaller) - it's just much harder to tell whether there is a bump there or not when they are babies. Some species of chams can only be reliably sexed when they're quite a bit older.

Read through the following articles: - http://www.screameleons.com/portal/alias__Screameleons/lang__en-US/tabID__3398/DesktopDefault.aspx - http://www.chameleoncompany.com/locales.php - http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=42 - http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=44 -...

I'm glad to hear your cham pulled through the surgery. How is it doing now? I don't think that the cricket legs would necessarily have caused the prolapse. Impactions (when there is a blockage in the digestive system) can cause a prolapse to occur, but a fully grown, healthy Veiled kept in the...

Do you have any lighting set up on that cage? Because what concerns me about this is that your cham might not be receiving sufficient UV radiation. If the skylight is made from glass or a plastic (like perspex/plexiglass), then it would be filtering out any beneficial UVB radiation, and if he...

You don't need to use a basking light for hatchlings - in fact, most would recommend against it. Provided the ambient temps in the room are acceptable (75-85F) they'll be just fine with a 5.0 flourescent only. Read these articles: - Experiences in Raising Baby Chameleons - A Hatchlings...

I presume that you're referring to a pygmy chameleon (I know there's a UK site that trades as Pygmeleons, specialising in pygmies). The one thing you need to know about pygmies is that they aren't colourful. Well, at least not colourful in the sense that panthers, carpets and male veileds...

My thoughts would be that you need to make sure that the divider is more secure from now on. Imagine if that bite had been on her limbs rather than her casque? She might be missing a leg right now (this happens often during chameleon confrontations). Unless they are receptive to mating, putting...

I agree with that. Rather try breed your own. They're actually not that difficult to breed - you'l be surprised at how many eggs you end up with. Read these links: - http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=56 - http://www.wormspit.com/domestic.htm -...