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It only cost me 15 dollars for a fecal examination a couple days ago when I went. I'm also going to get a gram scale and weigh him weekly to keep an eye on his weight as this is a good indicator of health i think. I am worried about my guy as he is one and a half years old now and is 130 grams...

If your cham is new, which it sounds like it may be, I'd get a fecal done and be better safe than sorry. My cham is 1.5 years old now and it wasn't until this past Summer I got him checked, and it turned out he had coccidia. How long did he have it? No idea... wish I would have known earlier and...

are ventilation holes necesarry? I brought my guy to the vet today and didn't seem to think so. Chams aren't normally shipped in ventilated boxes, but I suppose better airflow would be best.

Good news! Some of the silkies have hatched! woohoo success so far. About the chow... the dry chow to water ratio seems way off... I had to add way more chow it seemed like and it is still pretty darn moist even after being put in the fridge for the past 5 hours or so.

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My guy is 1.5 years old and I feed him smaller du bias regardless. He's never taken a full size one so I stick with the smaller ones. He doesn't eat much in general though; only eats a 2 or 3 bugs every other day. I'm adding variety with silkies though hopefully soon

I think I'll start another batch in another container and just keep them at room temp. I'm really hoping the eggs didn't get burned or anything like that, and that they hatch out eventually. I measured the heat and it looks as if it gets as hot as 86 or so... That may be too hot. We'll see...

Hi guys, here is a pic of some of the eggs I got some coastal silkworms. Not sure if you can see but there are many different colors such as light and dark purples. I have had them out towards the top of my cham enclosure around 78-80 degrees or so as they are close to the lights. What do you...

Can't wait to see the new lighting system! I have seen Jannb's free range setups and the condo has always been something that I think is really cool and practical for my purposes. Very excited to see the new lights.

Jean, how often do you weigh your cham? I've been meaning to get a scale, but havn't yet. Ive seen scales as low as 15 dollars that i'm sure would work just fine.

I'd go with junglefries advice. The cham is probably bored and wanting to mate. Mine was the same way. I don't think I want to worry about 2 chams, so I ordered silks to add some variety. I kinda wanna try some mantids... you can get them from the same place as you get blue bottle flies...

Hi Meela, it seems like a cup is best for roaches. Otherwise, you could free range them, but you may want to keep an eye on them and see if your guy takes it right away, otherwise they will scurry and hide out. After I get the roaches in a shaker for dusting, I just use a chopstick and shake...

I feel like extra dust takes care of itself and just disappears eventually, especially after mistings. You could try blowing it off perhaps as well. I've never seem to have a problem getting cricks out. Use the cup sliding method and you'll be fine. I could see how it would be difficult If the...

I think your guy needs to go to the vet. Best of luck!

Sounds like a fun trip! Did you camp down near phantom ranch? You should go to the henry doorly zoo in omaha and see Alby the komodo dragon! I know the keeper who takes care of all the komodo. Seems like a scary job; very easy to get scratched.

Very solid tutorial. Even with the dragon strand ledges, I think I'll be adding some better perches with this same method. Many thanks!

If I see stray cricks or other bugs, I use a spare tea strainer or one of those small circular see-thru plastic containers. I just enclose the bug in it, then slide it up and down the cage until the bug loses its grip and falls on the side, and from there throw them back into their homes until...

I recently thought i'd give it a try, but then I went on vacation so I kind of stopped. I got some wonderful crickets from Ghann's... 500 of them, but my cham tested positive for coccidia and he hasn't been eating much. Also, he used to love cricks, but has minimal interest for them now. I am...

I am getting 500 zebra silks. Is overnight shipping a must if I want to keep the eggs in the dispause stage? I will be adding an ice pack to my order, but will it last 2-day shipping, or should I play it safe and go with overnight? Grr, sooo expensive, but I'm sure it'll be worth it. Is 2...

Sounds great. Thanks Jean and others!