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I built an outside cage and I let him hang out in it when the weather allows. Before building this cage I built smaller creations out of bamboo to give him something to hang out on outside so he could get some natural sunlight. I did also once bring him for a car ride to my local pet store to...

I hand fed regularly and would put my hand near him in his enclosure for a few minutes daily so he eventually realized that I was not going to hurt him. I've had him for almost 3 years now and he's never attempted to bite me. 99% of the time he does not willingly walk onto my hand but he lets me...

When I had to give my chameleon liquid calcium I held up an infrared thermometer near him and it made him gape, I then squirted it in. Make sure you aim towards the back of his mouth. Give it a try. I know it is a source of stress but it will be for a short amount of time and for a good cause...

I try to not look at the chameleons when I go into petsmart/petco for this reason but I end up looking anyway, it's depressing. Sadly, there's a good chance many of them go to a home where they will not get the proper care either. You're right about the water bowl thing. I asked a local pet...

I think good airflow is key to reduce the amount of humidity inside their enclosure, I think the only time I've lost hornworms is when a lot of moisture built up inside. Agree with what others have said, try to put food up top with gutter guard to climb on so the poop falls to the bottom. I...

I use coastal silkworm powder as well. This is a pretty good deal: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-LB-Powdered-Silkworm-Food-2-packets-Mulberry-Chow-From-Coastal-Silkworms/251897886595?hash=item3aa648b783:g:5CsAAOSwOSVdJY10 . I put the cooked chow in plastic 1 cup containers, air tight, and freeze it...

The owner guy at highlighter has always rubbed me the wrong way in his video/steams on his instagram account, though I did enjoy one where he showed how to get prolapsed hemipenes back in, going to unfollow.

Did not know that, I'm going based on strictly his instagram pictures, which is bad. Good to know, thanks.

If money is tight you may want to avoid getting a chameleon. Getting started is a bit costly and vet visits are not cheap, and good ones can be hard to find. I would recommend posting your plans for the setup: cage size, UVB, cage setup (branches, foliage, live plants), light schedule, misting...

Yes, I went over the screws.

I have more roaches than I know what to do with. If anyone is in the NJ area and wants some cheap roaches, PM me.

I rest mine on the enclosure top and the highest basking branches are around 8" below IIRC and I get a ~3.5-3.8 UVI with the light going through reptibreeze mesh. I highly recommend investing in a Solarmeter so you can eliminate the guessing game with something so important. This will also...

Outside of the bin, aluminum taped to the back. From what I read, when roaches want to get away from heat they will burrow so you don't want it on the bottom as they would be burrowing into higher temperatures. Ideally the heat should come from above.

Go for it, it is holding up great, for the price you cant beat it. Easiest solution for those with all screen enclosures that have problems with ambient and/or humidity.

That is a little piece of paper towel, not styrofoam.

I had a few leopard gecko's 10+ years ago. They are cool and easy to care for.

Do you know that you need 75w? I think the deciding factor is the distance from bulb to basking branch. Try a 60 if you have it?

It took me 5 months of daily hand exposure (literally leaving my hand near him in his cage so he knows I'm not a threat) and daily hand feedings to get my panther to walk onto my hand. This is my first chameleon and at the time I was nervous about getting bit and didn't want to stress him out so...

2x2x4 zoomed repti-breeze are readily available. ExoTerra also makes a 3x3x2(?) but from what I've heard it's not completely sealed in so feeders could escape. Dragonstrand makes larger cages. This is my 2x2x4 repti-breeze

Can you post some pics of your enclosure?