Yes..... Is this a bad thing? I don't have my garden in, yet, and planned to plant some things just for her...
Apples and plum won't produce for a couple more years, but the peaches do, and a couple neighbors have pears... Other fruits are store bought.
I get you. If you wish, let me know when you get your report, I'd be happy to decipher it for you - we've owned our system for >6 years now, and I'm kinda fluent in that lingo ?
The state of Texas tests my water, as required by law, and I bring in samples once a month for coliform testing.
Your water system should have test results available to the consumer - here in Texas, I have to do a consumer confidence report every summer, providing our residents results of all...
According to the tons of reading, at her age (just over 5 mo., I think) she should be getting approx. 12-15 medium sized crickets per day... - not an "all you can eat buffet" In addition, she nibbles her plants - kale, collards, pothos (not as much as the veggies), and umbrella tree. She also...
It's not like I force it down her throat - I offer it, and she drinks the drops - no different than drinking drops from a leaf.
So, drinking dripping water is wrong?? Seriously?
Tell the Cham about the branches, then. She appears to enjoy them, and they give her the perfect basking spot.
As...
Actually, I AM my water utility company, LoL, although I do still just use bottled for the Cham, cockatoo, 'keets, and Kenyan Sand Boa, which is reverse osmosis (Niagra).
We only use the minimum required food grade chlorine (.2 - 4.0 ppm), and nothing else in the water system. ?
As I have a variety of these cages, is there any reason why she (veiled chameleon) should *not* be allowed outdoor time in these? She will be big enough to not escape by the time the weather is good enough for this. As for any insects escaping, the game plan is to take her outside after...
Check in the hermit crab section, I found my calcium there, and it was a VERY fine powder that works great!
Something else you can do is wash, dry, and powder eggshells. Pure calcium.
Ah!
Then, allow me to give a documented case:
Photo sent to an entomologist for confirmation.
Location: North Central Johnson County, Texas
Date: April 2019
This beetle was on a Bois-d'arc tree with numerous butterflies and a breeding pair of click bugs.