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  1. sandrachameleon

    Pothos has mealy bugs

    I don't usually remove all the dirt, but then again I am usually potting up my own plants rather than buying. Certainly cover up any access to the original dirt if your cham is a dirt eater. my preferred cleaners are Peroxide, steam/heat, white vinegar (none of which are good for plants)
  2. sandrachameleon

    January 2015 Food Log

    Diary of what the chameleons ate this month. Supplement is currently three parts sticky tongue farms mineral-o and one part repashy calcium plus -regular/original strength. Crickets, superworms and mealworms are dusted. Don't usually dust roaches, butterworms, silkworms, terrestrial...
  3. sandrachameleon

    How healthy are silkworms

    they are good choices - but you should gutload them. they eat mulberry or mulberry based chow (commercially available - get as a powder and add boiling water in portions as needed), as well as dandelion leaves, very thin shaved carrot etc. silkworms have an enzyme (serrapeptase) that may...
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    Supplements in feeder gut load?

    yes, you can add a bit of supplement - but only in small amounts. Large amounts can kill off the bugs / make the gutload unpalatable choose your gutload ingredients to be naturally higher in the nutrients you are trying to give.
  5. sandrachameleon

    Pothos has mealy bugs

    mealy bugs are very difficult to get rid of I suggest you remove and toss/compost the afflicted plant, sterilize the cage, and put in a new plant.
  6. sandrachameleon

    Possible broken leg or dislocated leg

    based on your description, i suggest you go to the vet anyways. 2.5 hours isnt insurmountable. IMHO providing prompt medical care is a responsibility of pet ownership. is he using it to walk on? is it swollen?
  7. sandrachameleon

    How important is feeder variety?

    You're already offering three choices, with a few mealworms (go easy on these) plus treats of the hornworms, repti worms and BOOM you're providing variety :) gutload well and you're doing good. Take it up a notch and consider adding some crickets or butterworms from time to time. I breed...
  8. sandrachameleon

    would this make a good gutload

    Dog food is not a good gutload you can use it in small portions as just part of what you feed the crickets you are just keeping alive (or keeping to breed) and arent soon going to feed off to the chameleon. But dont give it to the ones that are going to be fed off to the chameleon within a...
  9. sandrachameleon

    Joined the forums to prepare and read up on chams

    timing matters :)
  10. sandrachameleon

    Is fluckers orange cube diet good

    sorry, but no it really isnt. it will serve to keep crickets alive for a bit, but that's all. you'd be better off with carrots, dandelion, etc if you want to buy (rather than make or provide fresh), this link may be useful to you...
  11. sandrachameleon

    Joined the forums to prepare and read up on chams

    welcome to the forum. you've come to a great place to gain foundational knowledge, and meet like-minded folks :) Here are some links that you may find useful https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/325-info-new-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html...
  12. sandrachameleon

    very cold dry climate

    some ideas: -heat the room the chameleon is in to the temp you want the lower cage, so that the basking lamp is only providing the hot spot - youre right not to use a screen cage (is the addition also glass?) as something with more solid sides (or cover the back and sides of a screen cage) will...
  13. sandrachameleon

    Superworm oats bedding/gutload substitute?

    this is what I use a the dry bedding: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/443-superworm-substrate-gutload-one.html
  14. sandrachameleon

    How important is feeder variety?

    Not really much investment. Its not hard to feed a range of prey. I breed my own superworms, mealworms, hissers and dubia, and terrestrial isopods. These are all very cheap to breed/feed and take up very little space. That's 5 easy hcoices right there. I used to breed silkworms, grove snails...
  15. sandrachameleon

    Comment by 'sandrachameleon' in 'Pumpkin flowers, leaves, flesh, and seeds are nutritious'

    yup :) the skin and stems aren't very useful, but the rest totally is
  16. sandrachameleon

    Repashy calcium plus.

    I use the regular original version about once or twice a week and sticky tongue farms vitamin free calcium as needed the rest of the time. I have panthers and veiled. The new low d version could be used daily, I think, for panthers and veiled. For a montane Id use less. And if you are...
  17. sandrachameleon

    How important is feeder variety?

    I agree. I try to offer no fewer than 10 different prey items during summer (including wild caught prey -done thoughtfully) and no less then 6 types in winter. Try not to offer the same prey type more than two days in a row. Try not to let only one or two types of prey form the majority of the...
  18. sandrachameleon

    Why feed chameleons every other day?

    There is really no reason to only feed every other day, IMHO. Honestly any rigid fixed rule schedule seems silly to me - I doubt they eat according to schedule in nature. I think what matters is variety, quality and overall quantity. I feed my panthers and one veiled (and my frogs for that...
  19. sandrachameleon

    Happy birthday ferretinmyshoes!

    sorry to be so late in wishing you a wonderful year
  20. sandrachameleon

    How much super worms do I feed?

    up to 20% of the diet only - fewer is better go for the most variety you can manage.
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