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I did, and sent a few pictures. They told me that the crickets may have eaten each other I'm transit, and offered a coupon for 5% off my next order, which I declined. Not planning to order there again

Yeah, I ordered 1,000 small crickets from a place I've gotten good dubia from before, and the order looked a bit short when it came in. We ended up counting as we fed them off and got less than 300... ?

Uh, if we're still talking dubia, they are ovoviviparous (essentially, live birthing). So you won't ever see any ooths. Are your roaches adult, or still just nymphs? There is a significant physical difference between the two! Mine seem to start off slow, but take off later on after the first...

I'm curious, what has you set on pygmies? Is it size, the fact that they can be housed together, or do you just want to try another species now that you've caught the chameleon bug? You might look into morning geckos if you're super set on a new pet that does well in colonies, plus they're also...

Whoa, do you have any females from the same dam? She has beautiful colors!

How's your girl?

Hey, I've definitely refrigerated my fruit flies to death, but sometimes eggs/maggots survive! Don't throw the cultures right away, you may get lucky and have some show up in a week or two

There's good (probably better) info elsewhere in the forum, but for now if you have a bucket at least 12 inches deep and either potting soil or a 50/50 mix of sand/coco coir available, that will do. You'll want to make sure the medium (dirt) is moist enough to hold a tunnel without collapsing...

I'm sure others will chime in, but it looks as though you may have inadequate lighting (coil uvb bulbs only produce useful uvb for a few inches), so there is a good chance she has other calcium deficiency/MBD problems going on. You should try to fill out the info form at some point, but for now...

Oh gosh, do you have a laying bin? I couldn't see one in there. I'm not familiar with veileds, but she looks very gravid and is likely egg bound. At this point she may need a vet to induce laying or even surgery to remove the eggs if she has been gravid for too long. @kinyonga?

Should your fresh eggs be refrigerated for a few months, or have they already been dispaused?

One of the chameleons is from the same clutch (a sister), the other is an unrelated male. I did ask for advice once before (https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/uri-convulsing-sort-of-and-other-weird-behavior.174206/#post-1572781). I made a few updates since then; the cage has more branches...

Rtv sealant (used for automotive gaskets) might be overkill, but it works well for me

Thank you all for your condolences. I opened her up last night (crying makes it a lot harder, apparently; I managed to slice my finger open despite never having done that in a year of semi-regular necropsy at my job) to see if I could find anything abnormal, since the vet couldn't offer necropsy...

They say it looks like liver failure, she's going to be euthanized. No necropsy available because of Covid (I guess they're only doing possible infectious cases), so I'm going to open her up later and look. Currently crying in the car

I went to check on my girl and mist her enclosure, only to find her sitting on a branch, eyes tight shut and VERY sunken, and with extreme coloring. She opened her eyes when I picked her up, but made no move to escape and closed them right away. I'm currently sitting in my emergency vet's...

Hello! I breed superworms myself, and while I love your enthusiasm (and hopeful jump into modifying genetics), I can see a few issues. First and foremost, attempting to breed smaller worms would be a feat. I've never had one smaller than ginormous (~2") successfully pupate. In addition, if you...

My dude Kayn is about 15 months now

They did; as I mentioned in my previous post, everyone had just undergone a round of panacur because of some parasites my tortoises had, so the chameleons' decals didn't show anything. I appreciate the insight though, what a weird connection!

Bonnie had 31 and Gert had 35; I know I need to work on reducing food next time around.