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Her basking spot has a temperature between 26 to 32 °C which is between 78 and 89 F, depending on the outside room temperature (her enclosure is next to a window, so sunlight leads to temperature changes during the day. In summer I close the curtain to hold off sunlight. Is that okay?

Wow, I find it really impressive when pet owners invest into surgeries and high vet costs for little and cheap-to-obtain pets like these. I used to run an animal shelter in rural Australia many years ago and recall from those times that many pet owners would give up their pets at the first sight...

Oh, thank you so much for this information - I had no idea that I might have been overfeeding her! Indeed, Lizzie has always had almost unrestricted access to food, mainly dusted locusts and crickets and a bowl full of green leaves and herbs, fruit & veggie pieces and worms (mainly calciworms...

Thanks a lot for your reply, Amanda. Now I understand the whole issue! It is great that you took the time to explain it in detail. I hope more research will be done into exotic pets and other animals in the future. They deserve it, and their owners do, too!

My Lizzie laid 84 eggs in January and now, end of April, she has laid and/or is still pregnant with a total of 85 eggs and this is causing serious problems. The first time, she managed well. She was well over a year old, was strong an healthy and bigger than average (240g weight pregnant, 180g...

Hello Amanda, from certain wordings (such as "we're not permitted to dispense medication") I assume you are a vet or a vet nurse yourself, are you? I understand the value of vet care but I also believe that simple things such as parasite control can be easily taken care of by the pet owner at...

Iain, all wormers have to be measured to the weight, and this is very easy to do. Usually the ratio (ml or drops per kg or per 100g) is written on the packaging and a pipette or syringe is provided within for this purpose. I wouldn't want to pay £50 for a vet visit, only to get a £0.50 dose of...

Any idea whether there is a do-it-yourself-at-home worming medicine available somewhere? Vets are expensive...

I found a great breeder in Northern London. He is originally from Hungary and has several Veiled with lots of babies and some Panthers and a whole garden house set up as a breedery. Has been breeding for more than 10 years. I got a healthy big adult Veiled male (pictured as my avatar) and a baby...

Regarding WORMING: "his first shot of anti-worm goo" ... What sort of medication is that please? I have been wondering for a long time whether reptiles need to be wormed (i.e. the worms inside their guts need to be killed, although they actually eat worms, among other things) and I have been...

Hi, someone wrote: Juveniles 3-6 months of age: 10-12 small crickets daily Juveniles 6-12 months of age: 10-12 medium crickets every other day Adults over 12 months of age: 7-10 medium-large crickets every other day My question: Is there any particular reason why you would feed a chameleon only...

My new avatar shows SHERLOCK, my new male, about 2 1/2 years old. I have got him from a breeder who had two males. I think he is quite a character!

Amazing growth! Thank you for comforting me - so I will feed her even more, not less. I guess "da faq" is supposed to mean "what the f**ck?" and is an expression of great surprise and amazement. Nothing bad!

Oh dear! Thank you for that. What is the difference between the blue-coloured and the green-coloured Repti-Calcium? Indeed, it seems that my local pet shop has only the "not recommended" products, so I will order some online.

Excellent chart, Brody - thank you so much! Yes, I gut-load my insects properly, but my local pet shop has only crickets and locusts and sometimes cockroaches. In worms they have mealworms and waxworms and sometimes also get superworms (Morio worms), so I will buy those in future rather than the...

A month ago I bought a tiny Yemen chameleon baby girl from a breeder and at that time she was 17g and 4 months old. I am amazed how fast she grows - she has almost doubled her weight every two weeks - to 32g after two weeks and to 56g after four. Is that a normal and healthy growth - or am I...

From the biologist's point of view: Inbreeding and line breeding (in any animal or plant species as well as in humans) results in the formation of a large number of homozygote allels or, to put it in simpler terms, in genes and chromosomes (components of the DNA) which get the same genetic...

Just one little addition. Often radical animal lovers are opposed to breeding and say or write things such as "The world's market does not need any more (pet animal) babies", because their heart bleeds for the many abandoned pets in animal shelters, many of which are put on the death row. My...

Dear Syreptyon, I think in every animal-related forum there is at least one person wo keeps screaming out to the whole word: "Don't breed! Don't do it!" You are aware that you wouldn't have your chameleon(s) if there were no breeders, arent you? Anyway, I will answer your questions. 1. I enjoy...