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lol I wonder if you put that little bug smasher game on phone in their cage if they'd go for it....

definitely depends on a few factors, it naturally gets d3 through uvb light and natural sunlight if she gets outside time. the more of that she gets the less supplements she needs. but your regimen is closer to what most people tend to do. I'd say as a general practice people do calcium without...

like I said, I'm not an expert on it, all i could do is a Google search and see what comes up. what I would suggest is posting a new thread asking for help with gravid female care... there are a lot of people here that would have more experience with it than me, they could not only refer you to...

no, you'll need to do a lot of research on that. females will want less heat to reduce their batch size (large batches of eggs are hard on them) she will need a place to lay the eggs, they dont just drop em off and go. shell need a laying bin with damp soil so she can burrow and lay them...

could be, but I think breathing through their nose would suffice for that. I'd say vet visit still isnt bad idea

I'd say 95 is way too high, does he go to that area a lot? maybe 95 is too high, so hes staying away from the hot spots and trying to compensate by turning dark? when you said "outside" you mean like outdoors with sunlight? maybe he really liked it and wants more natural sun?

yeah, if that was a pic of somebodies pet I'd be disgusted. but nat geo shows pics of animals in the wild, and that is the truth of animals in the wild. it also shows animals being mauled by lions and that's pretty normal.... that being said, think it's a weird choice for "photo of the day"

yeah if it was in a basking spot I think I'd be less worried. if hes towards the middle of the cage, probably somewhere somewhat shaded. and doing it, it may be a bigger problem. as @Remkon said, watch for saliva being foamy or a dark brown color, and if you hear him breathing (little pops) it...

I think I use reptisun, but I wouldn't know enough about em yo say if one is truly better than others. I know a lot of people like arcadia, but zoo med is probably fine

yes, I'd say 95 is too high (not great with celcius conversion) especially for a young one. I'd try to get it to 85. as your female gets older I know she's supposed to have lower heat as well. once she becomes mature and starts laying eggs it will make her batches smaller which is much less...

lol..maybe I should start early then, so she just sees small amounts going into it at a time... though, even though reptiles aren't her thing, she's all into her interior design stuff. so hopefully she'll be into getting rid of that God awful screen setup on a table, and have something that...

that's interesting, I honestly had no idea and had to go look it up. I swear my elementary school science teacher told me they breathe in co2 and out o2... but glad the humidity went up enough I could open up a second side so he should do better with ventilation now too, on top of everything...

yeah turned the blue basking light off, and opened one of the walls. temps regulated and humidity is holding perfect. and he loves climbing around exploring his new tree... definitely turned out how I was hoping.for

yeah I immediately turned the blue off when I saw it that high and the temp has dropped a lot. mainly asking if there is any benefit to the blue besides the heat it provides. since obviously the grow light is providing plenty of heat on own.

So today I added a weeping fig to my cage. which seemed perfect size at first, but now that it's in there I'm wondering if it might be too much? worried about it reducing some of the ventilation and air flow. though I'd think the oxygen the plant creates would probably counter-act that. I was...

I live in co mountians...-ish too, I have a reptifogger that I had to go off once every couple hours... though I just loaded up his cage with a big (maybe too big as I can barely find him now) weeping fig, so I'm going to see if that holds humidity a little better and maybe cut back on how often...

main thing I'd point out is the gut loading. from your "phosphorus free calcium powder" statement it seems like you understand dangers of too much phosphorus. spinach has a lot in it. not enough of an expert to say if its TOO much but I stay away from it for the most part. and generally cat/dog...

it is sad, but it seems like you went through what I did, and in a way you can think of it a cham bootcamp. it forces you to learn very quickly and very thoroughly how to take care of them to try and get them healthy again. and where as the store is wrong, you can at least be proud that you...

agreed, and as I said, your advice isnt "wrong" nor do I want to debate it because you have obviously done a lot of research on the topic, and seem very knowledgable. just offering my two cents. especially for somebody that seems like a new cham owner, experimentation may not be as safe as it is...

I'd agree, but even if you dont upgrade cage right away, linear tube uvb is important on whatever cage you get. linear means hes getting uvb no matter where he is, not just when basking, and you want to make sure they always have access to uvb no matter what they feel their temp should be. I...