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If it's just a little sphagnum moss or the normal green moss they sell at pet stores I think he will probably be just fine. A healthy, well-hydrated animal can pass a lot more than people think, and something like moss is probably not going to be difficult to pass, unless by some bad luck he are...

Getting them here isn't necessarily the issue, it's how poorly they breed sustainably once they're here! Look at species that do get imported regularly, like melleri, how many people manage to hatch and raise babies a year? And out of those, some of the clutches that do hatch out crash and die...

Love the name!

So you've raised ONE chameleon to adult size (what, 8-12 months?) on canned insects and don't have any signs of issues yet? That's not quite enough info to make the statement that you can keep healthy chameleons their entire life-time on canned, un-gutloaded food. Especially since we have to...

This is the first year in several that I can't go! Boo! :( I live in Miami now and between the long drive and work on Saturday it's just not worth driving up just to go on Sunday. You crazy kids have fun!

It's super easy for angry chameleons that gape a lot, but if you have a less aggressive one then it's hard to get them to open up without forcing them. Another trick is to slip in the syringe while they're chewing on food, but this is much easier to do on a large chameleon than a smaller one, so...

You can definitely inject it into bugs if you can! That's usually the best trick. I usually ask for syringes either from my vet or my local CVS (which is sketchier, but I guess I don't look like a drug addict to they never oppose to giving me one lol) With the syringe filled and ready I will...

It's hard! It's true that it seems like sources are continuously out of stock. But keep an eye out on the classifieds, either here or on Faunaclassifieds.com, and keep checking with feeder sites. It just seems like there is a lot of demand and not a whole lot of supply so it's a matter of...

What a cutie! I'm just going to paste a few of the names I have on my list for males lol. I keep a list on my phone of names I like as I hear them, and every so often I go through and filter out the ones I don't still love. So when I get a new pet I have a quick list of favorites to go through...

In my 7 years of experience renting, usually apartment complexes don't care at all when you admit to them you have a chameleon up front (with a photo, because they confuse chameleons with 6' long iguanas) or they don't really care if you just don't say anything and they see them at some point if...

I purchased my first, a little WC Jackson's from a show in August, and just shortly afterwards I was commissioned to do some art work for a panther breeder. We agreed to pay me in the form of a panther so by November I had my second guy. And then I think that by March I had my third, a second...

I've never seen it in chameleons but I did have this happen with some leopard geckos years ago. I put them in together to breed and came back 10 minutes later to a bin speckled with blood everywhere. I couldn't find any injuries and they both looked fine but I was at the vet's with them the next...

Happy birthday Jann! Today is a day for Margaritas!

It's not a question that gets a simple answer! A lot plays into it. Yes, definitely the female contributes 50% of the genetics, so her side of the family is just as important. I wrote a bit about it here, with examples from my own chameleons: Like Father Like Son. You can see that there is a...

I worked at a pet store while I finished up my degree and I can guarantee you that people fail for one (or both) of two reasons: 1. They get a sick or too-young animal from a bad source, like a sketchy pet store or importer. 2. They were not properly prepared at all, especially with the vital...

I love this one! The style and execution is lovely, very different.

They do look like Bradypodion (I don't have experience with thamnobates, so someone else will chime in that regard), but aren't they illegal to own in SA to begin with? The last I read all species of Bradypodion were illegal to keep in all South African provinces, with small exceptions for...

Ha, how cute! It really does look like he's throwing his head back and saying "Noooooo, I don't wanna! You can't make me!"

I want to echo Bobcochran too, I think that usually you get adult roaches and they don't live that much longer, since you can't know how long they've been adults, or alive in general. With nymphs at least you know they're only about 1-3 months old and that you have about a year of potential...

Lol Ick! I live in Florida so my plants come with all sorts of surprises in them. Some fun, others not as much. I once bought a fern to go atop one of my bedroom bookshelves, back when I was naive about what lives in nursery plants here. When I woke up the next morning I look over at the wall...