Roach barrier + sterilite lid = no escapes. Make sure you glue the screen on well. These guys can fit themselves anywhere. I get my roach barrier and roach food from Greg's Exotic Inverts- he's very informative and has good prices. His roach food is very high quality. Make sure to reapply the...
Keep them in a sterilite container with two inches of coir substrate. Mix in a handfull or more of hydrated water crystals into the substrate to help keep up the humidity. Add a dish for food and one for water crystals. Put egg carton on the side opposite of the two dishes. Make sure to stack...
Ok, I've posted a good amount of info on this site about P. nivea- I think you may have quoted me. I'm concerned that i might wind up being known as the "the P. nivea guy"on this forum. As much as I like P. nivea, you can't have P. nivea as your only roach species. They are way too small...
I find that free ranging roaches is never a good idea-they just hide in impossible places. All I did was take a plastic milk jug, cut out the front, low temp glue gun plastic canvas on the inside wall (to give the roaches a place to climb) and glue fake pothos leaves on the outside of the jug...
Thank you! I suffered many a glue gun burn to make that.
I use a layer of roach barrier on the inside rim of the container to keep in the roaches (G. portentosa, P. nivea). Fortunately, Mugetsu eats the P. nivea almost instantly, as they are light enough in weight to sometimes get over the...
That's what we're here for! We're all constantly learning off each other.
It's the little details that make all the difference. Unfortunately, if you're a first time cham owner (such as myself), it's a pretty steep learning curve with a lot on the line. That's why it's best to learn from...
Elizadolots:
I got a culture of P. nivea from Kyle on this site: http://www.roachcrossing.com/
E-mail him first and he'll tell you absolutely everything you need to know. He knows his stuff, isn't out to rip you off and ships quickly and efficiently. No hassles. Never had a DOA with...
Spirulina is a genus (I may be wrong) of cyanobacteria used as a human dietary supplement and in animal foods. tl;dr version: wiki it.
I know I've said it before on this forum, but I cannot emphasize enough how awesome P. nivea is for chams. They breed really well, require very little...
I get red marks on my skin when my cham climbs on my arm. However, that's what I signed up for when I got my cham. Chameleons need these claws in order to climb- they do not have the same foots structure of geckos.
No claws/clipped claws = hard time climbing screened surfaces or gripping...
I love the Neoregalia bromiliad so far. It's starting to develop purple flowers in the cup. It's called Neoregalia "raphael". The vines i used are the Exo terra ones that I twisted and shaped myself. For some vines I wrapped a "small" sized vine around a "large" sized vine to make it look more...
Thanks guys!
Suzi: It's the container for cup feeding. Holds roaches, silkworms, etc and has plastic canvas glued to the back to act as a sort of ladder so the insects can crawls up the back. The hissers and P. nivea seem to prefer climbing up it (and getting into Mugetsu's line of sight)...
Got rid of all but one orchid (they didn't hold up) and put in Neoregalia.
"Redesigned" Custom Food Container
Lost count of the number of times I burned myself with the glue gun....
Mine has yellow/white/beige "pajama colors", and he's a blue-barred Ambanja Panther. Chameleons change a color at night that they normally wouldn't turn into during the day. I wouldn't worry about it, it's normal if it happens at night.
Monzon:
Rubbermaid tub with lid (cut out a section and glue screening to it) with about an inch or two of coir substrate. I recommend mixing in hydrated water crystals into the coir substrate to help maintain humidity. These guys need high humidity and heat. Put in a dish of water crystals and...