Interesting. I guess I can't rule out parasites, but his digestive system seems to be working alright. I still see him pooping (tiny amounts), and the fact that he ate 2 katydids during his hunger strike makes me think that he is just going through an extremely picky phase. He totally ignored...
Not WC, CB no doubt. For about a month before his hunger strike started he was on a diet of almost exclusively superworms - couldn't get anything else at the time and obviously not an ideal diet in the long run. But I don't think his problem was superworm addiction, since now he won't even eat...
I have an adult Furcifer verrucosus, Gus, a year and two months old. Up until recently, his diet had been four superworms every other day (or an equivalent amount of black soldier fly larvae or dubias). But about a month and a half ago, his appetite nearly disappeared, and he left all or nearly...
I have a 15-Watt Repti-Glo 10.0 fluorescent lamp about 2cm above the enclosure. My new 10-week-old F. verrucosus spends a lot of time on the ceiling right under that bulb - is that a problem? I've heard that UVB bulbs like this aren't intense enough to burn a chameleon, but I'd rather not chance...
Eh, I will have a male roommate so it will probably go over fairly well. How ventilated should I make my colony? I have some mesh, so if need be I could cut a rectangle out of the top of my little bin and staple the mesh to it.
I do know that females can become gravid with infertile clutches. My veiled is about 7.5 months old now, what sort of feeding schedule should I give her? Currently I feed her 6 adult crickets every day, with the occasional waxworm treat. Also, LIzards, how do you keep your bin heated? Do you use...
Heh, thanks, guess if I got dubias I could put a blanket over them or something. How many dubias should I feed an adult female veiled chameleon every day? And for that matter, under what conditions will dubias lay eggs?
So I'm moving off to college next year, and I'll be bringing my female veiled chameleon. The trick here will be finding a roommate who won't mind sharing the room with a chameleon. I figure it won't be too much of a hassle, but chirping crickets might be a deal-breaker. What I'm wondering is, is...
I am considering modifying my room to give my chameleon a partial freerange. If I implement this I would open her door during the day and bring up a vine that would lead to something like a dwarf umbrella plant of a large ficus. I have a light fixture that I will use for a basking light. My...
If your light was on the side there is a high likelihood that he was burned. I had the same thing happen to my female veiled the first night I had her. Just watch that spot for a while. When he sheds you'll get a good idea of how deep the burn goes.
What were they feeding the male at the place where you bought him? It may help to feed him that for a while, and slowly wean him off of it and on to a diet of crickets by putting one or two crickets in there every day with whatever he was originally fed. That is not a normal fecal color, should...
A veiled chameleon is the classic pet for a beginner. You mentioned that you wanted a pet on the smaller side. Male veiled chameleons require larger cages (2ftx2ftx4ft, compared to 2x2x3 for females), but females cycle infertile clutches every now and again, so are a bit more advanced in terms...