if you've done jacksons and veiled before, its more about how comfortable you feel with the husbandry you will be providing. if you question your knowledge and wanna be on the safe side, i would stick with a veiled. but if you are confident and knowledgable i dont see why you cant go with what...
great reply, i usually never hand feed her but it was her first time with a hornworm. u made some great points about tongue injuries and i will def. be considering never doin that again. thanks
wierd thing happened today; i put a 3" hornworm on the screen of my female veileds cage, and when i pointed to the worm she shot my finger instead of the large 3" worm. her accuracy couldnt be that off and can only attribute the action as that she wondered what i tasted like.....
she ate the...
i would search and find what additives and source your water comes from. in my case they add flouride to the water, so i use spring water. water department should have those facts, or im sure someone local to you will chime in.
YEAH, theres a alan screw on the top of the herpmist pump, counterclockwise lowers the pressure and clockwise increased the pressure. i lowered mine about 1 turn to suit my needs.
i dont think the extra psi makes any difference, some people including me turn the psi down on their pumps to control water consumption. and the herpmist system comes with a vibration bracket, and "L" joint, and 2 nozzles. so i think they are comparable since clips and ball valve are minimal...
ive been vacuuming them up like crazy, ive taken about 2inches of soil off the top of the plant with the vacuum. looks like im gaining some ground on them. taking the plant outside isnt an option so i guess they will keep gettin the vacuum treatment. just hope turk doesnt get curious and eat a...
6 inches with tail is still a young chameleon. at that age hey should be eating as much as they like. when they get about say... 6-8 inches without tail is time to start curving their food intake.
Today i came home and noticed these worm/centipede looking creeps in the bottom of my schefflera. what are these? i vacuum about 100 of them a couple hours ago and now theres even more. approx. 6mm in length. coin is a dime in the pix.
any help would be appreciated. thanks
my recommedations:
no light or heat source at night.
no substrate heaters.
no substrate(bare bottom, or paper towels)
no compact bulbs, linear reptile bulbs and incandecent bulbs only.(mercury vapor is another option)
basking temps need to be below 95 degrees when that young.
digital...
hey yall, how do you breed hornworms? striving to become self-sufficient with breeding silks,crix, and horns. but i dont know much bout hornworms
any tips,links, or suggestions would be gr8. thanks.
my chams are indoors and my female just cycled her first infertile clutch despite all my efforts to keep her from doing so; including feeding regiment and keeping basking temps as low as possible. im no expert but its really hard to keep them from cycling eggs, its just something you have to...