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Do you think the sides of the cabinet can withstand a lot of spraying? You might want to line them with plastic of some sort...or paint them with a sealant. What kind of plants are you going to put in there?

the more plants you put in the enclosure, the more humidity it will hold. Think about adding a small ficus or sheffelera. I put the expanding styrofoam in the back of my tanks, but they ARE tanks...I have brevs and frogs. I usually coat it with a mixture of peat moss and some kind of adherent...

They get dark b/c they absorb more heat from the light that way.

I'm so sorry to hear about the male...I was in a similar situation when I worked for a vet. We had a newborn kitten that the mother had no milk for; we took turns taking the baby home, to feed it every hour. When the owner finally took it home, she couldn't be bothered to wake up to feed it...

Trace, you're killing me...:D :D

somebody else chime in here...but can't you put the legs of your cage/stand in water, and keep the ants from coming in that way? Of course they're already in, in your case; but if more can't join them it's not as bad. I know I've read other solutions to keeping them out...vaseline, maybe?

chad, yeah it's hard to double the price of the chams...so pretend like they really cost $90...it's worth it to get them shipped right, and to get quality cb critters....;)

I did most of my research before I got my brev...but I would have LOVED to have know that the "male" was a female! (Actually, after reading Roo's article, I looked at her while she was still at the store and guessed it was a female...but the guy said that he doesn't order females from the...

You should seriously consider pygmies...they are much more suited to the kind of setup you already own. You would want to plant the tank, rather than the drier environment your beardie was used to, and as Zerah said, the feeding dishes etc. aren't needed. They don't need as much heat as the...

I love the Yoda talk...who knew he was an animal OB/GYN? They both look like females to me. Yolanda isn't nearly that rotund...guess she has a while to go....

Roo, I'm glad you're not defensive about the Misty Mate any more! I do love mine, mostly because I have brevs. When it's out of water Drew will often be lazy and use the frog mister (like Will pictures) instead of refilling the misty mate; but the fine spray is sooooo much better for their...

It is REALLY hard to find a brev at the spur of the moment...for the first several months we had them, my son would go to mist them and invariably come to me in a panic b/c he couldn't find one of them. Of course, they were always there....but sometimes it took ME a good five minutes to find...

Kinyonga-- the pics are actually coming up very slowly...I've been on this post about five minutes and the first one is about 3/4 there. I know nothing about prolapses in chams but it doesn't look pretty....:(

Do some searches...look at the gallery of users' chams, look at pics of enclosures, look at threads on health, food, breeding, everything! Google "veiled chameleon caresheets"...but don't believe all of them, find out where most agree (and agree with keepers on this forum). Do a little...

My first was a female bevicaudatus that I was told was a male...she died, possibly from being eggbound.

Patrick, nine months ago I bought three young brevicaudatus, hoping for one male and two females. However, I ended up with two males and one female. They stayed together for some time, but at about four months of age the males were obviously stressing each other. One was always dark and was...

Roo, I finally came to the same conclusion about our egg/neonate brev. This was all about a year ago; you may remember, the female died a couple weeks after laying; there was another egg, retained. She was WC and heaven only knows if it was retained sperm, or a male "donated" that was captured...

The funny thing about that mister, Jake, is that if you don't buy the official "pet" version (it's a people mister called Misty Mate) it's much cheaper! A 12 oz. bottle w/sprayer is about $7 at Wal-Mart. Yeah, it doesn't have the "high-quality brass misting head", but I could buy five of them...

Boy! It's early to say you've escaped serious problems, but it's starting to look possible! This is a scary story, and I really admire your commitment to this critter. Good luck! :D

Depends on the species and age of chameleon..but most of the true chameleons need more air circulation than an aquarium can supply. They live in the trees, where the air moves all the time. The pygmy chams, which live in the undergrowth nearer the ground, need more humidity, and do well in...