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Thank-you all for your replies. Unfortunately, Ruby degraded very rapidly today and we put her to sleep a short while ago. This morning, she was not looking good, and expelled MORE infertile eggs. This was 4 days after the dozen plus infer tiles that she had expelled. After this, she had...

Thanks for your advice and comments. The mineral is the indoor variety, and we lightly dust most crickets. She eats some immediately when presented, but sometimes ignores them. The vitall is a feeder supplement. The butterflies we get around her are cabbage white (her favorite) and painted...

" I place them in a little hydration chamber I made and always make sure to have calcium on there food. " Can you tell me more about your hydration chamber? Thanks!

Ruby lives in this indoor enclosure (see attached), 36"x18"x18". We've had her for almost one year. She eats generally well, a diet of mostly crickets dusted with Sticky Tongue Farms Minerall product. We feed the crickets mostly fresh veggies (carrots, arugula, squash, some dry oatmeal) and...

Here is a picture of her laying one of these duds, and a pic of what they look like. She wandered around her cage for 4-5 hours doing this in the moist dirt, which she seldom visits. She went back to her branches later, but has been extremely sluggish and weak every since.:(

Yes she is definitely a Jacksons, and the breeder who we got her from confirmed that this is not uncommon, and that jacksons do this in a similar manner to chickens ridding themselves of unfertilized eggs. This first picture is a couple of months old, the second I just took, she is sleeping-...

We're very concerned about our female Jackson, approximately 2 years old. She layed approximately 12 infertile eggs, small, yellow, about the size of jelly beans. She spent about 3-4 hours doing this, it was clearly a lot of effort, and after she went to her branches and slept, well after her...

My female Jackson's chameleon is quite picky as well. She eats small crickets sometimes, and loves flys/moths/butterflies and picks at random creatures when they happen by her outdoor 'sunning' enclosure- I caught her eating a small random spider today. I actually just ordered a bean beetle...

Thanks for the reply- my concern is more that she has too much light from different directions than not enough. The UVB 10.0 seems adequate (and maybe excessive?) and the window light is ever-present.

Hello! I was curious what a suggested (recommended) light timing cycle is for a Jackson's chameleon? I'm providing her with timed lighting of about 12 hours per day, a UVB 10.0 which is fairly elevated (8"-10") from the top climbing/basking areas of the enclosure. Our chameleon starts to get...

Our Jackson's chameleon Ruby LOVES butterflies and moths. In particular- the painted ladies. They are quite common in Northern California where we live, and especially in the warmer months. Each time we place them in our enclosure, Ruby hunts them down immediately. We also catch small golden...

Shedding behavior? I want to thank the respondents for their help here. Our chameleon Ruby is now eating crickets again. I removed all of the big chirpers, fed her flies for a day, then went down to med size crickets and she ate 4 immediately since being offered. She has also scarfed down...

Thank-you again. I have removed all crickets from Ruby's enclosure. While doing so, a moth was stirred up in the enclosure and she whacked it within seconds. I placed two flies in the enclosure and they were whacked within a few minutes. Perhaps the crickets were stressing her out, I know...

Thank-you all for your replies. Do you suggest I begin by emptying the cage of the 'ignored' crickets for now? I appreciate your insights and suggestions.

We have a new Jackson's chameleon which we purchased about a week ago. She is approximately 12 months old. She seems to have adapted to her environment quite nicely. Approximately 30 minutes after introducing her to her cage, I caught a moth and placed it in. The moth may have lasted 5...