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My male veiled bites me every time I take him out. He's perfectly fine once he's out, but when I reach in, he hisses, lunges, and then clamps down. He is 8 months old, and can occasionally break the skin slightly when he bites and jerks his head away. It doesn't surprise me anymore since I...

Don't start feeding the cham any roaches for at least 3-5 months otherwise you won' have enough roaches to breed with and you'll have to start your colony all over. They need time to breed and since chams can ea a lot, you will need as many adult roaches as possible to get this going

Sorry to drag this up again, but for you owners of adult male veileds: how bad are the bites? Do they break the skin? Could they take a finger off? That might be a little extreme, but I want to know if I should watch out when showing the veiled to small children, and I am a musician and need...

He is five months and about 9 inches. I didn't realize they slowed down after they got older. @Kevin - you are correct, but a couple minutes of misting is all a large cage needs for raising humidity, and like you said, plants help A LOT!

So after searching and reading old and new threads, I have come to a few conclusions, and a question. We mist because they tend to drink the "dew" that forms - this mimics what they do in nature. We mist for 2-10 minutes at a time in order to stimulate the drinking response. Therefore...

Unless you paid at least 100 buck for your hygrometer, ditch it. Most of them are cheap, inaccurate, and useless. Unless you live somewhere REALLY dry, three daily mistings should be enough to keep the cage humid. You can add plants to aid in keeping the humidity up. But also be aware that...

Mines just 4 months. He's still adjusting, so he's only hissed once in the week I've had him. I just wanted to know about the future possibilities if he gets to be intractable. Sorry, OP, I really didn't mean to threadjack, although I think this benefits both of us:)

Is it something that I would need to be wary about if showing my cham to small children?

Thanks, all. I'm curious, though, as to why a paper bag is recommended? Is it just to block out light, or could any small, dark, padded enclosure work just as well?

I don't want to threadjack, but I'm seeing phrases that indicate a veiled wil try and take your head or fingers off?! How strong is their bite? Are we talking tokay gecko proportions, or are their bites rather painless?

Thanks, Justin Carl, sorry its late I admit i did not search first....:o

My spring break is coming up and wouldn't you know it, the person who had previously agreed to watch all our reptiles is now backing out and saying no. Long story short, I tried everyone I knew, and no one is available to help out. I'm not giving my key to a stranger, so I'm stuck taking my...

Do you have anything on the bottom of the cage to collect poop, or does it all just kind of run together down there?

Does anyone have a picture of the soft tray? Is it something easily replicable with materials from home depot? @ Justin That idea sounds pretty good. Did you prop the reptarium up inside the box to prevent it from sitting in water?

I will take that into consideration if I can't find a cheaper DIY option. Thanks! Anyone else have different solutions?

I have been trying to search for these answers, but have come up a bit empty-handed. I have a 65 gallon reptarium on the way for my 4 month old veiled, and I am trying to work through the logistics of misting and drainage for such an enclosure. #1 This may sound dumb, but when you mist into...

Cool, thanks! I did NOT know that, as I am a total noob. I surmised that that was the case, but wasn't sure...thanks!

So I hope this hasn't been answered 50 times already, and if so, I apologize. I just got a new veiled and posted his specifics in this thread: https://www.chameleonforums.com/evil-crickets-9488/ Anyway, he's molting today, and most of the time he sits very still. He has a great grip, but...

Thanks, Brad! There is some squash for the cricket to munch on. This whole business was quite daunting at first, though. We've all been there with some sort of animal - trying to get the good information through all the bad that you find on the net, and knowing which is which. It's...

Thank you all for your great advice! I am very giddy about all this - you can be so much more creative with these guys and their cages than other herps! Now to find some plans for a cage...or just buy one (rather not, though, I like to work with my hands)....