drainage or substrate for glass
I have a 24"x24"x48" made by Creative Reptile Terrariums purchased at the Vivarium in Berkeley CA, it is glass except for the screen top and half of the front for air flow. I am new to being a chameleon owner (panther 1 year old ambilobe) and I am trying to...
drain for glass bottom cage?
I have a 2'x2'x4' glass and mesh cage with a glass bottom. Doesn anyone have any ideas on how to create a drain in the bottom of the glass? I could make a false bottom but that would reduce the area for Hercules and seems like it would have to be a pretty large...
Great advice everyone, I really appreciate it. I felt desperate to get him hydrated today so he spent 15 minutes in the shower today - after some initial panic he seemed to really enjoy it, he hunkered down in a "rainy" spot and opened his mouth repeatedly to do what I think was drinking. Other...
Thank you for the tips, horned worms on order and shower later this morning with indirect water. I'll remove the catch bowl for the water but then how do you capture what equates to 5 or 6 cups of water? Plants can't take up that much water.
Also, seems he is on a hunger strike except for meal...
update
We took Hercules to the vet the other day, doc said that his eye is most likely a congenital defect that he was born with or from a lack of vitamins in his diet that the previous owner did not disclose and passed it off as something in his eye. He flushed the eye but it is no better...
Thanks everyone! What a great forum, I really appreciate everyone's advice and thanks for the PM details on the eye flushing Werecat.
My concerns have been reduced to the eye after everyone seems to think the food consumption is normal and he may be stealth drinking when we are not looking...
Pic of questionable eye
Here is a pic of his eye, you can really see the difference. I am not sure why the pics are displaying sideways. Sorry bout that!
Hello, I am new to this forum and am a new Panther Chameleon owner (it actually "belongs" to my 10 year old son but it is certainly a family endeavor). We just purchased beautiful Hercules and we have some concerns, but first some info on him/us:
1 year old Panther Red Bar Ambilobe...