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usamantis.com is also a really great site for buying mantids and they have some good care sheets up there as well.

Well, you'll really need to be specific about what types of animals you want to keep. I've never found general information in a book that I couldn't find on the internet, but I have found that books that go in depth on a particular group of animals are often good. I've mostly concentrated on...

argh double post. Go check out dendroboard.com or blackjungle.com. There's a lot of experts over there!

If you can do chameleons, you can EASILY do dart frogs. I've had absolutely no trouble caring for them, besides the occasional colony crash with fruit flies.

Looks like 24 at the base, 18 at the top. I might try to make it 24 all round though, but I can understand wanting the slant. Another thing you might do is raise it off the floor a bit; I've heard Chams get skittish closer to the ground. I think one important thing is adding some more screen...

Do you guys have any info about when the metabolic slow down happens in male veiled's?

Thanks for the advice, I think I might be the only one who does this but I call all cleaners "bleach." I was really thinking of an organic biodegradeable substance like Simple Green, but you're probably right, I can probably just skip that. Would you really recommend a misting set up for...

You forgot disease and parasites :p. Hopefully hawks and such will be able to control some of the chameleons, but honestly I think you're right, Florida is going to be the "Don't be a bad herp keeper" state. It's sad that people who practice our hobby poorly have wreaked so much havoc.

I'm doing my research (I'm thinking about buying a veiled in three months, but I might wait for a year or so) and what I hear again and again is the routine is the key. So I guess I just wanted to see what your weekly routines are :D Something like: Every day Wake up, turn on lights...

Thanks guys, I really appreciate hearing everyone's stories. I'm definitely doing a lot more research on supplementation because of this thread.

Or if you did it perfectly, what did you wish someone told you? I'm thinking of buying a juvie veiled for myself as a birthday present. I've read all of the caresheets that are commonly linked on the forums and most of the threads (up to around p25 or so), but I'd like to hear about people's...