Studies/papers etc.

In the first link, 2. a), it states, "Enclosures were in constant temperature (CT) rooms with Osram L36W/72-965 Biolux fluorescent lights and day–night light and temperature cycles approximating (or slightly warmer than) their natural environment".

Are they saying they had a night light for their chams? It's interesting to see the temperature system they used. I might adopt a similar model, but I have to do some more research on the veileds temperatures.

Thanks for the links .. gives me some reading to do :)
 
Wow .. lots of information! Kinyonga, have you ever heard of anyone's chameleon being affected from crickets with IIV?
 
I have heard about iridovirus being in chameleons but I'm not sure it came from the crickets..it was a long time ago.

Re: the night light and temps...not sure what they mean...but maybe it was made like moonlight?
 
I have heard about iridovirus being in chameleons but I'm not sure it came from the crickets..it was a long time ago.

Re: the night light and temps...not sure what they mean...but maybe it was made like moonlight?

Yeah, I was a little uncertain by what they were implying. I was just curious because it has been debated that moonlight bulbs for chams are pointless because they are sleeping. But in a Northern climate, it might possibly be useful if the temps go below 50 at night? Just a thought ... I know some ppl are having issues with low temps.
 
Shouldn't these be housed in a "non forum" venue to be pointed to as reference? It just seems to me that such great information should not fade into the obscurity of "old post".
 
Thanks

Thanks for the many interesting finds, Kinyongia. The virus stuff is a little scary. So was the news that Jackson's in Hawai`i are eating endangered taxa there. I was fascinated to learn recently that T. schubotzi lives at quite a lot higher elevations than most other sp., and the article here seems to support that by showing they function at lower temperature than most too.

Thanks for the cool science finds.
 
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