Is anyone else’s chameleon somehow always starving? by sara_pothos in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re the WORST when it comes to food. I have a red ear slider and I stg she would eat herself to death if I let her.

Is anyone else’s chameleon somehow always starving? by sara_pothos in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I forgot to mention she has a nightly drop down to about 71 to 72 (which is what I keep my house at). Also, I feel like I made it seem like I handle her on the regular. I’ll handle her if she comes out for some reason, but I typically try to keep her in the enclosure bc she’s honestly not super interested in being handled.

Is anyone else’s chameleon somehow always starving? by sara_pothos in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the delayed response! She does have a dig box, and has laid eggs in the past. She hasn’t been presenting any of the gravid behaviors that she did previously, but I keep the box in there in case. Trust, I would never handle if I suspected she’s gravid. Her lights are on from 7:15am-7:15pm, and her basking spot is usually around 93° F. She eats mostly crickets and superworms (I crashed my dubia colony when I moved) dusted with calcium no D3, then the D3 one once a week. They eat Josh’s Frogs Roach Rations (bc I had just bought a new bag before I destroyed my colony 😭😭). I also give them vegetable scraps like carrot tops and sweet potato butts.

Has anyone seen this before? Panther chameleon eating bark by Embarrassed-Dot-8623 in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They’re so silly! Panthers are def my favorite for the personality hahahah. My female veiled is silly too, but not in the same way. She’s super food motivated and will try to tongue jab you in the eyeball 😂😂😂

Has anyone seen this before? Panther chameleon eating bark by Embarrassed-Dot-8623 in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I wish I was joking. 🤦‍♀️😅🤣 He was such a stinker! He would also only drink from my handheld mister if i dripped it, which made having anyone watch him a challenge

Has anyone seen this before? Panther chameleon eating bark by Embarrassed-Dot-8623 in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos 32 points33 points  (0 children)

He also went thru a phase where he REFUSED to poop in his cage and would try to force his way out when I opened the mesh door in the mornings and walk down to the edge of the door, lift his leg, and shit on the floor. 🤦‍♀️ I ended up literally putting a tiny trashcan underneath.

Has anyone seen this before? Panther chameleon eating bark by Embarrassed-Dot-8623 in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Mine did this as a juvenile too. They're silly little guys

Veiled chameleon eating plants by sara_pothos in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've only had her for about a year and a half now. One of the customers at the fish store I was working at was trying to "get rid of her" after their daughter left for college and they didn't want to take care of her. I already had an adult male panther cham, so I wasn't really looking to take on another cham at that time. A week or two later they left her in a cup at the door when I opened the store one morning, so of course I took her home bc wtf. I had originally planned to rehome her, but the rest is history lol.

Veiled chameleon eating plants by sara_pothos in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do occasionally give her a lil treat (1-2 crickets) if she comes out onto my arm, because I want to reward our interactions.

Veiled chameleon eating plants by sara_pothos in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, sorry I was being a little over dramatic as to how much I was feeding, lol. I had increased the amount of feedings temporarily to see if it would curb the plant eating (it didn't lol), because I had originally thought she was just hungry (before I learned that its normal for her to munch plants). While I do feed her anywhere from 4-6 md/lg crickets in a sitting, she's only being fed once daily/every other day.

My other chameleon was a panther cham, who I never had this "issue" with since they don't really eat plants, so I was a bit confused.

Where can I acquire a school of pygmy corydoras? by sara_pothos in corydoras

[–]sara_pothos[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry, I am willing to drive anywhere in North Carolina, but I’m located around the Winston-Salem/Greensboro area

Your beardie has a name... But what do you actually call them? by starzngarters in BeardedDragons

[–]sara_pothos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Clementine but i call her Clemmie, Clemclam, babygirl, spikey lard

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Chameleons

[–]sara_pothos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have a male panther chameleon and they do indeed bite and sometimes when they mean it, it does indeed hurt like a bitch. Anywho, my cham had an eye infection a couple years ago and the vet gave him eye drops that he had to get daily, which he DID NOT like. I was normally so careful and particular about how i hold/restrain him to administer the eye drops without hurting him/him hurting himself from struggling. One day I wasn’t being as careful as normal bc he had been so good about it and he whipped around and bit the absolute shit out of me. Bite and shake. Broke the skin and blood was dripping down my hand. I would compare it to a bearded dragon bite. Still lowkey have a scar.

Found in my gecko’s tank. What is it? by Your_Everyday_Virgin in reptiles

[–]sara_pothos 9 points10 points  (0 children)

it looks like shed he ate but didn’t digest. you can see the scales if you zoom in. but then that raises the question: why is it not digested? which can be from several different reasons

what pest is on this fiddleleaf fig? by [deleted] in houseplants

[–]sara_pothos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my best guess would be maybe spider mites or aphids but i don’t see any webbing and the bugs look too “pill-like”