Catch your own feeders
During sommer, meadows offer a rich meal for chameleons – you just have to harvest it. Feeders from the meadows have no need for gutloading and offer a wide variety. From time to time,...
Mycosis
Mycosis – what is it? Mycosis is the medical term for a fungal infection. A dermatomycosis is a fungal infection which is limited to the skin. An Organ mycosis is a fungal infection of...
Law and order
Sorry, this entry is only available in German. Alle Chamäleons gehören geschützten Arten an, so dass die Haltung im Terrarium bestimmten Regeln unterliegt. Man muss Chamäleons beispielsweise bei der Behörde anmelden, wenn man sie...
What means “stress”?
When you get into chameleon keeping, sooner or later you will be very familiar with one word: Stress. No matter if you were talking to like-minded people on a conference or reptile show, or...
Cloacal prolapse
Chameleons may sometimes have tissue hanging out the cloaca which they cannot pull back. The medicinal term for this is prolapse. No matter which tissue is affected, a cloacal prolapse is always an urgent...
Gout
What is gout? Gout is a not curable disease that makes degradation products of protein metabolism deposit inside the body. The disease typically shows attacks with painful joints. In most cases of diseased chameleons,...
How much is a chameleon?
Keeping and breeding chameleons are relatively costly compared to other pets. Each chameleon has to be kept in its own terrarium, which takes up a lot of space but also means more effort. The...
Cleaning and disinfection
Everyone in the terrarium hobby has already experienced it: You painstakingly set up a beautiful terrarium, but do not take it so exactly with the quarantine and put the newly acquired chameleon in the...
How to clean lime deposits on glass
Chameleon owners with extremely hard tap water at home will know the problem: After some weeks of running your sprinkler system, all glass panes are whitishly sprinkled with ugly lime deposits. But there are...
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