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I don't do anything to the branches I collect for my chameleon cages lol I just make sure that 1. I collect them from a pesticide- and insecticide-free area, 2. That I cut down live branches instead of collecting any that have fallen off the tree by themselves (since it usually means they died...

Congrats! Yep, buckle down for what could be 8-10 months on average.

I recommend that if you have someone design a website for you make sure you request that they set it up in such a way that you can edit it yourself whenever you want. You don't want to have to need the designer (or pay) whenever you want to update your site, and that gives you the option of...

I think the url is so you can share it with friends, it may be somehow tied to you so you get the referral. But I assume they have to accept you?

Yea, they seem to be all males. They all have pretty prominent hemipenal bulges on either side of the tail.

No, I don't think the OP does it with malicious intent either, but it's obvious that she's still an impulsive teenager that doesn't see what her actions today could do in 10 years. Like Marcia says, everyone and their uncle gets sucked into the trap of "collecting" and breeding geckos, whether...

I still think (and this is coming from genuine concern, as someone who is only a few years older than you) that geckos should probably become a secondary priority to getting yourself on your feet more stably. You mention in posts that you don't really have money to spare, here you mention that...

Could you post photos of her head? I'm curious about what's going on with her mouth. I wonder it she has a temporal gland infection on both sides, in which case she would need a vet.

Congrats on the new chameleon! Is it a male or female? I actually have no idea, but their vines aren't particularly thick and strong, it might be fine for a baby but they may not hold up a 200 gram adult. Look into pothos/devil's ivy, they do super well under typical chameleon cage parameters...

I use only fresh branches for my chameleon cages and I don't do anything to them if I cut them live from a tree. If they are on the ground I don't use them, because that usually means that the branch died and fell off, and is therefore usually brittle, riddled with holes, probably inhabited by...

I don't and have never used bulbs at night for any reptiles, gecko or otherwise. If you need to increase the ambient heat in a cage during winter then a heat emitter is a better choice. But having any sort of colored light on the tank seems unnatural and unnecessary to an animal that does just...

I collect wild insects all the time for my chameleons mainly, but the small ones go to the geckos. As long as the area is clean, and you KNOW what you are catching (obviously don't feed anything that you can't identify or that wears warning colors, like red and black. A field guide is a good...

Whenever you want, really. But they'd be happier to be taken out when they're awake in the evening/night.

Runny poop is usually a great indicator that something like parasites are the culprit. Not always, but certainly a good chunk of the time. I would take a fresh poop sample to the vet for a fecal, they usually run between $18-22 for an exotic fecal. Vets are allowed to run a fecal without seeing...

Yes and yes! It's not a matter of crickets OR mealworms, it should always be crickets AND mealworms AND... We know these geckos are not like pandas, specialized to eat just one food species. So if the goal is to replicate their natural habitats to the best of our abilities then a varied diet is...