Chameleon Academy Podcast

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Selecting Chameleon Plants Mar 31, 2020

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Where do you start when trying to figure out what plants to get for your chameleon cage? In today's episode I give you a starting point and some hints for making it work well!

Advising on Glass vs. Screen Cages Mar 30, 2020

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We all get that question "should I get a glass or screen enclosure for my chameleon?" How we answer that says a lot about us as advisors. Today I talk about how to balance your experience, the community's biases, and the enthusiasm of the person asking the question.

Chameleon Feelings Mar 29, 2020

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Today I answer a question posed by Suzanne Collins who was wondering what feelings chameleons have. She wanted to make sure the chameleon she got would be happy. This is a question we will be answering for a long time. We treat things we love with human love. But this is not chameleon love and we need to learn what they need!

Chameleon Eating Habits Mar 28, 2020

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We deal with chameleons refusing to eat anything but certain feeder insects to chameleons refusing to eat certain feeder insects to al out hunger strikes. Today I give an introduction to chameleon eating habits so we can understand how to work with these conditions!

Species Talk with Dr. Mark Scherz Mar 27, 2020

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Dr. Mark Scherz joins me today for the first of a two part series on species and a paper describing three newly described species of Madagascar Chameleon. Today we talk about what a species is and why that matters to us chameleon keepers.

Chameleon Caresheets Mar 26, 2020

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Care sheets are a high level summary and should be treated as such! Today I talk about how beginners should view care sheets and then speak from the perspective of making a care sheet.

Analyzing vitamin D3 levels in supplements Mar 25, 2020

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This episode is for people who are trying to understand vitamin D3 safe levels. I review the data we have and go over an exercise to translate that into real world supplement powder levels. There will be no quick answers here! Let's push for D3 from UVB, but let's also understand dietary D3 as much as we can.

A Mountain Dragons Reading Mar 24, 2020

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Sit back, relax, and enjoy an excerpt from the forward of Jan Stipala's Mountain Dragons. Here we get a behind the scenes look at searching for chameleons in Kenya!

Figuring out UVB for Chameleons Mar 23, 2020

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We in the chameleon community are working to uncover the needs of chameleons with respect to UVB. We are exploring the minimum levels necessary and the psychological effects of higher levels. Today I talk about the thought process in working out these UVB mysteries.

Dr. Sean McNeeley talks chameleons Mar 22, 2020

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Dr. Sean McNeeley is on the front lines as a doctor in charge of a medical center dealing with the medical preparations. He is level headed and a voice of reason. We are lucky to be able to claim him as part of the chameleon community. Today we talk about his breeding projects and get a perspective from him as to his day-to-day during this time.

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