like you have fungus gnats (mites don't fly) and overly wet soil. Fungus gnats breed in the soil and their larvae feed on rotting/decomposing organic matter (soil, roots, etc.)Fungus is always found in damp/wet places. The gnats will not hurt your cham, but they are annoying as he*L - sort of like fruit flies are :-/



Did you repot the plant after you got it? If not, I would recommend you do that with fresh untreated sterile soil. when you take the plant out of its pot rinse off as much of the old soil as possible. Either wash the old pot REALLY well with a solution of 10% bleach (10 parts water to 1 part bleach) then rinse well and let air dry or just get a new pot WITH drainage holes. Once repotted you want to keep the soil moist, not wet. If your dripper is going right in the pot you may want to make some adjustments.



Have you repotted plants before? Just don't want to write out a bunch of stuff if you know what you are doing.



Be sure your plants are not sitting in water (a saucer that has standing water). You can either raise it up on bricks or a small stool, or if you don't have that sort of space you can put large river stones in the saucer and set the pot on it.



Pics of your setup would help to make some suggestions. Btw, it is always good to have a second plant on hand for when these sorts of problems arise so you can swap a healthy one while the other is at the plant hospital - lol!
-----
Chameleon Help & Resource Info

1.0 Nosy Be Panther Chameleon - Cyrus

0.1 Veiled Chameleon - Luna. She's now hanging from her big jungle gym in the sky

1.0 Beardie - Darwin

1.1.1 Side-blotched lizards - Ana and Stan

0.2 felines - Kyndra and Lita

0.1 African Clawed Frog - Skippy

0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula - Rosa Leigh, Died 4/21/06

0.1 Goliath Bird-Eater Tarantula - Natasha, donated to science 4/4/06

?.? Pinktoe Tarantula - no name yet

[ Hide Replies ]

• pesticide - artogator, Tue Oct 17 14:09:15 2006
• RE: pesticide - yngghoppa, Tue Oct 17 15:42:27 2006
• RE: pesticide - lele, Tue Oct 17 18:40:40 2006
• RE: pesticide - artogator, Wed Oct 18 12:40:38 2006
• sounds to me... - lele, Wed Oct 18 17:48:37 2006