Recent content by Ambichameleous

So I’ve been setting up my adult enclosure for my female panther it’s the 2x2x4 I use reptislim T-8 for uvb and a ceramic and white 75 watt bulb to keep the heat about 82 during the day and shut them off for the drop, and am ONLY running the white led as I’ve read red is an unnatural spectrum...

Hey I had seen a previously posted thread about eye problems being linked to a deficiency in vitamin A (in certain cases in juveniles,)and can’t seem to find it again, if someone has the link and a couple more to read I’d appreciate it was just curious

I have a laybin in with one of my cages , it keeps seeming to puddle even though I have a hole in the bottom, and I’ve taken it out to dry before with a blow dryer, while rotating the sand to try and keep it that “diggable texture”, I was just wondering do you guys have some setup examples of...

She showed the colors up until about a week ago , that combined with the weight changing , was alarming, and it was very reassuring to know she didn’t need surgery and no eggs had bound, that she had just “moved the mass”

Yeah I knew they could show non-receptive due to a lot of reasons, she’s a panther btw, but had no idea it could persist just because she was experiencing discomfort from parasites

So as some of you are aware I’ve been trying to care for a recently purchased female from petco that I had been told had been successfully bred, this is my experience wasn’t sure if this is a common place thing, when I first got her she showed gravid colors and a clearly swollen belly , I took...

Haha yeah I Googled it all Living things is just the pet smart generic

Tbh I’m not sure what the difference is isn’t the all living things just a pet smart brand basically ?

And again as far as heat goes it’s really hard to tailor saying just get 75 watts or 50 watts as maintaining heat has SO many factors

Yes and I know plenty of keepers that use 10.0 with success As well , I just have heard of instances of it being a little too much uvb but the internet can make things seem a lot more commonplace than fact

The only reason I like the reptislim over a regular bulb is I just feel it covers more of the cage instead of a more directed area

Again the heat will vary for the chameleon it depends on the age and sex , but if you’re trying to keep pothos it’s nearly unkillable so Im fairly certain it wouldn’t need too special of lighting

I personally like the reptislim t-8 or a Mercury uvb bulb, just because I’ve heard stories of the 10.0 causing eye problems from too much exposure, but it will depend on the size of the cage, and if you intend to have live plants as well , as far as heat goes that’s always been trial and error...

The substrate should be fine, there’s a lot of schools of thought however, a healthy chameleon will be able to pass the substrate just like in the wild

Ok thanks , good to know technically both are safe if cured properly , thanks again