As Casque has already said bee pollen is not totally benign from a supplementation standpoint. It does have some fat soluble vitamins, including D, although for the life of me I can’t find a resource with D3 levels in bee pollen (@kinyonga 😉).
It appears it has PROvitamin A through beta...
+1 to you both.
Screen cages make it nearly impossible to maintain day/night humidity cycles unless your ambient humidity is at or near day time goals, and even then getting to 80-100% is very hard to do
Mine will always be covered on all four sides or outdoors from now on
You’re most welcome. Kinyonga already talked about a good supplementation routine for your Cham as well
Once you have proper lighting, you will definitely want to follow this supplementation routine
Also remember for great nutrition two very important aspects are feeder variety and feeding...
Just my guess by looking, but I don’t think that red bulb provides any UVB.
UVB is essential to your Chams health. And of the other is an LED bulb, it’s definitely not supplying UVB either and probably very little heat
It is recommended (really required) that you provide UVB to your chameleon...
I definitely understand and in some ways agree with your perspective, and I didn’t intend to imply that you are being negative.
My thoughts are that it’s great that they’ve taken the initiative to attempt what they’re doing on a very limited basis.
Will there ever be a million dollar study...
I understand that it’s likely vastly underpowered to reveal scientifically significant results, but we’re talking about successful hobbyists taking on a problem of their own volition.
I think it’s great, and it’s absolutely a step in the right direction. Since we know that your million dollar...
Are you heating your home right now? What’s your ambient humidity like in the house?
I think dependent edema is most times going to be due to organ insufficiency of some kind, and the most likely systems involved are cardiopulmonary, hepatic, and renal systems.
I have no idea what the...
There’s only two cords one for the LEDs and one for the fluorescent fixture, so unless you manually turn on/off the other LEDs, the moonlights will go off with rest if it’s on a timer
This light has a T5HO linear UVB bulb for D3 synthesis along with daylight LED for plant growth. A heat lamp for basking temperatures is usually still important for their health
Definitely feed off the flies if they pupate. I usually take all the dark ones that are near changing to flies and throw them in the plant pots to pop up when they’re ready
Your Cham will LOVE the flies
Hello @Anach. Welcome to the Forums
Congratulations on your new chameleon
He’s a good looking guy
There’s several things that you will want to do to keep your new Cham healthy. This is going to seem like a lot, but don’t be discouraged. I’ll try to recommend long term changes you’ll need to...
It would be great to hear more about breeding these guys.
It looks like you incubated the eggs outside the enclosure, how hard was it find their eggs (they must be very small)?
What did you use for incubation temps? Day/night temp variations? Diapause?
I would love to hear more about breeding...