Not saying it can't work.. it most certainely can. But if you don't have to give them water then why bother, they can load up on nutrients while getting all their hydration from wet foods.
Yeah, the lacking water part is what I don't like about dehydration method. It also seems much easier to throw a bunch of veggies in a blender, turn it into a goop, and throw it in the freezer than it does to dehydrate... that seems like a process to me. Not to mention it would be harder for...
I'm curious about the nutrional value, whether you lose it or not, aswell. I hope someone else can chime in on that because it gets tiresome to chop up veggies daily. If i could get away with have premade cubes of goodness that I could just toss in the dubia bin it'd make life easier.
My 6 month veiled demolishes 12 crickets in as much time as it takes to say it, so i feel like there is something else going on but i'm by no means an expert maybe fill out the ask for help form https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/. OR it could just be that your cham is bored and...
Also I don't know if you've ever tried to hand feed but what worked for me to get my guy to cup feed is a combo method: just hold the cup in your hand alittle ways away from him and as soon as he gets his eyes on the feeders he goes nuts.. atleast mine does, but he's ravenous and i've never had...
I've read on many different threads that it is ill advised, especially depending on the age of your cham and size of feeders. The feeders could get hungry and attack your cham while it's sleeping.. someone can tell me if i'm wrong?
*edit: here is an older thread basically saying the same...
I shopped around for a long time at both home depot and lowes and neither had the 6500k in a 24" t8, to the OP if you don't mind shelling out alittle extra cash you can go to petco or petsmart and in the aquarium section they will have florasun, that's what i picked up in a 24" t-8, I wanna say...
He should be ok depending upon how long he is delayed but I know FLchams has a live arrival guarantee so should there be any issues I would just contact them. Also just look over the terms and conditions for shipping just so you can cover your ass in case something does happen.
Maybe they are more easily obtained in SA but 2500 bones is alot of money to shell out. Scroll down midway of the page to see the parsons.
http://www.flchams.com/inventory_all.asp?id=1028&cham=Other%20Chameleon%20Species%20For%20Sale
If you aren't looking to shell out the cash for a mister, you can always cover up parts of the screen with shower curtain or something similar to raise humidity. I have the back of my cage covered with laminated aquarium background and it works great.. that is as long as you have live plants in...
Maybe wait until you're not on a budget to get into keeping chameleons. Just my 2 cents and you can take it for what it is, but if you're on a budget for an enclosure what happens if your chameleon gets sick and you need to take it to the vet?
Even if temps drop down to 55 you'd be fine, but most likely that'll never happen since you live in california and as long as you're keep inside during the winter i'm sure you'll be fine. Although worse case scenario you can get a ceramic heater to bump up the temps alittle. and i thought you...
71 is good during the day, and you want temps to be around 60-65 at night, as for humidity try attaining somewhere between 50-70% or higher. With good misting cycles and live plants it shouldn't be to hard to get. you really should look into getting a different uvb light too.
First off night lamps are a no-go. an optimal day/night cycle would be 12 on 12 off, absolutely no light at night. second depending on the age of the chameleon you plan to get 88-90 is probably to high, i would think the highest should be more like 85. and for your UVB the prefered light is the...
After much trial and error this is what I've come up with. Combined a few ideas from a couple of different forum members and it's working out great. Let me know what you guys think.