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What I wanna know is - how on earth do you clean this enclosure???

Well done that you building a cage from scratch! Wish I had the know-how...look forward to seeing your progress and the finished product. Your cham is gorgeous.

Interesting choice of enclosure. How have you set up lights, plants, water dripper, etc.? And how do you view your panther?

Hi everyone, what I need to know is how do I go about raising the ambient temp of my enclosure? I have a 150W basking spotlight where the temp sits around 36-38deg C and also a reptisun 5.0 UVB bulb but this does not emit much heat. Since we are heading into winter here in South Africa, I stuck...

Is it normal for a 9 month old veiled to stop eating for a day or two? Can they become fussy and choose to eat only certain foods while refusing all the rest? My cham has been eating so well, 2 medium silkworms, 10-15 crickets and 5-10 medium mealworms every day but now he refuses to eat...

He does have a reptisun UVB bulb as well as a 75W spotlight. I dust crickets and worms with calcium every day and give multivitamin and calcium with D3 once a week. The incandescent bulb is one that emits heat without any light so thought I could use that in addition to the spotlight to increase...

Thanks for your reply veiled chams. I am almost done with the bigger enclosure, just need to secure branches and attach basking light. I got him from a local exotic pet shop, rescued him actually cos his enclosure was a wooden box totally sealed with no mesh and glass door and one small plastic...

His enclosure is glass with a metal mesh top and the dimensions are 60cm wide x 45cm high x 40cm deep. I have bought a bigger enclosure but am still setting it up. I live in Crestholme, KZN, South Africa and it is autumn now. The temperatures in his enclosure are as follows: 20-22 deg C ambient...

Hi everyone, my 9 month old male veiled was acting very strangely this evening and I am desperate to find out what could be wrong. He did not eat anything today and was trying to get out of his cage by attempting to climb up the glass. I opened the door and he climbed onto my hand for the first...

What are the best ways to get a chameleon to drink water? I know about spraying the leaves in their cage and having a dripper but how do you get them to lick the water from leaves or drink the water that drips?

Thank you for that info. The pee is mostly white but there is some yellow, but I think he would be a bit dehydrated cause the pet shop had him in a cage with water bowl, gravel and 1 plastic tree no bigger than 5 inches. The poo is pretty much digested. Don't think the poor fellow had any...

Hi It finally happened - Helmut pooped! After 4 days, now the question is it a healthy poop? Since we rescued him from a pet shop with poop sitting all around his cage, not a clean environement at all. What should I be looking for in terms of healthy?

Great answers, thanks everyone! I sprayed my veiled cham with warm water this morning. I made sure the setting was on fine spray. Only did a small amount as he hissed at me so decided to leave him alone. Do you think the hissing sound of the sprayer had anything to do with this?

Strange title I know but my 8 month old veiled has not pooped for 3 days. Is this normal? How often should they poop? I only got him on Saturday so have not seen him poop before. He is eating well, consuming around 6-8 crickets and 5-6 super/meal worms every day.

So, do I only spray the plants and cage or do I spray my veiled as well?

correct supplements Hi, Thank you firstly for all that info but I need to ask a few questions: My veiled is 8 months old (so the pet shop said) I would just like to know approx. what amounts of calcium D3 and without D3 should I give? Am I correct to say that he is still a juvenile and...

BTW, can you feed veiled the meal worm beetles?

How much calcium and vitamins should be given to veiled chameleons? Also, must I use the calcium with or without phosphorous? Some say with some say without.

Thanks so much Dave. I just want to know that I am looking after him the best way possible. Will give him about a week or so before handling so he can adjust to his new environment first

Hi, I bought a 8 month old male veiled chameleon yesterday. I am wanting to know what emotional state he is in cause he is a dull green/brown overall colour. Under his basking lamp it is 29 deg C and the ambient temp. is 24 deg C. He ate his mealworms and superworms with some crickets...