I'd say it depends. If your lanai gets sunlight all throughout the day then I'd say no. But if your building faces away from the sun and only receives sunlight for 1 hour a day then you may want to add a light if your cham is going to be on his free range for a while.
I came home today to find Ren in the most awkward position I've seen him in since I've had him. I've attached a picture below. He's been closing his left eye at around 6pm, an hour before his usual bed time. And because he was closing his eye I decided to do a cage cleaning and removed a plant...
In my opinion from information I've come across is that you'd rather have the cage be wider than taller because you can just easily add a stand to give height to the cage.. such as a 4x2x2 cage on top of a stand.
There are some things wrong with your husbandry. Your supplementation should include three specific dusts: a calcium with d3, a calcium without d3 and a reptile vitamin.You should be using the calcium without d3 at every feeding and only use the d3 and herptivite 2x a month. Also the spike at...
So I've got a spider infestation going on outside on my free range. I thought they were spider mites but they are visible by the naked eye... I'm not sure what they are but I tried checking for mites by holding a piece of paper under the tree and shaking a branch. So I did that and out fell a...
Thanks for replying Carol, I too thought it was either gout or edema in his legs. But it has definitely not been permanent. I've wanted to take him to the vet but I've always been slow to pull the trigger.
About a week ago Rens back left hind leg was swollen but it ended up going back to normal somewhat quickly..and now today I noticed his back right leg looked swollen. I have pictures of both times his legs were swollen. Also I've learned from his behavior that he will close his eyes when he...
Great news if he's drinking from the dome, but like you said it does decrease humidity in the cage drastically. So I make sure I hand mist my cage 2-3 times a day to keep the humidity up. If you can, just buy another mistking nozzle and the attachment to be able to run two hoses off the mistking...
You're light setup is fine as well, for a T5 fixture you can buy a 6% arcadia that are perfect for 48" caegs..if you're worried about the vegetation just add a grow light to the dual fixture. And you will need a heat lamp like others have said.
I agree with Julia, they are also easy to make DIY. I made mine using the mistking nozzle attached to the bottom of a plastic tuperware flipped over and attach it to the top of the cage. You just have to have a good place to place it over, so I have it ontop of a hanging pothos.
Also I'd like...
My panther does this but I have still not found out what makes him do it. My free range is on my lanai but there's no lights or really a source of water out there but he's got the FL sun. I'll put Ren out there for 30minutes-2hours depending on how he feels. Sometimes after 10 minutes he'll...
Here's a video Dez made to instruct female panther owners on laying bins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5usyXP_u4Zc
I'd suggest you fill out this https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/ and post your chameleon husbandry information for us to help with anything you may be missing for...
Sounds normal to me, I have a panther that free ranges and when he feels like he's done he'll climb down off the free range and climb around on the floor and get into some mischief.
Could be a sperm plug that didnt make it fully out and began to dry up somewhat inside the cloaca. Check it out when he wakes up and post some pictures then.
Thanks guys! You really need to take pictures often because in person I always thought his colors didn't change much but now going through all the pictures I have its great to see the progression. He was a Kandiroo baby from Paradise chameleons if you don't remember! I'm much more of a lurker...
I just wanted to post some pictures of Renley since he's been with me for over a year now and I haven't posted any in a while!
One his first nights with me when he was around 3.5months
Him a little flared up 1yr 3.5months
Him hanging out 1yr 3.5months
He's never seen a female...