If you are new to Chams, either way (misting system or drip) are both viable ways of delivering water to your chams. As you can tell I have a Herpmist system. However mistking, promist, and herpmist are all very good and compatible systems.
Drip system are used by many of the most senior...
I think your enclosure is plenty big. at about 4 mos from what I read you want to start separating them...you may want to use a artificial source for your UVB as ambient light may be too strong.
Good luck
OPI
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Your temps seem pretty good...what are the ambient temps where you are keeping your cham...I think ideally if you get the temps up to 80 to 85 ( for and adult) it should be good. If your temps don't get up that High you may consider using a regular light bulb to get the heating...
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Pet screen is what some keepers recommend.
I personally use regular window screen. I just happen to have a big roll sitting in my garage...
I have also used aluminum scree which can...
you probably can use any kind of door pull that your can find in the hard ware store. the attaching hardware may be a little too long but you can just cut the screw and it should work fine.
hope that helps
OPI
I got some 1/4 bamboo from the hardware store and lashed them in to a latice and hung my vines from that. It is a little more labor intensive but I thught it look pretty cool.
OPI
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It may be many thing going on. Have you tried to flush the eye with some kind of saline solution ( contact stuff is ok without the disinfectant) just drip it over the eye. frequent misting is also helpful to help flush foreign objects from the eye. More than likely since it has been...
welcome to the wondering world of chams,
Your cham may be off his eating schedule due to adjusting to a new environment. It may take a while longer for him or Her to adjust. you could try to entice your cham to eat by using other food sources such as flies and silkies. Personally my chams...
no matter where you put your cham the same rules apply...The environment needs to be with in tolerances. For example in your case if the room that the bay window is in is 65 at it's peak, and you really wanted to put your cham in the bay window, you would need to find some way of jacking the viv...
Your cham may never get used to a big humongous hand coming from an even more humongous body (no offense meant)...As a cham everything coming into the cage that big is a threat.
The calming colors will help, but unless you can change the size of you hand.. well you get the idea..
OPI
horns to my knowledge do not shed. the further away from the head they are the harder and less vascularized they are.
If your cham isn't acting differently, I don't think it's anything to worry about.
OPI
what was the reason for wanting to put the waterfall in you viv anyway?
They look cool but can be a night mare to maintain...
Drippers are a good way to deliver water to your chams. just like sandra said. there is a thread by summoner12 (I think) who has put together a mcgyver misting...
when I used to have a dripper, I used a piece of cotton twine (or food grade string) going through the tube to allow the water to wick out of the tube. You need to change the string maybe every week or so, but it allowed for a more fine tuning of my drip rate.
Hope that helps
OPI
I just pasted through our local Costco and noticed that they had a UVC sterilizing wand for sale...
Just thought that I would post and let those of you who were looking for one know....you may or may not be able to find it at your local store...