He keeps it closed but when it is open, it is bloodshot. You can see the eye but it looks like there is blood between the layers of his eye. I am going to put a higher watt bulb in one of the basking lamps. Correct on the Calcium/Calcium-D3 and correct on the 1.8/1.3.
He looks healthy other...
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Veiled, Male, 1.8years, 1.3 years
Handling - Once every two weeks or so. hand feeding daily
Feeding - Supers, Dubia. 1-2 daily, various fruit/potato/gutload
Supplements - the usual 3 on the correct schedule.
Watering - Mistking. 5x daily 1 min after lights...
I have 2 hibiscus' for my veileds cage. I usually keep one out so it will grow while the other is demolished by him. I just switched the plants out and no more than a minute after this happens to the beautiful flowers on the plant....
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I live in Bowling Green, here are my set ups. The male veiled cage is 5'x2'x2'. I have an MistKing misting system that runs 4min every 4 hrs during the day and my lights are on from 8am-7pm (short for winter) Humidity is not a problem with the misting system and live plants. I feed them Dubia...
I use to have my plant pots covered in stones that I thought were large enough until I found a poo with a small stone in it. Not wanting this to happen again, I removed all the stones and re covered the soil with sand I had left over from making a laying bin for my female. since I replaced it...
it really depends on the distance from the bulb rather than the wattage. try different wattage bulbs to get the proper basking temp at the spot directly under the light. Since it is a young veiled, I would aim for the low 80s at the basking spot.
your cage will be about 5 feet tall if Im converting correctly... a 10.0 wont be overkill assuming your basking spot is a foot or so below the top of the cage.
dont touch her or try to pull at the skin. All you should do is increase her misting. They shed because their skin does not grow with their bodies so the older they get the less frequently they shed. Babies will shed about once a month. My 1 yr old and 10 mo old are shedding about every 2...
26"x25"x60" sitting on a 16x16x18 cabinet that holds my roach colony and mistking tank
I don't have all those plants in there now because she would hide to well and I could never find her...
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