Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Jackson's Chameleon, probably 6-8 months old. He is 6 inches long, 3 inches from nose tip to vent.
Handling - None...
Feeding - I offer him gut loaded crickets, dubia roaches, and superworms.
Supplements - Dusted with Calcium + D3 or Multivitamins.
Watering -...
Here is the old setup.... in this picture I have a 60 Watt incandescent bulb in the dual dome fixture for the basking spot and the 36" ReptiSun 10.0 T5 HO UVB bulb up top (raised up so chameleon can only get 10-12 inches away), but he would still close his eyes sometime.
.....and here is...
I have a Jackson's Chameleon in ZooMed ReptiBreeze 16x16x30 cage.
I can't find any information on how much UVB a Jackson's actually need... like a good uw/cm (squared), and the max they should have.
Anyways... I have bearded dragons and I have plenty of UVB bulbs. I just dont know what is best...
definitely not Vaseline! Try to put some clear "packing tape" on it somewhere.... maybe on the inside rim of the cup? insects can't climb past a strip of clear packing tape....
I added more fake plants to help with shade/cover and raised the 10.0 florescent tube up more. the closest he can get to the uvb is 8 inches and that's just a small little vine. he's usually around 12 inches away....
he hasnt ate anything else... other than that one superworm and hasnt pooped.
a little good news today! I put 2 superworms, 4 dubia, and 4 crickets in his cage about 30 mins ago and he ate a superworm!
I mist his cage 3 times a day with a spray bottle & ill soak one side of his cage down until theres water dripping off of everything. I leave the other side alone. I would...
Thanks for the replies everyone!
I moved his cage to a different "low traffic" area thats also higher up. I started removing feeders daily instead of leaving them in his cage. I was trying not to disturb him as much as possible. Any time I get in his cage, he freaks out.... sometimes snaps at...
Still no progress from my little jackson's chameleon... he hasnt ate anything and hasnt pooped. crickets and dubia are still roaming around his cage and I mist it 3 times per day....
He has been closing his eyes "day sleeping" a lot lately, so I raised my UVB bulb up higher. So far, it hasnt...