A Little Worried

[zjuckett]

I'm getting a little worried because I'm brought my six month old Graceful chameleon home on sunday. I have the heat lamp, the UVB, and I'm been misting her several times a day. She still has her body bars and when she gets really pissed her polkadots show up. I don't know what to do besides keep feeding her and misting her as often as possible.

This is her setup:
Heat Lamp and UVB Lamp
Some foliage. I'm thinking there isn't enough
The cage itself is 16x16x20 I believe.

I'm just getting a little nervous. She's eating and drinking well because I've seen her do both. My room is quiet and warm, so I just need some help to figure out what might be causing her stress.

Thanks, everyone.

 

[carol5208]

what light are you using specifcally? is that a combo uva/uvb? You needt more vines and walkways for her. You just got her and it may take awhile for her to get used to everything. Give her some more time as far as that goes. Make sure none of your branches, vines, foilage are too close to the lights that she can sit there and touch her body to the screen. Are you sure your temps and humidity is where it needs to be?

 

[zjuckett]

I haven't measured the humidity with a hygrometer, but I spray her as much as I can, 2-3 nice mistings a day. I also use room-temp water so as not to chill her down. The temperatures are in the low 70s on the cool side and low to mid 80s on the warm side. And I need to go get more stuff today. There's just a lot less room in there than I had anticipated to get all the desired angles of branches and things. I'm probably going to buy some more plants to give her some more coverage.

Should I suspend the lights a bit in order to give her more space to climb?

And it's a 13.0 UVB coil bulb. Sorry to answer your first question last. lol