Ahhh, water!

ballin

ballin

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is it normal for a chameleon to hate getting sprayed and run away everytime the spray bottle goes nere them?
 
as always, not enough info , a desert type cham like a namaqua, is bound to react differently than a montane like a jacksons , water temp is a big factor , do you heat your mist water, if you start with room temp water , say 72* by the time it is misted it could easily be 68* or even lower depending how fine it is atomized, distance misted from etc , figure a couple of more degrees lost due to evaporative cooling you could easily be misting at 65*or less and not even realize it (you should check your temps ) to a cham thats been basking at say 85*+ thats a substansial instant drop in temp, make it warm say 85 when atomized and they are much more likely to accept it (ps do not start with warm water out of the tap)
 
j walker said:
as always, not enough info , a desert type cham like a namaqua, is bound to react differently than a montane like a jacksons , water temp is a big factor , do you heat your mist water, if you start with room temp water , say 72* by the time it is misted it could easily be 68* or even lower depending how fine it is atomized, distance misted from etc , figure a couple of more degrees lost due to evaporative cooling you could easily be misting at 65*or less and not even realize it (you should check your temps ) to a cham thats been basking at say 85*+ thats a substansial instant drop in temp, make it warm say 85 when atomized and they are much more likely to accept it (ps do not start with warm water out of the tap)
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it is a panther. so i should use hot water when spraying? i use the water conditioner things to kill the chlorine.
 
I use a R/O filter system, I fill a 32 oz bottle and microwave it 2 minutes before misting. The water is my auto mister is also heated to 90 before misting.
 
I have a panther, too. The water I mist with is hot to the touch when it goes in the mister/lukewarm at 10 inches from the nozzle where the cham is (if using hot water be sure to test to be sure it's cooled down sufficiently when it reaches the lizard). Even so, my guy usually is perturbed at the beginning and will hasten out of range. I don't chase him but continue to spray where he was and, after a couple minutes, he usually figures out what's going on and comes back for his drink.
 
This trips me out. The way they act you would think it never rains in their natural habitat. I mean WTF do they do..It's not like god put an inline heater on the rain clouds.
 
Pure said:
This trips me out. The way they act you would think it never rains in their natural habitat. I mean WTF do they do..It's not like god put an inline heater on the rain clouds.
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I have to second that, i really don't understand the reasonings to WHY they react the way they do around water. Maybe they hide under leafs when it rains??? I have no idea...
 
Hahaha. Mine do the same exact thing. Even if I warm the water up first, they still act like I'm trying to harm them.
 
wow thanks guys this info even helped me out, and i was not even thinking of asking something like this:]
 
JuAPple said:
by the way does the water have to be warm/cold/or a certain temperatue before spraying?
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They respond better when it's warm. It needs to be hot in the sprayer as it will cool as it's sprayed. Just be sure to double check that it isn't hot coming out of the nozzle.
 
i just fill the bottle up with hot water and test it on my hand thats the eaiest way. good luck!!
 
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