Midnighthwk
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cant think of a name for him yet but .. he wont eat the size food thats "recomended " for his size/age so i got him bigger ones. full size crickets and superworms. and he seems to love them.
i forgot what i was going to ask other than if i should paint the new cage i am making or just waterproof it. oh and if i am doing it right so far.
Chameleon Info:
Veiled, male, born Nov 2010. been in my care since Jan 2011
Handling - forced : shower time 2x a week to get him on his showering plant : 1 min to plant and back to cage 15 mins in shower backspray. non forced 2-3 times a week, time verrys ( sits there i hold him, he wants to run off i put him back or let him go to his free range area i am working on for an hour or so- if he doesnt walk on my hand i let him be. by forced i mean put 1 hand behind him till he gets on my other hand. once out he doesnt want back in.
Feeding - crickets, superworms, greens ( collared, mustard ) he mostly likes his ficus, fruits i am still working on finding one he will eat. amount: at least 2 cricks left alive at all times but i put 10 in the morning and 10 when the sun go's down ( 1/2 - full size ), 2-3 superworms a day, he wont eat any of the other typs of worms.
How are you gut-loading your feeders? Wardley reptile sticks, fluker's high calc cricket food, tetrafin goldfish flakes, fluker's river shrimp, fluker's meal worms, zoo med juvenile bearded dragon frrod all blended together in a blender. collared greens, bananas + peels, apples, honeydew mellon + rine, ornges + peels
Supplements -zoo med's reptivite reptile vitamins without d3 75% of crickets per feeding daily, tetrafauna reptocal +d3 2x a month till he is older, zilla food spray vitamin supplement 1x a week till he gets older
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? heavey hand mist 3 times daily till everything is dripping, dripper 24/7 Do you see your chameleon drinking? in shower yes, out of shower a few times
Fecal Description - 1 part white, 1 part dark, just gets bigger the bigger he gets. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? yes
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 2'x2'x3', building a 3'x3'x6' right now
Lighting - zilla tropical 25 series t8 uvb, zilla full spectrum, 75w house light to bask, 9am- between 10-11pm also direct sunlight about 2 hours a day
Temperature - (cage floor 72 to basking spot 85 )? Lowest overnight temp 65 How do you measure these temps? petco pos ones in random spots and 3 digital, 1 hooked up to a heater in my room for at night ( its winter and 20 outside at night and my window sucks)"
Humidity - 40 % at the lowest right under the basking spot ( 3 inches from light ) he basks lower than that though around 60% -65% about the rest. 85% when misting
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? 10 live plants in the curent cage and many around my room, dripper and misting. What do you use to measure humidity? 2 cheap ones from petco and a digi one for my room
Plants - 5 ficus, 1 umbrella, 4 jade in the cage, more about my room. growing a pampus to see how it is before letting him check it out
Placement - farthest cornor away from the house heating vent.
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? this cage 5 feet, new cage 7 1/2 feet
Location - Where are you geographically located? nw oregon
Trafic: verry low, 80% just me, he doesnt care anymore, anyone else he hides if they get within 8 feet of his cage
Flooring: paper towls to collect xtra water and cleaned every 2 days
i forgot what i was going to ask other than if i should paint the new cage i am making or just waterproof it. oh and if i am doing it right so far.
Chameleon Info:
Veiled, male, born Nov 2010. been in my care since Jan 2011
Handling - forced : shower time 2x a week to get him on his showering plant : 1 min to plant and back to cage 15 mins in shower backspray. non forced 2-3 times a week, time verrys ( sits there i hold him, he wants to run off i put him back or let him go to his free range area i am working on for an hour or so- if he doesnt walk on my hand i let him be. by forced i mean put 1 hand behind him till he gets on my other hand. once out he doesnt want back in.
Feeding - crickets, superworms, greens ( collared, mustard ) he mostly likes his ficus, fruits i am still working on finding one he will eat. amount: at least 2 cricks left alive at all times but i put 10 in the morning and 10 when the sun go's down ( 1/2 - full size ), 2-3 superworms a day, he wont eat any of the other typs of worms.
How are you gut-loading your feeders? Wardley reptile sticks, fluker's high calc cricket food, tetrafin goldfish flakes, fluker's river shrimp, fluker's meal worms, zoo med juvenile bearded dragon frrod all blended together in a blender. collared greens, bananas + peels, apples, honeydew mellon + rine, ornges + peels
Supplements -zoo med's reptivite reptile vitamins without d3 75% of crickets per feeding daily, tetrafauna reptocal +d3 2x a month till he is older, zilla food spray vitamin supplement 1x a week till he gets older
Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? heavey hand mist 3 times daily till everything is dripping, dripper 24/7 Do you see your chameleon drinking? in shower yes, out of shower a few times
Fecal Description - 1 part white, 1 part dark, just gets bigger the bigger he gets. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? yes
Cage Info:
Cage Type - screen 2'x2'x3', building a 3'x3'x6' right now
Lighting - zilla tropical 25 series t8 uvb, zilla full spectrum, 75w house light to bask, 9am- between 10-11pm also direct sunlight about 2 hours a day
Temperature - (cage floor 72 to basking spot 85 )? Lowest overnight temp 65 How do you measure these temps? petco pos ones in random spots and 3 digital, 1 hooked up to a heater in my room for at night ( its winter and 20 outside at night and my window sucks)"
Humidity - 40 % at the lowest right under the basking spot ( 3 inches from light ) he basks lower than that though around 60% -65% about the rest. 85% when misting
How are you creating and maintaining these levels? 10 live plants in the curent cage and many around my room, dripper and misting. What do you use to measure humidity? 2 cheap ones from petco and a digi one for my room
Plants - 5 ficus, 1 umbrella, 4 jade in the cage, more about my room. growing a pampus to see how it is before letting him check it out
Placement - farthest cornor away from the house heating vent.
At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? this cage 5 feet, new cage 7 1/2 feet
Location - Where are you geographically located? nw oregon
Trafic: verry low, 80% just me, he doesnt care anymore, anyone else he hides if they get within 8 feet of his cage
Flooring: paper towls to collect xtra water and cleaned every 2 days
