Jamal17
New Member
I recently awaited a veiled chameleon from a pet store and I got the starter kits etc etc. I ended up getting kind of in over my head but I’ve purchased so far. The chameleon is a couple months old I am assuming no real age or estimate of birth was given.
Zoo Med Medium Screen Enclosure
150 W Bulb (Lowering to 100 W) Enclosure was not getting enough heat for basking or ambient temp.
5.0 UVB
All Fake Foliage and Vines. (COVID19 has shut down all the greenhouses around.
Feed about 20 3/4” Crickets a day
Poops and Urate has all been Brown Poop White Urate.
I just am looking for tips to make his enclosure better so he has a better experience climbing around and is at his proper temperatures. Yesterday I caught him with his eyes closed shortly after he wakes up but I increased heat and feeding and seemed better. I live in a generally cold place and his ambient temps stay at around 54f in his enclosure while his basking is 85-95. Any tips on spacing the enclosure and can I use a heater to increase room temp? Also do I need to have some sort of drainage for the water at the bottom that may accumulate? Also he kind of hangs side ways when he is in a vine just hanging usually exposing one side to heat.
Is that an issue?
Zoo Med Medium Screen Enclosure
150 W Bulb (Lowering to 100 W) Enclosure was not getting enough heat for basking or ambient temp.
5.0 UVB
All Fake Foliage and Vines. (COVID19 has shut down all the greenhouses around.
Feed about 20 3/4” Crickets a day
Poops and Urate has all been Brown Poop White Urate.
I just am looking for tips to make his enclosure better so he has a better experience climbing around and is at his proper temperatures. Yesterday I caught him with his eyes closed shortly after he wakes up but I increased heat and feeding and seemed better. I live in a generally cold place and his ambient temps stay at around 54f in his enclosure while his basking is 85-95. Any tips on spacing the enclosure and can I use a heater to increase room temp? Also do I need to have some sort of drainage for the water at the bottom that may accumulate? Also he kind of hangs side ways when he is in a vine just hanging usually exposing one side to heat.
Is that an issue?