anything other than paper towel??

[chameleon97]

i love substrates because they keep humidity. is there anything other than hideous paper? is moss good? if i used moss it wouldnt matter if she ate it right?

 

[Julirs]

It might matter if she ate it, so I wouldn't risk it. Bare cage floors are best-use lots of live plants for humidity.

 

[chameleon97]

It might matter if she ate it, so I wouldn't risk it. Bare cage floors are best-use lots of live plants for humidity.

awww..... but brown paper towel would work. with all my plants its pretty humid i guess.

 

[chameleon97]

but......

she eats from a cup and probably wont eat it

 

[Rocky]

i think the other main problem with a substrate is that with all the misting that a chameleon needs it will turn into a soupy mess that will harbor unwanted bacteria that could harm your chameleon.

When i first started i used a substrate because the pet store said to. It turns into a really gross soupy mess that you'll have to clean up.

 

[Julirs]

Even if she eats from a cup she is likely to shoot something off the floor, or even just go down to taste the substrate.

 

[chameleon97]

okay fine

i wont use substrate.

 

[ChaMeLeOnChaMeLeOn]

awww..... but brown paper towel would work. with all my plants its pretty humid i guess.

I didnt know that chameleons have brown paper towels on the ground in the wild Why would you put paper towels down in the first place?? I dont have anything on the bottom of my chameleons set up just some plants on some blocks!! I think it would pretty ridiculous with paper towels on the bottom of the set up!!

 

[BocaJan]

paper towels are to help us folks who don't have a drainage system and who clean their cages every two days. It helps with pick up and I can keep my humidity up with paper towel on the bottom. Many folks with drainage don't use paper towels.

 

[jukeboxpunk]

Agree

I have a black tub as my base of my enclosure. I use paper towels at the base to soak up unwanted water, piss and shi%. To increase humidity I have three live plants. All my plants have unfertilized soil as the base layer in their pots. Then a layer of orchid moss to hold moisture and increase humidity and finally, a layer of stone to prevent the cham from eating the moss/substrate. This has worked superbly so far.

 

[sandrachameleon]

There's nothing wrong with paper towels to help keep a cage clean. But they sure as heck have nothing to do with keeping humidity up. Keep your humidity up not with towels or a substrate, but with misting and live plants and drippers, and humidifiers, etc. If necessary keep the cage(s) in a small room where you can increase the ambient humidity (more plants, fish tank, humidifier, etc). Install a humidifier on your furnace (its healthy for humans to have 40% humidity) so that you dont have far to raise it for your cham.

 

[BocaJan]

I am in Florida and get natural humidity, plus mist 3 times a day. The paper towels do hold the water until evaporated which it does for the 3 mistings a day. Just my method of doing things.

 

[chameleon97]

I didnt know that chameleons have brown paper towels on the ground in the wild Why would you put paper towels down in the first place?? I dont have anything on the bottom of my chameleons set up just some plants on some blocks!! I think it would pretty ridiculous with paper towels on the bottom of the set up!!

i didn't know chameleons in the wild have blocks and pots??