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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Female veiled Cham. She was given to me by a friend that can no longer have her. I've had her for around 1 month now. Im guessing she is around 4 months at the moment.
Handling - The 1st two weeks I didnt handle her hand feeding was a common occurrence. Now shes warmed up to me I usually handle her once a day. What I do is before her second feeding of the day around 3 or 4 PM I put repti vine near her and give her a few taps on the butt and she climbs on. After that I cup feed her then once shes done eating I would let her climb around. She would climb over me on my back and sometimes I would let her run all over the living room. She seems very energetic! Also I put her in a 6 inch hanging pot with real pothos vines in it and I carry her around the balcony for some sun. She likes hovering around my plants but she hates it when its time for her to get back to the cage. She would play hide and seek withe me giving me trouble. Although she normally doesnt hiss at me and doenst turn to her dark stress colors. There are times that she will hiss, that is when I do sudden movements that blocks her vision. Its a learning experience though, not doing that again. What I have learned is NEVER to directly make her move to my hand while shes in her cage. She hates it! She turns dark green if I present my hand in her cage. But once shes on her stick she likes to climb up calm down and turn light green as we cruise around.
Feeding - I used to feed her crickets and was planning on breeding them but the stench and the noise was not an option for me. So for the first 2 weeks all crickets then crickets and mealworms while I was waiting for my reptiworms. After that I went on I say around 5 days of pure repti worms. Today I got my breeding starter pack for my dubia roaches. I purposely didnt feed her during her wake up meal so she would be hungrier and would jump on the dubia roaches. Today I fed her 15 small dubia roaches and 12 medium reptiworms. She eats ALOT!
Supplements - When I first got her the 1 or 2 week I believe I was feeding her calcium with D3 every other meal, by the instruction of her previous owner. After that I discovered this forum and knew better. THANK YOU! Now Im using Rep cap 0%D3 no phosphorus up to 2x a day ( I feed her 2x a day 90% of the time) Sticky tongue farms calcium/mineral supplement with D3 once a month. Repashy Superpig carotenoid supplement 1x a month. Repashy supervite once a month. Basically 1st week of month D3 second week supervite 3rd week super pig for supplement circulation.
Watering - I use 2 hand misters a simple one that came from the previous owner but now I have a Mist'r Lizard mister/sprayer/dripper creates a finer mist. I see her drink from the leaves. I mist once in the morning and once in the afternoon and once before bedtime.
Fecal Description - They used to be very mushy white segment and darm brown but now they are a bit firm. Im guessing due to less hydration? Im doing the same thing in the misting aspect.
I havent checked her for parasite yet.
History - Not the I know of.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -I have a 16 x 20 repti breeze cage all mesh. I do have a full grown 24x 48 breeder cage with front and top mesh plus 3 sides pvc plastic panels. I havent moved her yet still waiting for my laying bin. Im getting one in the up coming dallas repti con this saturday and sunday
Lighting - I used to have a 100w exo terra sun glo bulb that came from the original owner. I was thinking of keeping it due to the chilly winter but changed it around 4 days ago to a 40 watt daytime heatlamp bulb. Also a ReptiSun 10 UVB bulb. I just recently replaced the UVB bulb 4 days ago.
Temperature -Basking has been around 85 deg F and around 75 to 80 deg ambient temp. At night it goes down to about 60 deg and my heater kicks in an pushes it up to 75 deg. Measured using zoomed dual analog thermometer and hydrometer gauge. I have one close to her basking spot at the back of the cage and one at the front middle portion of the cage.
Humidity - Humidity seems alright, I spray her cage 3x a day at least and humidity usually never goes down below 40% hovers around 50 to 60 then bumps up to 70+ when misting
Plants - Not in her cage right now. I do have a big pothos vine for the inside and a small one is going to be hanged. Sometimes I let her sleep on the big plant for a night or 2.
Placement - Right now she is at the corner of my living room. I have her cage on top the big cage at the moment shes aobut 5 feet off the ground. No vents near by. The fire place is there but I dont use it. Used it once may plan on using it more, it depends. Will this harm her?
Location - Dallas Texas.
Current Problem - Today as I was feeding here I found some marks on her seems like burn marks... Can someone help me? How do I cure it if they are burn marks? Also when shes basking she opens her jaw for a min then closes it. Thats normal I've read. Is it?
One more thing, is there something I'm doing wrong? Any improvements you can recommend? Does she look healthy? Any good reptile vets you can recommend near Dallas fort worth area?
THANKS
Your Chameleon - Female veiled Cham. She was given to me by a friend that can no longer have her. I've had her for around 1 month now. Im guessing she is around 4 months at the moment.
Handling - The 1st two weeks I didnt handle her hand feeding was a common occurrence. Now shes warmed up to me I usually handle her once a day. What I do is before her second feeding of the day around 3 or 4 PM I put repti vine near her and give her a few taps on the butt and she climbs on. After that I cup feed her then once shes done eating I would let her climb around. She would climb over me on my back and sometimes I would let her run all over the living room. She seems very energetic! Also I put her in a 6 inch hanging pot with real pothos vines in it and I carry her around the balcony for some sun. She likes hovering around my plants but she hates it when its time for her to get back to the cage. She would play hide and seek withe me giving me trouble. Although she normally doesnt hiss at me and doenst turn to her dark stress colors. There are times that she will hiss, that is when I do sudden movements that blocks her vision. Its a learning experience though, not doing that again. What I have learned is NEVER to directly make her move to my hand while shes in her cage. She hates it! She turns dark green if I present my hand in her cage. But once shes on her stick she likes to climb up calm down and turn light green as we cruise around.
Feeding - I used to feed her crickets and was planning on breeding them but the stench and the noise was not an option for me. So for the first 2 weeks all crickets then crickets and mealworms while I was waiting for my reptiworms. After that I went on I say around 5 days of pure repti worms. Today I got my breeding starter pack for my dubia roaches. I purposely didnt feed her during her wake up meal so she would be hungrier and would jump on the dubia roaches. Today I fed her 15 small dubia roaches and 12 medium reptiworms. She eats ALOT!
Supplements - When I first got her the 1 or 2 week I believe I was feeding her calcium with D3 every other meal, by the instruction of her previous owner. After that I discovered this forum and knew better. THANK YOU! Now Im using Rep cap 0%D3 no phosphorus up to 2x a day ( I feed her 2x a day 90% of the time) Sticky tongue farms calcium/mineral supplement with D3 once a month. Repashy Superpig carotenoid supplement 1x a month. Repashy supervite once a month. Basically 1st week of month D3 second week supervite 3rd week super pig for supplement circulation.
Watering - I use 2 hand misters a simple one that came from the previous owner but now I have a Mist'r Lizard mister/sprayer/dripper creates a finer mist. I see her drink from the leaves. I mist once in the morning and once in the afternoon and once before bedtime.
Fecal Description - They used to be very mushy white segment and darm brown but now they are a bit firm. Im guessing due to less hydration? Im doing the same thing in the misting aspect.
I havent checked her for parasite yet.
History - Not the I know of.
Cage Info:
Cage Type -I have a 16 x 20 repti breeze cage all mesh. I do have a full grown 24x 48 breeder cage with front and top mesh plus 3 sides pvc plastic panels. I havent moved her yet still waiting for my laying bin. Im getting one in the up coming dallas repti con this saturday and sunday
Lighting - I used to have a 100w exo terra sun glo bulb that came from the original owner. I was thinking of keeping it due to the chilly winter but changed it around 4 days ago to a 40 watt daytime heatlamp bulb. Also a ReptiSun 10 UVB bulb. I just recently replaced the UVB bulb 4 days ago.
Temperature -Basking has been around 85 deg F and around 75 to 80 deg ambient temp. At night it goes down to about 60 deg and my heater kicks in an pushes it up to 75 deg. Measured using zoomed dual analog thermometer and hydrometer gauge. I have one close to her basking spot at the back of the cage and one at the front middle portion of the cage.
Humidity - Humidity seems alright, I spray her cage 3x a day at least and humidity usually never goes down below 40% hovers around 50 to 60 then bumps up to 70+ when misting
Plants - Not in her cage right now. I do have a big pothos vine for the inside and a small one is going to be hanged. Sometimes I let her sleep on the big plant for a night or 2.
Placement - Right now she is at the corner of my living room. I have her cage on top the big cage at the moment shes aobut 5 feet off the ground. No vents near by. The fire place is there but I dont use it. Used it once may plan on using it more, it depends. Will this harm her?
Location - Dallas Texas.
Current Problem - Today as I was feeding here I found some marks on her seems like burn marks... Can someone help me? How do I cure it if they are burn marks? Also when shes basking she opens her jaw for a min then closes it. Thats normal I've read. Is it?
One more thing, is there something I'm doing wrong? Any improvements you can recommend? Does she look healthy? Any good reptile vets you can recommend near Dallas fort worth area?
THANKS