ridgebax1
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Chameleon Info:
• Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Nosy Be panther; male?; 3 months?; 4 days• Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Twice, he runs away when my hand is in cage• Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? ¼” crickets free range ~18-20 daily; does not recognize other items, such as silk or phoenix worms as food. Using dry gutload made from receipe of Sandrachameleon; fresh greens and fruit every 2-3 days; sponge type water dispenser in container• Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Reptical plain daily; herptivite once; repcal with D3 but never gave any• Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? Mist every 4 hours between 0730 and 1930; dripper; he does find his drippy leaf and drinks several times since arriving (at least once daily observed)• Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Small brown, with white urate; never tested• History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. Appears active, seems to hunt well but little feeders could be hiding or escaped! I don’t lift the pots in the bottom of cage cause I don’t want to disturb him too much. He changes color often dark to light grey/black with white bars.Cage Info:
• Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? All screen, 18x18x24; I am putting plastic film on three sides to help keep humidity up. Only have one side done so far. • Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? Reptisun 5.0 cfl, brand new fixture. 45watt halogen spot. 12hr on/12hr off;• Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? Basking area 79 – 84 having difficulty with lamp. It is raised about 6 inches above screen top and branch is another 4 or so inches from the top of screen. I don’t have a really good way to lift the dome fixture over the cage. I have a couple of incandescents that may give a more stable temp but again I don’t want to fuss too much with the cage to avoid stressing him.• Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 40 to 85% digital • Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Combination of fake and real. Small bonsai ficus and schefflera. Multiple bendy vines and small twigs vertical and horizontal.• Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? In living room, in front of window with AC unit which is currently wrapped with plastic insulation will be coming out of the window this week. Cage also has a barrier between window and cage wall.• Location - Where are you geographically located? Pittsburgh pa
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. I was expecting a cham that was three months old but based on his size I think he is much younger. He is very active, I see him eat and drink but he will only free range crickets and I would prefer he cup feeds but he does not seem to get it. He totally ignores the bugs in the cup. Omar was much bigger and cup fed readily all types of bugs. Should he be in a different type of cage? Such as a baby bin? If so is there a link to a thread on such a set-up? I want to get an infra-red laser thermometer but have to wait until payday to order it. Should I continue to feed exclusively crickets and then try to introduce other bugs when he is older and it is safer to just offer the other bugs and wait until he eats them or skip a day then feed the other bug? And what about supplements. Should he get vitamins or cal with D3 at all yet?
• Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care? Nosy Be panther; male?; 3 months?; 4 days• Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon? Twice, he runs away when my hand is in cage• Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? ¼” crickets free range ~18-20 daily; does not recognize other items, such as silk or phoenix worms as food. Using dry gutload made from receipe of Sandrachameleon; fresh greens and fruit every 2-3 days; sponge type water dispenser in container• Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Reptical plain daily; herptivite once; repcal with D3 but never gave any• Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking? Mist every 4 hours between 0730 and 1930; dripper; he does find his drippy leaf and drinks several times since arriving (at least once daily observed)• Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? Small brown, with white urate; never tested• History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. Appears active, seems to hunt well but little feeders could be hiding or escaped! I don’t lift the pots in the bottom of cage cause I don’t want to disturb him too much. He changes color often dark to light grey/black with white bars.Cage Info:
• Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions? All screen, 18x18x24; I am putting plastic film on three sides to help keep humidity up. Only have one side done so far. • Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule? Reptisun 5.0 cfl, brand new fixture. 45watt halogen spot. 12hr on/12hr off;• Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps? Basking area 79 – 84 having difficulty with lamp. It is raised about 6 inches above screen top and branch is another 4 or so inches from the top of screen. I don’t have a really good way to lift the dome fixture over the cage. I have a couple of incandescents that may give a more stable temp but again I don’t want to fuss too much with the cage to avoid stressing him.• Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? 40 to 85% digital • Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind? Combination of fake and real. Small bonsai ficus and schefflera. Multiple bendy vines and small twigs vertical and horizontal.• Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? In living room, in front of window with AC unit which is currently wrapped with plastic insulation will be coming out of the window this week. Cage also has a barrier between window and cage wall.• Location - Where are you geographically located? Pittsburgh pa
Current Problem - The current problem you are concerned about. I was expecting a cham that was three months old but based on his size I think he is much younger. He is very active, I see him eat and drink but he will only free range crickets and I would prefer he cup feeds but he does not seem to get it. He totally ignores the bugs in the cup. Omar was much bigger and cup fed readily all types of bugs. Should he be in a different type of cage? Such as a baby bin? If so is there a link to a thread on such a set-up? I want to get an infra-red laser thermometer but have to wait until payday to order it. Should I continue to feed exclusively crickets and then try to introduce other bugs when he is older and it is safer to just offer the other bugs and wait until he eats them or skip a day then feed the other bug? And what about supplements. Should he get vitamins or cal with D3 at all yet?
. After that I added in the crickets. I had put some apple at the bottom of the bin also. I just left him in there and sure enough he ate some crickets then climbed back up into his cage proper. I was thinking that I can eventually decrease the size of the bin until it is just a regular cup. He can associate this area with food, the crickets are more likely to stay contained and I can monitor the amount he is eating and remove the uneaten crickets and return them to their container in the evening after bedtime. I know they can sometimes bite them at night but he goes ballistic if one gets on him while he is awake. He started shaking his body back and forth like crazy to get one off of him! I am still concerned by his size though. I found the breeder from the classifieds here. I just hope he does well. He doesn't even register on my gram scale? I had him on there briefly but I want to minimize moving him about cause I don't want to stress him. Oh and he pooped today it was SOOOO tiny but looked normal with white urate.
