Marc10edora
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Alright,
I know it was kind of a gamble to buy a cham as an impulse buy, but I went ahead and did it. So I got a baby panther cham that I saw at the pet store and couldn't resist. The store owner said he got it from a local breeder 4 days ago. The sub adults in the other cages were from the same breeder and were marked as a Nosey Be + Sambava cross. But he really looked like a red barred Ambilobe to me. So who knows what I will end up with.
My cham looks like he is about a month old. The youngest I ever cared for was 3 months old. So now I have to brush up on my baby care. Right now I will start with the cage setup. This is what I put together in a flash. I will improve it in the mourning because I was in a rush to get him in there before bed time:
Enclosure: I made a makeshift cage with a screen garbage can. I have a screened top to go with it.
Lighting: 5.0 Reptisun tube. One regular house lightbulb for a basking.
Temps: Not sure what temps to keep the basking light for babies.(I am researching on chameleonnews.com tonight.) My guess would be 80*F on the high end? I will pick up some thermometers tomorrow.
Humidity: I will be hand misting at least 3 times a day. I will be picking up a Hydrometer tomorrow. At what age should I start using my pro-mist? In about 2-3 months I will order a humidifier.
Feeders: I bought 100 pinhead crickets to last me through the week. They will be lightly dusted with pure phosforus free Calcium 2 times a week.
Dusted with the other Calcium with D3 3 times a week. Dusted with vitamins 1 time a week. I also currently have over 2000 Dubia. Way too large to feed off. I will have to start getting rid of some of my colony. But there should be about 500 nymphs in there. When can I start feeding Dubia? I will order baby silkworms this week and pick up some fruit flies.
Gutloading: I will gutload tonight with carrots. Tommorow I will pick up romain lettuce, bell pepper, and the other leafy thing that is full of calcium (Forgot the name Sorry)
Plants: Right now there is a fake plant vine in there with a fake larger vine.
I will be looking for a small pothos or ficus in the mourning.
Is there anything I left out? I know that the cham is pretty young for any breeder to sell. But I feel that I did a pretty good job raising my last one from three months old until he escaped. I will post a pic of him in the morning when he wakes up. There is a little bit of blue forming behind his head. I should either have a male or a really cool looking female. Let me know if there is anything to fix for my current set up. Thanks and wish me luck.
I know it was kind of a gamble to buy a cham as an impulse buy, but I went ahead and did it. So I got a baby panther cham that I saw at the pet store and couldn't resist. The store owner said he got it from a local breeder 4 days ago. The sub adults in the other cages were from the same breeder and were marked as a Nosey Be + Sambava cross. But he really looked like a red barred Ambilobe to me. So who knows what I will end up with.
My cham looks like he is about a month old. The youngest I ever cared for was 3 months old. So now I have to brush up on my baby care. Right now I will start with the cage setup. This is what I put together in a flash. I will improve it in the mourning because I was in a rush to get him in there before bed time:
Enclosure: I made a makeshift cage with a screen garbage can. I have a screened top to go with it.
Lighting: 5.0 Reptisun tube. One regular house lightbulb for a basking.
Temps: Not sure what temps to keep the basking light for babies.(I am researching on chameleonnews.com tonight.) My guess would be 80*F on the high end? I will pick up some thermometers tomorrow.
Humidity: I will be hand misting at least 3 times a day. I will be picking up a Hydrometer tomorrow. At what age should I start using my pro-mist? In about 2-3 months I will order a humidifier.
Feeders: I bought 100 pinhead crickets to last me through the week. They will be lightly dusted with pure phosforus free Calcium 2 times a week.
Dusted with the other Calcium with D3 3 times a week. Dusted with vitamins 1 time a week. I also currently have over 2000 Dubia. Way too large to feed off. I will have to start getting rid of some of my colony. But there should be about 500 nymphs in there. When can I start feeding Dubia? I will order baby silkworms this week and pick up some fruit flies.
Gutloading: I will gutload tonight with carrots. Tommorow I will pick up romain lettuce, bell pepper, and the other leafy thing that is full of calcium (Forgot the name Sorry)
Plants: Right now there is a fake plant vine in there with a fake larger vine.
I will be looking for a small pothos or ficus in the mourning.
Is there anything I left out? I know that the cham is pretty young for any breeder to sell. But I feel that I did a pretty good job raising my last one from three months old until he escaped. I will post a pic of him in the morning when he wakes up. There is a little bit of blue forming behind his head. I should either have a male or a really cool looking female. Let me know if there is anything to fix for my current set up. Thanks and wish me luck.
