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Yeah sure! [email protected] Thank you!
Tyaeda, thank you for those lists! Just what I needed!! I didn't know half of those could be used! I was looking for different plants last night before I posted this and your list is definitely better than the one I found! lol The set up he's in now was just a quick thing to give him stuff to climb on over night. We got him really late last night, so we didn't have a chance to get it set up properly. I'll get pics when everything is set up pretty.
Jann, thank you for the link to your blog! It's very detailed! And it will definitely help me keep him happy and healthy! My little guy actually came from a breeder in FL (Not important to anything, just a random bit of info lol)
Random question though, being new to chameleons I don't know much, but when he's climbing he kinds wobbles and his legs look really unstable and shaky...is that normal? It had me a little worried, but my husband said I was being too over protective and worrying too much. lol
I'm starting my orchid blogs up, so let me know what you all think.
Orchids can be absolutely grown in chameleon cages! They require different amounts of lighting. The most common, the phalaenopsis, or moth orchid, requires 'reading light'.
Go to lowes and find you one and give it a try. Key to a nice healthy orchid in the store is thick, firm feeling leaves that have strength to hold themselves up. If they look droopy, feel thin, or have 'ribs' on the leaves, avoid it. When you finally find one that looks healthy, buy it!
When you get home with it, my advice though is to get it out of the pot that it'll come in. It'll be planted in either soil, very fine bark like material, or sphagnum moss. If it's planted in moss, it's packed very tightly in it. Slowly work the moss under luke warm water and slowly work the moss away from the roots. Then check the roots, and with some scissors, snip off the brown mushy or black colored roots, and give it a good rinse. Look around the plant for any white fuzzies, black spots, or any bugs.
A happy way to keep your new orchid in a chameleon cage is mounted to to something, a piece of wood, check out http://www.repotme.com/orchid-care/Mounted-Orchid-Care.html for ideas. I always use cheap panty hose from the dollar store to attach my orchids to something. Panty hose is softer for delicate roots, and as they grow, the panty hose won't 'cut' into roots like fishing line can. Why mounted? Because the constant misting/watering a in the cage can drown an orchids roots. Mounting them exposes the roots to the air, giving them the chance to dry out I between mistings.
Place your mounted orchid in the cage where it'll receive some lighting and some mistings and it should be a happy grower for you!
I hope this helps
I'll have to look around here for a vet
I'm actually in NC.
