Chamaeleo Jacksonii temperature

[Claudiachams]

I'm thinking about buying one of this wonderful chameleons. My question is how is it with terrarium temperatures? They need temperature to drop down at night for like 15°C. Is it really that much necessary? I just don't know how to do it at summer when temperature is at night about 26 degrees. I have some Rieppeleon brevicaudatus. I have read before buy, that they need also temperature to drop down to about 17°C. I was a bit scared of summer. Temperature in room where I'm having them was at night about 21-24°C. None of them died and they were doing pretty well. So I don't know how seriously I should take it.
I'm deciding if I will buy panther or Jacksonii. I would prefer jacksonii, but there is that problem with temperature. Thanks all for reply

 

[leedragon]

I'm thinking about buying one of this wonderful chameleons. My question is how is it with terrarium temperatures? They need temperature to drop down at night for like 15°C. Is it really that much necessary? I just don't know how to do it at summer when temperature is at night about 26 degrees. I have some Rieppeleon brevicaudatus. I have read before buy, that they need also temperature to drop down to about 17°C. I was a bit scared of summer. Temperature in room where I'm having them was at night about 21-24°C. None of them died and they were doing pretty well. So I don't know how seriously I should take it.
I'm deciding if I will buy panther or Jacksonii. I would prefer jacksonii, but there is that problem with temperature. Thanks all for reply

they may just plain die of nightemperaturs like that, a nightdropp is necessary to keep their imunsystem healthy, if tey dont have it theu start getting sick

 

[Claudiachams]

Can I ask how do you get low temperature like that? I was wondering if I can somehow create cooler. I also heard that you can put bottles with water to freezer and at night just put them into terrarium. I have air conditioning in my bedroom, but it can cool air only to 16 °C, but it's pretty low for sleeping. If needed I could make a compromise. But it would be really great if is possieble to create any cooler.

 

[Lathis]

I have a Jackson's chameleon. He's almost three and has been with me for two years. These are the temperatures I keep him at:

Ambient 70-75 F (21-23 C)
Basking 80-85 F (26-29 C)

Since our entire house is almost always either being air conditioned or heated due to the extreme temperature changes in central US, I don't provide a big drop at night and only a few days a year does it ever drop into the mid 60s F (16 C) in our house.

However, I do make sure that he can move away from the heat. I worry more about him overheating than being too cold. Jackson's chameleons are sensitive but they aren't super fragile - remember that they have managed to make permanent homes in both warm temperate and semi-tropical places (Florida, California, Hawaii) that don't necessarily perfectly mimic their native montane environments.

If your house is a steady temperature anywhere between 21 C and 26 C, I think a Jackson's will do fine. If you can provide a 2-3 degree temperature drop at night, that would be ideal. If you can't, from my experience, I don't think it's too much of a problem.

 

[Manu]

Hi Claudia(?)!


Depending on your local climate/your personal possibilities kepping them outdoors from (ideally) spring to autumn may solve this problem. In winter (in cooler climates) - and when keeping them indoors - it may be easier to find a room you can cool down at night.

I live in the middle of the Austrian Alps. Outdoors my animals withstand temperatures of about 2-3°C (early spring/late autumn... but it's important that sunny/partially sunny/at least mild days follow!) to temperatures of around 20°C at night (during periods of heat in the summer - very seldom here in the mountains).

Extremely cool night temperatures (if there's slight freeze directly outdoors) I relativize with e. g. old blankets (just if weather report prognosticates following mild/sunny days) or with bubble wrap (if e.g. a cool, rainy following day is prognosticated <--- mild greenhouse effect; has to be uncovered if it gets sunny of course and as soon as possible).
In possible days of high night temperatures I use e. g. 10l-water cans of not cold, but cool-lukewarm water several times (especially in the evening). Extreme moisture helps to cool down (a couple of °C). Short-term this is fairly effective.



With the best regards,
Emanuel

 

[Claudiachams]

Thanks all alot. I will also ask some breeders in my country, but really thank you.