tommylovescats
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My neighbor gave me his female chameleon because he was going to get rid of it. I am trying to take best care of her as possible. The proper lights are on their way but besides that does everything else look ok?
does my enclosure look ok?
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My neighbor gave me his female chameleon because he was going to get rid of it. I am trying to take best care of her as possible. The proper lights are on their way but besides that does everything else look ok?
PabloTheCham
Chameleon Enthusiast
I notice you have a water dish. Chameleons don't drink from water dishes. Also i'm assuming the second dish is a food dish. You should probably attach it to one of the top branches because they don't like to go down for their food. Also as @Mrjamwin said, you need more plants. This is so the chameleon is feeling more secure, and so that she can drink. Like I mentioned, chameleons don't drink from still water, but drink off leaves. But if there are no leaves... you get the point.
Also, she needs a laying bin. Female chameleons lay eggs even without ever mating. Females need a deep bin at the bottom of the enclosure for her to dig a tunnel and lay the eggs. Like i said, it should be pretty deep, and filled with a moist enough substrate so that the chameleons tunnel won't collapse. Also what temp is the basking spot? The lamp looks pretty far away from what I assume to be the basking branch.
Also, she needs a laying bin. Female chameleons lay eggs even without ever mating. Females need a deep bin at the bottom of the enclosure for her to dig a tunnel and lay the eggs. Like i said, it should be pretty deep, and filled with a moist enough substrate so that the chameleons tunnel won't collapse. Also what temp is the basking spot? The lamp looks pretty far away from what I assume to be the basking branch.
PabloTheCham
Chameleon Enthusiast
Please fill this out so we can make sure everything is fine.
Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - The species, sex, and age of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care?
- Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon?
- Feeding - What are you feeding your cham? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders?
- Supplements - What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
- Watering - What kind of watering technique do you use? How often and how long to you mist? Do you see your chameleon drinking?
- Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites?
- History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
- Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
- Temperature - What temp range have you created (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
- Humidity - What are your humidity levels? How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity?
- Plants - Are you using live plants? If so, what kind?
- 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?
- Location - Where are you geographically located?
tommylovescats
New Member
tommylovescats
New Member
Should there always be a laying bin in the cage?
Some keepers do have a permanent lay bin. Others watch the color patterns of their females to tell when they are close to laying and put one in at that point.
tommylovescats
New Member
Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
- Your Chameleon - Veiled, Female, Was purchased in February, 3 days The species, sex, and age of your chameleon.
- Handling - Only to clean the enclosure
- Feeding - superworms in a bowl 24/7 . crickets about 10 every other day, I tried feeding her apples but she didn't eat any at all.
- Supplements - Zoomed repti calcium, zoo med repti calcium with D3 is being shipped, dusted every time fed crickets What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule?
- Watering - I mist 3 times a day for about 2 minutes, even though she runs from the mister and gets very angry, a dripper is on the way, for right now I have a bowl with holes on the bottom filledice on the top of the cage dripping.
- Fecal Description - brown, and white its pretty solid but mushy at the same way if tat makes sense. not that I believe
- History - Just that I'm new to this.
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - Screen, 16x16x36
- Lighting - zoomed reptisun t5-ho terarium hood is on the way and zoomed repti basking spot lamp 75w
- Temperature - 84 is basking temp, the rest is about 75, at night it gets about 60, right now im just using a zoomed thermometer/ hydrometer
- Humidity - I try to keep it at 50, by misting the tank and using the ice method
- Plants - Dracaena Warneckii
- Placement- in my bedroom there are no fans or high trafic, the top of the cage is about 5 feet
- Location - New York
tommylovescats
New Member
See my feedback and questions in red bold.
Chameleon Info:
- Your Chameleon - Veiled, Female, Was purchased in February, 3 days The species, sex, and age of your chameleon.
- Handling - Only to clean the enclosure
- Feeding - superworms in a bowl 24/7 . crickets about 10 every other day, I tried feeding her apples but she didn't eat any at all. Superworms should be removed from the cage and only given as snacks meaning 1 or 2 here and there. Do you know her approximate age? I would start slowly reducing her feeders from 10 every other day. No feeding her fruits at all. What are you doing for gutload for the feeders? See image.
- Supplements - Zoomed repti calcium, zoo med repti calcium with D3 is being shipped, dusted every time fed crickets What brand and type of calcium and vitamin products are you dusting your feeders with and what is the schedule? Ok so you will want to lightly dust all feeders given, with Calcium WITHOUT D3 at each feeding. Then 2 times a month use calcium WITH D3 and 2 times a month use a multivitamin. Do this in rotation week over week with these two supplements. Reptivite without D3 is a good multivitamin.
- Watering - I mist 3 times a day for about 2 minutes, even though she runs from the mister and gets very angry, a dripper is on the way, for right now I have a bowl with holes on the bottom filledice on the top of the cage dripping. Try not to mist her directly You want to soak down her plants. You can cover the sides and back of the enclosure with window film or a shower curtain to keep the water in.
- Fecal Description - brown, and white its pretty solid but mushy at the same way if tat makes sense. not that I believe I recommend to everyone to get a fecal done to ensure there is not a parasite issue.
- History - Just that I'm new to this.
- Cage Type - Screen, 16x16x36. Consider an upgrade 2x2x4. This is a small cage to try to add a lay bin to.
- Lighting - zoomed reptisun t5-ho terarium hood is on the way and zoomed repti basking spot lamp 75w Perfect.
- Temperature - 84 is basking temp, the rest is about 75, at night it gets about 60, right now im just using a zoomed thermometer/ hydrometer. You want it no hotter then about 84 at basking for a female.
- Humidity - I try to keep it at 50, by misting the tank and using the ice method Daytime humidity should be between 30-40% night time humidity can be up to 100%
- Plants - Dracaena Warneckii Live plants are great. Pothos and dwarf umbrellas are good too. just cover the soil with 1 inch or larger rocks so she does not eat the soil.
- Placement- in my bedroom there are no fans or high trafic, the top of the cage is about 5 feet good.
- Location - New York
links I love...
https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/
www.dragonstrand.com
www.chameleonbreeder.com
www.chameleonacademy.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/NeptunetheChameleon?sub_confirmation=1
tommylovescats
New Member
thank you so much honestly i haven’t been gut loading because i didn’t even know what that was until today.
tommylovescats
New Member
also i’d probably assume she’s about 4 months
what would you estimate her length to be from tip of nose to the start of her tail? She looks older then 4 months. But size is hard in pics.
tommylovescats
New Member
probably about 7-8 inches
Get repashy bug burger. Follow the directions. Get some powdered bee pollen and add about a teaspoon to the mixture.
It lasts about a week in the fridge and is a water and nutrition source for feeders. Change it out each day.
Well if that is just her body then I am gonna say she is more like 9 months or so.
As far as the leaning on the branch. They do this to warm up the surface area of the side of their body for digestion.
tommylovescats
New Member
thank you so much for all of your help i appreciate it so muchh!!
Your very welcome. I know it is a lot of info but you will do great. The links I gave you are fantastic and accurate sources of info.
