Drippers

[SSimsswiSS]

I can't stress the use of them enough. Allowing access to a steady drip of water during the day is such a good thing. It might not up the humidity levels like a mister, but good for hydration at all ages, and cleaning out eye sockets to. I believe drippers were the difference that helped my animals get through the recent heatwave of 100+ days.

Pictured is one of the girls drinking and doing the eye wash thing underneath a dripper, at 6:00am this morning.

 

[ColorCham427]

Cannot agree with you any more man, drippers are a beautiful thing. Sometimes my guys enjoy just letting it drip on their heads and letting it run down into their eyes.

Cool how they clean themselves, not just their eyes with water getting all in and around their face.

What sp. of plant do you have in her cage?

I have read Parsons should have a dripper on literally most of the time they are awake, they take longer than most sp. to do almost everything right?

BTW if I were totally new to this world of chameleons, and I saw that animal without any info. I would totally be like "daaaanng some other cham socked that mofo" haha

 

[SSimsswiSS]

What sp. of plant do you have in her cage?

I have read Parsons should have a dripper on literally most of the time they are awake, they take longer than most sp. to do almost everything right?

It's a weeping mulberry tree that fruits. You can see part of a berry in middle picture.

Yes, they do everything slow. But can move pretty fast when they see a food item they like.

 

[tdotcham]

i wish there was a way to automate my dripper. I can fill up the cup and its fairly large... but it only runs for about 10 minutes. i do this in the morning but sometimes i get home late from school and am not able to drip him while i'm away. by the time im home its about an hour before he goes to bed and i dont like to soak his cage.

my guy doesnt drink off leaves either, and doesnt like when the cage is hand sprayed. he likes to see the trickles down branches and gulp off them

 

[Monkeykungphu]

i wish there was a way to automate my dripper. I can fill up the cup and its fairly large... but it only runs for about 10 minutes. i do this in the morning but sometimes i get home late from school and am not able to drip him while i'm away. by the time im home its about an hour before he goes to bed and i dont like to soak his cage.

my guy doesnt drink off leaves either, and doesnt like when the cage is hand sprayed. he likes to see the trickles down branches and gulp off them

Not sure if you've seen this setup or not, pretty easy/decent idea for an auto dripper setup.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/drip-system-setup-43933/

 

[carol5208]

That is a very pretty chameleon you have there. I love the turqoise blue and couldn't agree with you more on the dripper. Mine never drinks when misted. Once on a rare occasion that's about it!

 

[sandrachameleon]

Im another fan of using drippers. My chameleons get 99% of their direct water intake from drippers.

 

[tdotcham]

thanks monkey, gonna post in there

 

[Orchidartist]

I followed SandraChameleons dripper-making-method...they work great and cost almost nothing