Colorado Chameleon
New Member
I'm new to Chams/Panthers and I have a 3 1/2 month old Ambilobe male (Roa-Endrika) from the Kammers that i got at the end of july. Liddy is wonderful to deal with. Eatting like a champ...12-18 crickets a day. Super active. My enclosure is a 24Lx18Wx30H. Lots of branches and artificial plants...soon to get an umbrella. Reptisun 5.0 and a 75w basking light. 85-92* in the basking spot, with the low being when the mister has gone off. 70-72* at the bottom of the enclosure. I use a Mist King. My current misting/watering schedule is: 8:00 am lights on. 8:30 am dripper setup to drip once a second (3 cups worth). Mistings of 90 sec at 8:15, 10:15, 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15. 8:00 pm lights out. The humidity rises to around 70-75 when the mister goes off and can fall to around 55-60 in between mistings. I also hand mist in the morning and in the afternoon/evening depending when i get off and at random other times. Does this sound like a good watering schedule? Am I misting too many times? I know peoples opinions vary but would it be better to run longer misting times, fewer times a day? I do not have a drain, it puddles up a little bit on the bottom of the enclosure but my girlfriend and I wipe it away when were around and atleast a couple times a day and always before lights out. It seems to dry up fairly quick after each misting and all but the bottom of the enclosure is dry before the next misting. Urate is nice and white also. Only eatting crickets gutloaded with Bug Burger and dusted with Calcium Plus from Repashy. Does he need a variety of feeders or is crickets good for now? Still trying to get him used to handling so i can get him into his outdoor enclosure for some sunshine. We love him and want the very best for him and any advice or comments are very welcome. Thank you all for such a great site.
