enclosure in window....

[savannahblue]

regarding veiled chams

so as i have posted early, i want to move the enclosure to the window. in doing so tho at the hottest point of the day at the hottest part of the cage temperatures reach as high as 107f. i tried using a lower wattage bulb but then the morning and early day temps are too low at the hottest point.

My question now is... Is it ok to have a spot in the enclosure that reaches 107 only for a couple hours each day? are there dangers? Is my cham aware enough to avoid this hot spot if it dangerous? The overall ambient temperature during these hot hours is usually around 85.

Thanks for your feedback

 

[laurie]

Sorry, easy answer is no, a temp of 107 even for a couple hours a day is much too hot for your chameleon. jmo

 

[jannb]

Sorry, easy answer is no, a temp of 107 even for a couple hours a day is much too hot for your chameleon. jmo

I totally agree. 107 is way too hot and you could kill your chameleon.

 

[Jamelon]

too hot!! they wont get uvb either unless the window is open since it cant pass through glass and most plastics, correct me if im wrong plz

 

[lisagr07]

Sorry, easy answer is no, a temp of 107 even for a couple hours a day is much too hot for your chameleon. jmo

I totally agree. 107 is way too hot and you could kill your chameleon.

but don't they learn to thermoregulate their body temp as they get older? move in and out of extreme temps to where they are comfortable?
thanks,, lisa

 

[Seeco]

Yeah but if there is a spot at 107 then the whole area is likely too hot.

 

[ChamsAJaxs]

It was about 90-100 all day today and I had just set up my free range near my south facing window because my cam loves to gaze out the window. I checked her body temp a few times and it was at 80-90 sitting in the window that was 100-105. I also have a ficus that sits left of the window out of the heat and it stayed around 70-75 all day. I do have central AC so it does help to regulate that base room temp of 70-75. Also have a higher hanging pothos above my metal rack which her lights hang on so she has more height to roam. She regulates her temp very well and doesn't show any signs of health issues. Always a beautiful color, always on the move like a leaf and eats and drinks wonderfully. In my opinion if you can prepare her enclosure or range it'll work. If you pay very close attention to the behavior, gaping mouth, dehydration etc. Also, like said before, windows don't provide UVB or UVA. Just think, it does get up in the 100s in their natural environment. Right?

 

[MelissaB]

1st, I don't know if you noticed, but this thread is about 6 years old. 2nd, if the temps are hitting 107 in the cage as the original poster said, I would think the ambient temps would be too high. You may have better insulated windows than the OP, so you may not have as high of a heat build up.
Veileds in the wild may live in areas that get that hot, not sure, but they also have more area to get away from the heat. A chameleon in a cage has very limited area in which to thermoregulate. It's a tiny area compared to outdoors. Personally, I wouldn't want any area in my animals enclosure to be even close to that hot.

 

[ChamsAJaxs]

I didn't realize it was such an old post. But I obviously got a reply which I was looking for. My enclose isn't small, it's 7ft tall by 2ft wide and 6ft long. It's a huge free range. I can see if your enclosure was a reptibreeze or whatever. But with such a big free range with many different temp variations a Cham should be able to escape the heat. Which my Cham does quite well. I'll wake to find her at the window getting warm, and I'll feed her and she come right over and enjoys breakfast. Then I mist her and she enjoys that a lot. Fecal and urine look great. I was just trying to a point across that it can work putting your Cham near a window. You just have to prepare your enclosure properly.

 

[MelissaB]

I didn't realize it was such an old post. But I obviously got a reply which I was looking for. My enclose isn't small, it's 7ft tall by 2ft wide and 6ft long. It's a huge free range. I can see if your enclosure was a reptibreeze or whatever. But with such a big free range with many different temp variations a Cham should be able to escape the heat. Which my Cham does quite well.

See, that's what you should have started with, explaining the size of your enclosure. That way a new keeper doesn't see a post saying it's great to keep your chameleon in the window without knowing how you did it. Most new keepers have a much smaller cage. Typically 24x24x48, if they haven't been steered wrong by the pet store employees. I've seen many posts where people are keeping them in way too small a cage, a small exo terra or even a fish tank. Enclosures where they wouldn't be able to get out of the heat, like what the original poster was describing.