first panther chameleon

shawn_melanson

shawn_melanson

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so i got my first nose nosey be panther chameleon today very happy and excited. i have had many reptiles in my life including a flap necked chameleon but figured i just post a picture of my new chameleon and say hello to the website since i signed up for it today and if anyone has some new owner advise for me id be glad to hear it
 
The best advice is that you continue to be involved in these forums, ask questions, and do as much research as you can. Read all of the care sheets that you can. There is a link at the bottom left of every page on this site. You did a lot of things right already by just signing up to this forum. If you have any further questions after reading the care sheets, please don't hesitate to ask us! Good luck to you and your little guy!
 
Congratulations on the new guy main thing stay away from substrate and yer just ask any questions no matter how stupid it might sound
 
FrankTheTank said:
The best advice is that you continue to be involved in these forums, ask questions, and do as much research as you can. Read all of the care sheets that you can. There is a link at the bottom left of every page on this site. You did a lot of things right already by just signing up to this forum. If you have any further questions after reading the care sheets, please don't hesitate to ask us! Good luck to you and your little guy!
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thank you i spent hours and hours doing research and making sure i new everything i could know as a new owner, before i went out and bought one and i didnt try and cut any corners when i got her got all the right stuff age lighting timers auto mister she seems pretty happy she was eating an hour after i got her into her new enclosure very active i am really happy to have her cant wait to see how it goes!!!
 
dakota1234 said:
yeah i used paper towels i wanna get some ive plants in there to ant suggestions on good ones to use?
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Welcome to the forums! I suggest a hanging pothos as a good live plant for a chameleon enclosure. They practically grow in the dark and will fill up the cage with vines. As long as they are watered well your biggest issue will be having to cut it back every month or so. I use these in most of our enclosures. If you cant find a pothos I've found that most of the hanging ivy type plants at Lowes work well for panther chameleons.
I posted a suggestion to another member for how to hang the plant in a screen cage at the thread below. Hope this helps. Good luck!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/need-help-pothos-plant-please-102714/#post942943
 
reptoman said:
Welcome to the forums! I suggest a hanging pothos as a good live plant for a chameleon enclosure. They practically grow in the dark and will fill up the cage with vines. As long as they are watered well your biggest issue will be having to cut it back every month or so. I use these in most of our enclosures. If you cant find a pothos I've found that most of the hanging ivy type plants at Lowes work well for panther chameleons.
I posted a suggestion to another member for how to hang the plant in a screen cage at the thread below. Hope this helps. Good luck!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/need-help-pothos-plant-please-102714/#post942943
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Thank you very much ill definably look into getting some later on this week I just wanna make sure she's happy as can be and if I do really well with her I plan on getting a male at next months reptile show
 
dakota1234 said:
thank you i spent hours and hours doing research and making sure i new everything i could know as a new owner, before i went out and bought one and i didnt try and cut any corners when i got her got all the right stuff age lighting timers auto mister she seems pretty happy she was eating an hour after i got her into her new enclosure very active i am really happy to have her cant wait to see how it goes!!!
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That's great to hear! I'm glad there are people like you that do their homework before getting a new animal species. I can't say I was as thoughtful, but I also owned several other reptilian species. Not that they were anything like chameleons but there are similarities. I commend you for doing things the right way though. Welcome to the forums, and don't ever hesitate to ask questions!
 
FrankTheTank said:
That's great to hear! I'm glad there are people like you that do their homework before getting a new animal species. I can't say I was as thoughtful, but I also owned several other reptilian species. Not that they were anything like chameleons but there are similarities. I commend you for doing things the right way though. Welcome to the forums, and don't ever hesitate to ask questions!
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I do have a question how often do you feed your chameleon what do you feed it and how much cause my girl will just keep on eating crickets none stop I love watching her eat though shell eat right out of my hand
 
dakota1234 said:
I do have a question how often do you feed your chameleon what do you feed it and how much cause my girl will just keep on eating crickets none stop I love watching her eat though shell eat right out of my hand
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At her age she can eat 10-15 medium sized crickets give or take a few. But for a female you want to keep them on a strict diet as to reduce the number of infertile eggs that they lay bc large clutches put tons of stress on females. There is more information on how to limit the number of eggs if you search the forums.
This is some great info to start with even though it is for fertile clutches, it still should produce the same result. More experienced female keepers may be able to provide better info.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/egg-control-80004/
 
FrankTheTank said:
At her age she can eat 10-15 medium sized crickets give or take a few. But for a female you want to keep them on a strict diet as to reduce the number of infertile eggs that they lay bc large clutches put tons of stress on females. There is more information on how to limit the number of eggs if you search the forums.
This is some great info to start with even though it is for fertile clutches, it still should produce the same result. More experienced female keepers may be able to provide better info.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/egg-control-80004/
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Okay ill look into it for sure thank you so much for all the help
 
Well I just spent some time hand feeding her for fun she's very people friendly even though I don't take her out much I was curious to know how often you guys dust your crickets and with what Ill post a picture of the stuff I have and I'm picking up a multi vitamin later today also ill
Post some pictures of her :)
 
I have 2 male panther chams and I usually dust every other day, I also keep a varied diet of crickets/hornworms/silkworms/butterworms with crickets being the main course. Worms have a lot of calcium in them already so generally I don't dust worms but every so often I do. For live plants as other said pothos is good, I've been using the umbrella plant (schleferra) in one on my terrariums and my guy seems to love it, it's large enough that I can take the plant out and put it where ever I am in the house and he;ll just chill in it next to me :)
 
Daver13 said:
I have 2 male panther chams and I usually dust every other day, I also keep a varied diet of crickets/hornworms/silkworms/butterworms with crickets being the main course. Worms have a lot of calcium in them already so generally I don't dust worms but every so often I do. For live plants as other said pothos is good, I've been using the umbrella plant (schleferra) in one on my terrariums and my guy seems to love it, it's large enough that I can take the plant out and put it where ever I am in the house and he;ll just chill in it next to me :)
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Thanks for the input I appreciate it ill definably start doing that do you use a multivitamin for them? And I love her she lets me take her right out she gets a little darker in color the calms right down and chills and walks around she's also incredibly active in her cage she only stops moving to sleep haha :)
 
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