Rolander
Member
I’m a first time chameleon owner, I have had my male 3.5 month old Nosy Faly Panther chameleon named Carlos for three days now and have really enjoyed having him. He seems to to be adapting well to his new environment and really liking his new cage set up. I do not have any great pictures of him at this point because I have been letting him get settled in. I did a lot of research on this forum and listened to many chameleon academy podcast episodes before setting up my cage and bringing home my little guy. I know I have a ton to learn, but I feel like this forum and the chameleon academy podcast gave me the info I needed to get started.
I was really excited to see him eat his first crickets yesterday. I placed a couple of crickets near him with tongs and he ate them up. I’m feeding him small 1/4 inch crickets and BSFL. The food bowl I got is a bird feeder bowl, I found out that the crickets escape out of it quickly. The BSFL stay in there as long as it doesn’t get wet from the Mist king. (I’m going to move his food bowl up higher, I put it where I did because he liked to hang out near that spot) I have ordered the shooting gallery which will show up any day now so that I can feed his crickets in there. Will eventually like to add in dubia roaches and other feeders.
My setup is a Zoo Med ReptiBreeze 24" x 24" x 48". I used oak branches throughout the cage. I installed dragon strand ledges to mount structural branches that connect the networking and perching branches as the chameleon academy recommended.
For humidity I went with the MistKing Starter misting system. I have the Zoo Med Big Dripper set up with the IV dripper mod to better control the drip rate. I was excited to see my little guy drinking water droplets off of his pathos a couple times today after the droplets had landed.
For drainage I have the dragon strand drainage tray underneath my cage. I installed a drain in the drainage tray and attached PVC pipe that drains all of the access water into a 5 gallon bucket sitting in the cabinet directly underneath the cage.
For UVB I have the Zoo Med Reptisun 24” T5 HO terrarium hood with an Arcadia 22" 6% bulb mounted about 9 inches above the basking area.
For the basking area, I have incandescent 60 watt light in a Zoo Med dome hanging from a Exo Terra lamp holder which is mounted with self taping screws to the back of the cage. The temps average around 80-83 degrees where he like to bask.
For my plant light I have the SANSI 70W LED plant light. I have all live plants in the cage. The main plant in his cage is a money tree which he seems to love. I have a pathos in the top right part of the cage which has become his favorite hide out and sleeping spot. Other live plants include a Bromeliad and small Parlor palm and umbrella tree to fill the bottom space.
Really enjoy having my panther chameleon and look forward to building trust with him.
I was really excited to see him eat his first crickets yesterday. I placed a couple of crickets near him with tongs and he ate them up. I’m feeding him small 1/4 inch crickets and BSFL. The food bowl I got is a bird feeder bowl, I found out that the crickets escape out of it quickly. The BSFL stay in there as long as it doesn’t get wet from the Mist king. (I’m going to move his food bowl up higher, I put it where I did because he liked to hang out near that spot) I have ordered the shooting gallery which will show up any day now so that I can feed his crickets in there. Will eventually like to add in dubia roaches and other feeders.
My setup is a Zoo Med ReptiBreeze 24" x 24" x 48". I used oak branches throughout the cage. I installed dragon strand ledges to mount structural branches that connect the networking and perching branches as the chameleon academy recommended.
For humidity I went with the MistKing Starter misting system. I have the Zoo Med Big Dripper set up with the IV dripper mod to better control the drip rate. I was excited to see my little guy drinking water droplets off of his pathos a couple times today after the droplets had landed.
For drainage I have the dragon strand drainage tray underneath my cage. I installed a drain in the drainage tray and attached PVC pipe that drains all of the access water into a 5 gallon bucket sitting in the cabinet directly underneath the cage.
For UVB I have the Zoo Med Reptisun 24” T5 HO terrarium hood with an Arcadia 22" 6% bulb mounted about 9 inches above the basking area.
For the basking area, I have incandescent 60 watt light in a Zoo Med dome hanging from a Exo Terra lamp holder which is mounted with self taping screws to the back of the cage. The temps average around 80-83 degrees where he like to bask.
For my plant light I have the SANSI 70W LED plant light. I have all live plants in the cage. The main plant in his cage is a money tree which he seems to love. I have a pathos in the top right part of the cage which has become his favorite hide out and sleeping spot. Other live plants include a Bromeliad and small Parlor palm and umbrella tree to fill the bottom space.
Really enjoy having my panther chameleon and look forward to building trust with him.
