Hello! I am new to the site and recently inherited a female Veiled Chameleon from someone who did not know what they were doing. They kept her in a 5 Gallon tank with a mesh top.
She is approximately 4 to 6 months old according to the person I got her from, which if correct means she is probably smaller than she should be because I have looked up Chams about her age and they seem much fatter and longer in body, so who knows how old she actually is.
Since receiving her I have been attempting to make the ideal habitat and such for her, little by little. I bought a 24x24x48 Repti breeze have put branches and driftwood in there after treating it to the best of my abilities to make it safe for her. I have a few fake plant like things that I have bought and some left over from when I had fish (Need more green stuff). I have a ReptiGlo 5.0 UVB along with a heating bulb that I received with her that generally heats up a small area to about 80-88 degrees. I plan on gutloading crickets starting with the next time I get some since I now have a small cricket cage as of today. I have fed her crickets a grasshopper the occasional fly and have attempted to feed her green grapes.
She seems to hate me until I am actually holding her then she goes green.
So from this info am I on the right track do I need to change anything?
Where do you guys find pothos and other safe plants that have not been treated with pesticides, specifically neonicotinoid?
Where can I find a substrate tray?
Thank you so much in advance!
She is approximately 4 to 6 months old according to the person I got her from, which if correct means she is probably smaller than she should be because I have looked up Chams about her age and they seem much fatter and longer in body, so who knows how old she actually is.
Since receiving her I have been attempting to make the ideal habitat and such for her, little by little. I bought a 24x24x48 Repti breeze have put branches and driftwood in there after treating it to the best of my abilities to make it safe for her. I have a few fake plant like things that I have bought and some left over from when I had fish (Need more green stuff). I have a ReptiGlo 5.0 UVB along with a heating bulb that I received with her that generally heats up a small area to about 80-88 degrees. I plan on gutloading crickets starting with the next time I get some since I now have a small cricket cage as of today. I have fed her crickets a grasshopper the occasional fly and have attempted to feed her green grapes.
She seems to hate me until I am actually holding her then she goes green.
So from this info am I on the right track do I need to change anything?
Where do you guys find pothos and other safe plants that have not been treated with pesticides, specifically neonicotinoid?
Where can I find a substrate tray?
Thank you so much in advance!
