legacy115833
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i purchased a from what i m told gravid jackson about two months ago and just want to know what i should do to for her. do i need to put in some type of bin? im not familiar with jacksons and could use some pointers thanks
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first problem, reptivite once a week is too much preformed vitamin A. reptivite is a relatively high potency vitamin with preformed vitamin A. jacksons are fairly sensitive to over supplementation, and giving a higher potency multivite on a weekly basis is likely to lead to hypervitaminosis. generally speaking, a supplement like reptivite would only be given about once a month, in most chameleons, even less for xanths. if you must use reptivite then once every 6 weeks should be plenty for a xanth. but you still need to supply at least some vitamin d3 on a weekly(or even bi weekly) basis. personally i feel a safer, and better balanced choice, would be lower potency product like repashy icb, or super min, once a week , then any plain cal (or repashy supercal-low-d) 1-2 x week. for legal reasons, wc xanths are often advertized as cb, , so just because your supplier said cb, there is still a good chance that in reality is wc. most cham parasites cannot be seen by the naked eye, so even if your fecals look healthy. you should still have a fecal float done. in terms of general husbandry, waterfalls are considered not good. your cham would probably get a better uva benefit out of a wider spectrum uva like a regular incadescent house bulb. night heat is not needed or desired. if you expect she is close, you might want to put down terrycloth or paper towels to cushion neonate falls. now would be a good time to start culturing hydei ff, as they take about a month to get going, and you will need some available within the first 24hrs of neonates being born. pinheads and a curved tip dental syringe and bamboo skewers are also good items to have on hand. jmo• Supplements – zoo med reptivite and calcium once a week
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• Fecal Description – she has never been tested for paracites and all her poops look healthy
• Lighting – uvb 5.0 and 40 to 60 watt blue daylight bulb for heat
• I mist often and keep waterfalls and live plants in the cage
Current Problem – just want to know how I can be ready and make it easier on her when she finally pops