He finnally arrived!

[m1ndless]

Alright, thanks for the tip, I am not sure why the humitity is so low, AZ is pretty dry in the winter, maybe that is why? I will just have to mist more often and set up a dripper?

I want to get home from work already so I can check on my cham! Haha my roomate called me and said he is still chillin in the same spot, and thinks he may have ate a few crix.

 

[spatulars]

I agree with dodolah, the humidity might be a tad low, and an ultrasonic humidifier is a 25 dollar way to make sure your guy doesn't get dehydrated. My chameleon got just slightly dehydrated and stopped eating for close to a week and he had a bad shed! It was nerve wracking and very disappointing and I felt really bad about it. Well, I still do.

 

[dodolah]

Alright, thanks for the tip, I am not sure why the humitity is so low, AZ is pretty dry in the winter, maybe that is why? I will just have to mist more often and set up a dripper?

I want to get home from work already so I can check on my cham! Haha my roomate called me and said he is still chillin in the same spot, and thinks he may have ate a few crix.

I do understand the excitement of a new chameleon
Congratulations, BTW.
I think having your room mate checking every hour is a bit too much.
During the first introduction to a new environment, you need to minimize the "bothering" session as much as possible.
Give him some space to adjust will make him feel safer.
Thus, he will adapt quicker to the new enclosure.

 

[m1ndless]

I do understand the excitement of a new chameleon
Congratulations, BTW.
I think having your room mate checking every hour is a bit too much.
During the first introduction to a new environment, you need to minimize the "bothering" session as much as possible.
Give him some space to adjust will make him feel safer.
Thus, he will adapt quicker to the new enclosure.

Alright, thanks for the tip, I just wanted to be safe.

I think ill invest in a humidifier for my room, to keep the general humitidy up in the room, and hopefuly his enclosure too.

 

[Justin Carl]

Veileds are a desert species and don't need high humidity, just enough water to drink and keep hydrated.

They are found in humid low humid costal plains of Yemen, rain fed mountain slopes, and high plateaus. With rainfall ranging from 4-80+ inches a year.
Sooooo not really a "desert species".
This came from "Chameleons care and breeding...."

Chamaeleo Chamaeleo namaquensis is a desert species.

 

[Julirs]

Congrats on your new baby-you can't go wrong with Mike's Veileds. Let him settle in for a day or so. I remember calling Mike every other day because I didn't see him eating or drinking, and Mike just told me to stop worrying and he was right. Mine was exactly that same size and I took a picture with my cell phone! Leon is now 14 months and I posted pics of him on here today. I will confess that I dripped at first, but I never ever drip now. I mist 3X daily for several minutes. I rarely see my male Veiled drink but I soak all of his plants thoroughly those 3X daily. As long as urates are nice and white and there is a brown fecal part you shouldn't have anything to worry about.

 

[m1ndless]

Thanks Guys!

I only misted for about a minute each time, the cage was soaked and the humitiy guage shot to 100%. I used hot water, it sprayed out warm, I noticed it kinda upped the temp a little too, but not by much.

Ill check urates tonight, I assume he will poop in between me leaving for work and coming home tonight, right?

 

[joefarah]

They are found in humid low humid costal plains of Yemen, rain fed mountain slopes, and high plateaus. With rainfall ranging from 4-80+ inches a year.
Sooooo not really a "desert species".
This came from "Chameleons care and breeding...."

Chamaeleo Chamaeleo namaquensis is a desert species.

Immediately after I posted it I tried to edit the "desert species" part and replace it with "They are from dry environments" but I couldn't edit the post for some reason.

Anyhow, I stand by my position that veileds don't really benefit from frequent mistings.

 

[joefarah]

Everything I can find online says that they inhabit "High, dry plateaus" in along the saudia arabia / yemen border.

 

[m1ndless]

Ill keep the humidity above 50% at all times if possible.

Do I need to take him to get yearly vet check ups or anything like that, or only if I noticed any problems?

 

[dodolah]

Ill keep the humidity above 50% at all times if possible.

Do I need to take him to get yearly vet check ups or anything like that, or only if I noticed any problems?

i say you should have a yearly fecal check.
50% humidity is fine.
no need to go crazy with humidity either.

 

[joefarah]

.... With rainfall ranging from 4-80+ inches a year.
Sooooo not really a "desert species".
....

Desert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A desert is a landscape form or region that receives very little precipitation. Deserts are defined as areas that receive an average annual precipitation of less than 250 mm (10 in).

So the ones living areas that receive 4-10 inches a year would be desert dwellers...

Thanks

 

[m1ndless]

i say you should have a yearly fecal check.
50% humidity is fine.
no need to go crazy with humidity either.

When I misted, it went up to 100%, then dropeed to 80% for about 30 minutes, then about 2 hours later it was back at 40%. Is that okay?

 

[joefarah]

Yes, let's all tell him to keep his veiled in a humid, glass enclosure....

 

[dodolah]

Everything I can find online says that they inhabit "High, dry plateaus" in along the saudia arabia / yemen border.

check this weather report of Yemen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/country_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT005910
http://freemeteo.com/default.asp?cn=YE

specifically these 3 areas where C.Calyptratus are often found:
1. humid low coastal plains of Yemen and S.Arabia
2. Southern mountainous slope of South Yemen
3. high plateaus of North Yemen and S. Saudi Arabia

(based on G.Ferguson's books)

 

[dodolah]

When I misted, it went up to 100%, then dropeed to 80% for about 30 minutes, then about 2 hours later it was back at 40%. Is that okay?

that's fine.

 

[Julirs]

What kind of enclosure is he in-that suction cup looks like it is sticking to something...

 

[joefarah]

Like I said, "Let's all tell him to keep that veiled in a humid, glass enclosure "

 

[m1ndless]

He is in a glass enclosure, I was told my alot of local breeders and assured by members on here that it is fine for a baby, I already built a bigger enclosure for him. It gets plenty of fresh air, and there is ceiling fan not to far above it that gets airflow in there. My roomate has raised chams for years, and always used glass tanks for them til they are 4 months.

Start the flaming.

 

[dodolah]

Like I said, "Let's all tell him to keep that veiled in a humid, glass enclosure "

let's not open a can of worm of glass enclosure VS all screen cage.
I am a screen cage guy myself but there are some great chameleon keepers that successfully raised their chameleons in glass enclosures with no problem whatsoever (providing that they are aware of the poor air flow issues and address it). I have no authority flaming those people as they are much better chameleon keepers than myself.

I think baby chameleons will benefit from having reared in glass enclosures.
I would say that 3 months old baby is ready to be moved to a screen cage.