zoedefelice
New Member
im new at all of this and this site has helped me out more than you know
. But there are still a few things i am still shakey about.
1. i am making my own cage from somthing I salvaged off of craigslist and i need help on finding a non-toxic sealer for the wood. I also would apreciate some recomendations on what size and type of screen to use. I heard that insects can chew through plactic kind so i will stay away from that.
2.the lights, I know the temp and the two types I need but would you recomend a compact uvb or a tube? The compact for me would be much more convenient but if it isnt as good for the cham then i wont use it. I have a dripsystem and a sprayer for misting.
3. Plants, what kind is the best? I've seen about a million differnt types of plants used and I cant decide. It would help if i was able to pick it up at wal-mart while grocery shopingto save me a trip to the store (I bought most of the supplies online) and I know that I must wash the plant and re-pot it on fertilizer free topsoil before I put it in the cage.
4. Feeders, i have two giant tubs for crickets because i plan on buying them in bulk and i have two diferent types of calcium powder, one plain etra fine ,one with d3, and no phoserous in either. I also have the multi-vitamins. But how should I apply each one and how often? This is about the biggest road block for me right now because I am compleatly lost with this right now. I plan on getting a 5 month old or younger, male, panther cham and I would appreciate some detailed info on gut-loading. I want my cham to be as healthy as possible. I've also heard that crickets are living garbage disposals and would like to know the limitations to their diet. I've read to stay away from green vegies like broccoli because it could stunt the calcium production in the cham and was wondering if this is true.
5. I live in Florida so if I have another plant growing outside can I put the cham on it for an hour or two when its warm? (Which is almost all the time) I have a screened in porch that if flooded with sun at aroud 3 that would be perfect for him. I would consider placing his entire setup outside but it is only for a few hours that he would gt sun and when it rains here he would attacked by the water and i dont think it would be very clean.
6. I am making a rather overized cage for a cham at this age and i am worried that he will have trouble finding his food, is there anyway to help him out? Also do the crickets hang out on the floor of the cage or are they up in the plants, i was wondering if the cham would have to climb to the bottem to get food.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, i get my cham in a few days and i want to make sure everything is ready. I will add any more questions i can think of.
~Zoe
1. i am making my own cage from somthing I salvaged off of craigslist and i need help on finding a non-toxic sealer for the wood. I also would apreciate some recomendations on what size and type of screen to use. I heard that insects can chew through plactic kind so i will stay away from that.
2.the lights, I know the temp and the two types I need but would you recomend a compact uvb or a tube? The compact for me would be much more convenient but if it isnt as good for the cham then i wont use it. I have a dripsystem and a sprayer for misting.
3. Plants, what kind is the best? I've seen about a million differnt types of plants used and I cant decide. It would help if i was able to pick it up at wal-mart while grocery shopingto save me a trip to the store (I bought most of the supplies online) and I know that I must wash the plant and re-pot it on fertilizer free topsoil before I put it in the cage.
4. Feeders, i have two giant tubs for crickets because i plan on buying them in bulk and i have two diferent types of calcium powder, one plain etra fine ,one with d3, and no phoserous in either. I also have the multi-vitamins. But how should I apply each one and how often? This is about the biggest road block for me right now because I am compleatly lost with this right now. I plan on getting a 5 month old or younger, male, panther cham and I would appreciate some detailed info on gut-loading. I want my cham to be as healthy as possible. I've also heard that crickets are living garbage disposals and would like to know the limitations to their diet. I've read to stay away from green vegies like broccoli because it could stunt the calcium production in the cham and was wondering if this is true.
5. I live in Florida so if I have another plant growing outside can I put the cham on it for an hour or two when its warm? (Which is almost all the time) I have a screened in porch that if flooded with sun at aroud 3 that would be perfect for him. I would consider placing his entire setup outside but it is only for a few hours that he would gt sun and when it rains here he would attacked by the water and i dont think it would be very clean.
6. I am making a rather overized cage for a cham at this age and i am worried that he will have trouble finding his food, is there anyway to help him out? Also do the crickets hang out on the floor of the cage or are they up in the plants, i was wondering if the cham would have to climb to the bottem to get food.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, i get my cham in a few days and i want to make sure everything is ready. I will add any more questions i can think of.
~Zoe