help!

[evildude]

my veiled is not basking she just sits up by the uv light she only comes down in the night when i put the night light on (60w).the lights i have got in there is 60 w basking lamp/ uv lamp is a reptiglo 5.0 14 inches i have a 65 gallon screened cage . the temps are basking 26.5c cool side 21.1c and hum 55 she seems nice and green and she does not eat to much she 4-5 months old we have had her 4 days she has eaten a bowl of meal worms and 2 locusts i think i cant find them anymore.is this normal?..........please help me i lost my last camelion because of not doing things properly i dont want it to happen again....

 

[Justin Carl]

well i just did some temp readings on my cage and 26 celcius isnt even 80 degrees sounds like your a little cold my basking temp is 33.8 cecius. thats about 92 degrees.

 

[Julirs]

Do you need the nightlight? Are your night temps dropping below 60F? If you do need night heat a room heater would be better or at least something they can't see-they need darkness to sleep.

 

[kinyonga]

You said..."my veiled is not basking she just sits up by the uv light she only comes down in the night when i put the night light on (60w).the lights i have got in there is 60 w basking lamp/ uv lamp is a reptiglo 5.0 14 inches"...are you saying that the basking light is not on during the day but is on all night? There should be NO light on at night. The UVB and the basking light should be on all day (12 to 14 hours a day) and all the lights should be off at night. There is no need to have heat on the cage at night either unless your room is cooler than 65F. The basking spot for young veiled should be in the mid 80to high 80's F and the rest of the cage should be in the high 70's to the low 80'sF.

You said..."she does not eat to much she 4-5 months old we have had her 4 days she has eaten a bowl of meal worms and 2 locusts i think i cant find them anymore.is this normal?"...if you don't provide a proper temperature in the basking area (during the day) the chameleon won't be able to digest her food properly...so she won't eat much. I'm not a fan of feeding too many mealworms....they have been known to cause impaction if too many are fed at one time.

Do you know about gutloading, feeding your insects a nutritious diet, supplementing? Providing a place for her to dig to lay eggs so she won't become eggbound? (Female veileds can lay eggs without being mated.)

Here are some sites that have some good information...
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/uvinviv.htm
http://www.chameleonnews.com/
http://www.adcham.com/