how do i make my cage more sturdier

[MissSkittles]

@tanneruv You have been told what type of light you need...a linear (long) T5HO with a 5.0 uvb bulb. Using a compact uvb bulb is not able to provide adequate levels of uvb. This has been proven with many years of study and experience. Providing the wrong type of uvb, the animal can’t properly synthesize calcium into a usable form. It’s bones will become soft, it will start having neurological (brain) problems and eventually die a slow and painful death. Way too many people have come to the forum with very sick and dying animals that are beyond saving from using the type of light you are insisting on using. Please, either listen to the advice you have been given or release the poor animal.
This is the proper fixture and bulb.

 

[NashansCamos]

@tanneruv we've told you that letting him go is the best option. You bought the wrong uvb, and even if you bought the right one your cage would be too small. for the jacksons chameleon to have a healthy life your gonna have to blow 1000$ AT LEAST. let him go it's the best option for you.

 

[NashansCamos]

@tanneruv he's dying slowly without uvb and supplements. He has only weeks left probably.

 

[tanneruv]

okay i got the zoomed kit and am using the lights and everything they provided but im gonna get another uvb bulb instead of a basking bulb because its already really hot here in hawaii also is it okay if i mixed two supplements together (i attached pictures) and yeah thats all for now

 

[NashansCamos]

how many times have we told you to let him go. Poor guy is so streesed that cage is so bare?

 

[tanneruv]

i know im putting in a money tree in a few days(

 

[NashansCamos]

stop ignoring us and let him go. I'm out. Goodbye

 

[NashansCamos]

Please let it go

Let him go

If you caught him you need to return him to the place you found him

^^^

 

[NashansCamos]

release the poor animal.

^^^

 

[MissSkittles]

okay i got the zoomed kit and am using the lights and everything they provided but im gonna get another uvb bulb instead of a basking bulb because its already really hot here in hawaii also is it okay if i mixed two supplements together (i attached pictures) and yeah thats all for now

You have come here for advice. You have been given sound advice. You have been ignoring everything that you’ve been told. The Zoo Med kit is not at all adequate for any chameleon, regardless of what the pet store may have told you. If you are refusing to release the poor animal, at least provide for him properly. All you are going to do is give him a slow agonizing death. Death by mongoose at least would be quick. This will summarize the proper care of the chameleon. https://secureservercdn.net/166.62....-Yellow-crested-Jacksons-Chameleon-022020.pdf
I am done.

 

[tanneruv]

okay i got the pothos and a money tree / zizi plant but the zizi plant was too tall so i could only put the pothos in and the tempature is around 80-90 at the basking zone without a heat bulb and theres two 10.0 uvb bulbs in the lamp fixture because there were no linear bulbs and the fixture for the linear bulbs so i just doubled the compact bulbs for extra strength, is there anything i should change

 

[AmandaS]

okay i got the pothos and a money tree / zizi plant but the zizi plant was too tall so i could only put the pothos in and the tempature is around 80-90 at the basking zone without a heat bulb and theres two 10.0 uvb bulbs in the lamp fixture because there were no linear bulbs and the fixture for the linear bulbs so i just doubled the compact bulbs for extra strength, is there anything i should changeView attachment 273024View attachment 273024View attachment 273025

Yes. You need to order the correct light online. Your basking spot is way too hot. 80 max for Jacksons i believe. Please though, get the correct lights. And your supplements should be calcium with no d3 and a multivitamin. You need to look at the care aheet to give him the correct supplement schedule.

Your "double light bulbs = more strength method" doesn't apply to these lights since it is the distance away from the bulb that is important and these lights do not provide adequate uv.

 

[AmandaS]

Also, your cage is still too small. And you do need more coverage (plants)

 

[AmandaS]

And make sure your lights are far enough away to not burn the little fella

 

[AmandaS]

is it okay if i mixed two supplements together

This is not okay. You will end up over-supplementing him.

 

[kinyonga]

You said..."the tempature is around 80-90 at the basking zone without a heat bulb"...that's too warm.