How To Clean Sticks From Outside for Chams

[Gray]

Hello, I want to use some sticks from outside for my chams cage. How do I make sure they are clean and won't get my cham sick?

 

[nightanole]

dish soap, rinse, diluted bleach, rinse, and if you can bake in oven for 20min at like 250f.

 

[Gray]

What will baking do?

 

[Syreptyon]

What will baking do?

Kill bacteria

 

[Gray]

good, will it also kill any parasites because i don't want my little guy to get sick

 

[Syreptyon]

Yes, the idea is that the combination of soap/bleach/heat should kill just about everything

 

[Gray]

ok, thats good to know.

 

[Gray]

will misting my guys cage for around five minutes before and after school be enough humidity?

 

[Syreptyon]

will misting my guys cage for around five minutes before and after school be enough humidity?

Gray, I really hope do not get a chameleon. The more you ask the clearer it is that you are not ready. The most basic of google searches would tell you that you NEED to measure humidity with a hygrometer and that the time you spend misting is not the important part. It is the % humidity in the air.

 

[Gray]

I know that the hydrometer will measure humidity, but I've read that screen cages don't hold humidity very well and i don't want it to get too dry in the cage.

 

[Syreptyon]

Yeah, that's what the hygrometer is for. It will tell you whether or not it's too dry.

 

[Gray]

i know, but if I'm at school i don't know if the humidity will be kept up while I'm gone. So won't misting longer keep the humidity up longer. Usually is at about 40% by itself.

 

[Syreptyon]

Yes, misting longer will keep it up higher for longer, but it still won't last all day while you're at school - which is yet another reason it is better to wait until you're older

 

[Gray]

Ok, don't want to risk anything for the chams health

 

[Kaden]

@Gray
You don’t have any other reptiles I’m guessing?

 

[Gray]

I do

 

[Gray]

I have read up so much about chams, but the thing thats killing the idea of getting one is that travel to Canada for a month every summer. And the experienced owners here believe it would be too stressful of the cham. Which it probably would be.
So after being told i shouldn't i probably won't get a cham.

 

[Gray]

I just like hearing actual answers from experienced keepers, which makes it come off like i don't know anything about chams.

 

[Kaden]

What do you own

 

[Gray]

I have a leopard gecko, I know that they are more of a beginner reptile