VerteX
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Short version of the question:
My veiled refuses to drink from the dripper (experimented for 2 weeks for 2 hours everyday, and it drips right next to her basking spot). She only drinks(by shooting tongue) from a moist plant pot that contains top soil.
What do we do?
Long and boring version:
My wife's veiled has been growing well. We got her when she was about 3 months old and now she is about 5 months old. She's eating her crix and super worms. Dusting is also done regularly and lightly with T-rex chameleon dust. (Will be getting rep-cal products soon)
Please refer to my wife's cage setup post to see the overall conditions.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/white-spot-nose-black-3425/#post24488
Since then we switched back to hand spraying 3 times a day since I found her DIY misting system inefficient and a little problematic. I guarantee that she is getting misted better with the hand sprayer.
I've devised a dripper system that drips everyday for 2-3 hours from the previous misting systems' pressurized water container. She has shown no interest in the dripper what so ever. The dripper had been running for 2 weeks.
They hydration problem started when I repotted the plants with top soil. She used to shoot tongue to this spider plant's pot that was filled with peat moss. The peat moss retained the water very well and she was able to get her water from it. Now that the peat moss is replaced with top soil (that drains relatively quickly) she is having hydration problems that can be easily noticed by lightly sunken eyes. As I mentioned, she doesn't want to drink from the dripper.
When I watered the plant today she immediately rushed to drink from the moist soil.
Weird or no? How can you teach a veiled to lick the leaves after they have been throughly misted?
Thank you in advance for your valued responses.
My veiled refuses to drink from the dripper (experimented for 2 weeks for 2 hours everyday, and it drips right next to her basking spot). She only drinks(by shooting tongue) from a moist plant pot that contains top soil.
What do we do?
Long and boring version:
My wife's veiled has been growing well. We got her when she was about 3 months old and now she is about 5 months old. She's eating her crix and super worms. Dusting is also done regularly and lightly with T-rex chameleon dust. (Will be getting rep-cal products soon)
Please refer to my wife's cage setup post to see the overall conditions.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/white-spot-nose-black-3425/#post24488
Since then we switched back to hand spraying 3 times a day since I found her DIY misting system inefficient and a little problematic. I guarantee that she is getting misted better with the hand sprayer.
I've devised a dripper system that drips everyday for 2-3 hours from the previous misting systems' pressurized water container. She has shown no interest in the dripper what so ever. The dripper had been running for 2 weeks.
They hydration problem started when I repotted the plants with top soil. She used to shoot tongue to this spider plant's pot that was filled with peat moss. The peat moss retained the water very well and she was able to get her water from it. Now that the peat moss is replaced with top soil (that drains relatively quickly) she is having hydration problems that can be easily noticed by lightly sunken eyes. As I mentioned, she doesn't want to drink from the dripper.
When I watered the plant today she immediately rushed to drink from the moist soil.
Weird or no? How can you teach a veiled to lick the leaves after they have been throughly misted?
Thank you in advance for your valued responses.