Jackson cham!

[stuart grout]

Hi all i am new to this site! just looking for advice i have a yeman cham and i have just bought a repti breeze mesh enclosure (3' high one) to buy a jackson cham i am doing a lot of reasearch about them before i decide that a jackson is for me and as they live in kenya 6000 to 8000 feet up and like it quite humid i was wondering if a dripper and spraying twice a day would be enough if i buy a fogger the bulbs will be blowing? If you have a jackson cham can you post pic's of your set ups please or let me know what you do also my local rep shop say they are very hard to keep alive is this true? sorry for all the questions just think its sometimes best to get advice from jackson keepers instead of roomers. Thanks Stuart.

 

[amanda509]

well, you came to the right place jackson's are not hard to keep if everything is done right to begin with and you start with an older one (5 months prob) before you keep a baby. it is true that jackson babies ARE hard to keep, as they have a tendancy to die for no reason, but after 3 or 4 months, they are pretty stable. heres a pic of my current setup:

and yea, my cham is in there, top right corner of red crate but anyways to summarize things, at least 18x18x36 sized cage, a repti-glo or repti-sun 5.0 uvb bulb on top along with a basking light (which is a common housebulb, usually 60 watts) to achieve a basking area of around 80 and no more than 85 degrees. personally i mist 3 times a day and the humidity should be between 50 and 80 and i have a homemade dripper from a gallon ice tea jug going on all day 12 on 12 off light cycle and they are best kept healthy by gutloading your feeders with calcium rich food (ask around cuz there are some great foods that are high in calcium, but arent good for the cham llike spinach). and minimum supplementation

check this out: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/amanda509/581-basic-care-jacksons-chameleons.html

 

[Solid Snake]

Hey Stuart.
Welcome to CF!
You have definitely come to the right places for info.

Jacksons need a cool humid enviroment.
They like it really wet, and you will need to mist them more than 2 times a day to keep them healthy IMO.

Another forum member, Jdog, made this video.
It goes over the care for a jackson and every bit of it is great advice.
Its a must watch if you are thinking about a jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTbUaOQ0aA&feature=g-user&context=G2a19dafUCGXQYbcTJ33Zgo9ZXa1n_OoCRGx2tc15n7iOvNn8ptAA


Here is a "tour" of my jacksons cage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz0nnvaNmkk


Again welcome to the forums, please feel free to ask any questions you have.

 

[amanda509]

Hey Stuart.
Welcome to CF!
You have definitely come to the right places for info.

Jacksons need a cool humid enviroment.
They like it really wet, and you will need to mist them more than 2 times a day to keep them healthy IMO.

Another forum member, Jdog, made this video.
It goes over the care for a jackson and every bit of it is great advice.
Its a must watch if you are thinking about a jackson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKTbUaOQ0aA&feature=g-user&context=G2a19dafUCGXQYbcTJ33Zgo9ZXa1n_OoCRGx2tc15n7iOvNn8ptAA

Again welcome to the forums, please feel free to ask any questions you have.

we seem to be having a thing going on about replying to the same threads about jackson's -.-

 

[Solid Snake]

we seem to be having a thing going on about replying to the same threads about jackson's -.-

(that may be because we own jacksons...silly)

 

[amanda509]

(that may be because we own jacksons...silly)

lol true, we should make a jackson owner club

 

[stuart grout]

Oh thank-you sooo much everyone so many questions answered printing of replys and care left right and centre lol lots of ideas as well decided to go for live plants and i cant thank you enough for your info Stuart.