Jaspers new casa
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jannb
Chameleon Enthusiast
Ok we have got to get Jaspers cage fixed up right. We want him to be a happy and most important a healthy cham.
First, no water bowl. Chameleons drink from a dripper and from being misted. How ofen do you mist? Do you have a dripper?
Second, nothing on the floor. Leave it bare and you can clean it easier and no bacteria should grow.
Tell me about your lights. You need a Reptilesun 5.0 tube light. You can get one here: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog...por-bulbs/-/zoo-med-24-repti-sun-50-uvb-bulb/
What kind of cham do you have and how old? You MIGHT need a basking light which can be a household bulb (40 watt or so)
Your lights need to be across the top of the cage and you need allot of vines and branches 8 inches or so down from the top.
What it the white thing in the bottom?
While we are at it what are you feeding your cham? How are you gutloading the feeders? Tell me about your supplements and how you are using them.
Post a few pics of Jasper. I'd love to see him. You are off to a good start just need to make a few changes to make it perfect.
First, no water bowl. Chameleons drink from a dripper and from being misted. How ofen do you mist? Do you have a dripper?
Second, nothing on the floor. Leave it bare and you can clean it easier and no bacteria should grow.
Tell me about your lights. You need a Reptilesun 5.0 tube light. You can get one here: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog...por-bulbs/-/zoo-med-24-repti-sun-50-uvb-bulb/
What kind of cham do you have and how old? You MIGHT need a basking light which can be a household bulb (40 watt or so)
Your lights need to be across the top of the cage and you need allot of vines and branches 8 inches or so down from the top.
What it the white thing in the bottom?
While we are at it what are you feeding your cham? How are you gutloading the feeders? Tell me about your supplements and how you are using them.
Post a few pics of Jasper. I'd love to see him. You are off to a good start just need to make a few changes to make it perfect.
beeze
Avid Member
Check out my cage to give you some ideas for yours.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/beeze-albums-making-aluminum-cage.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/members/beeze-albums-making-aluminum-cage.html
jannb
Chameleon Enthusiast
I moved your PM questions over here so I can answer them. My PM box is small and very full.
Hey thank you so much for answering me. I now have figured out the pet store is full of BS when they set me up. I have answered all the questions you asked me. I have some additional questions if you dont mind me asking. When I remove the carpet from the bottom and put in the real plants how will he get to the crickets. They usually are on the bottom and Jasper goes down near the bottom to get to them. Should I change it up and feed him wax worms from a dish that hangs in the plants? And Where can I get a dripper? Again thank you so much for helping me out!
First, no water bowl. Chameleons drink from a dripper and from being misted. How ofen do you mist? Do you have a dripper?
I do not have a dripper but I mist 5-6 times a day with warm water. Where can I get a dripper from?
Second, nothing on the floor. Leave it bare and you can clean it easier and no bacteria should grow.
I have fake grass on the ground. The plants in there right now are fake I am going tomorrow to buy some real plants.
Tell me about your lights. You need a Reptilesun 5.0 tube light. You can get one here: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...n-50-uvb-bulb/
I have a 40watt heat lamp for the day and a 40watt heat lamp for the night (red light) I also have a 25 watt UVB bulb and I have the lights on 7:30am-8:30pm
What kind of cham do you have and how old? You MIGHT need a basking light which can be a household bulb (40 watt or so)
I have a 2 month old Veild Cham
Your lights need to be across the top of the cage and you need allot of vines and branches 8 inches or so down from the top.
Can I just use branches from out side?
What it the white thing in the bottom?
While we are at it what are you feeding your cham? How are you gutloading the feeders? Tell me about your supplements and how you are using them.
I have a vitamin spray for the crickets and I also have an apple in with the crickets
Post a few pics of Jasper. I'd love to see him. You are off to a good start just need to make a few changes to make it perfect.
I will post some pictures in the morning when he wakes up.
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For a little 2 month old he might not be big enough to free range crickets in his cage. You could cup feed him. Here's a video about cup feeding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocvhTduOtc&feature=channel_page
You could start giving him some small worms. Wax worms are high in fat so not too many.
You can make a homemade dripper. Take a plastic cup or bowl and poke a couple of very small holes in the bottom. Fill it with very warm water and make sure it drips very slow over a vine with leaves so your little guy can drink form the leaves. Also mist for a pretty long time. It takes awhile for them to start drinking. I would mist 3 or 4 times a day for 5 minutes or so. You will need drainage for your cage. Maybe some holes in the bottom with a bucket sitting under it to catch the water.
Branches from outside are ok from most trees. Clean them well and some member bake them in the oven. Cut the branch the size you need and thumb tacks can be use on each end to hold the branches up.
You have to have the 5.0 UVB bulb like the one in the link. It has to be the tube style. A must to keep you guy from having MBD. Where do you live? If it's fairly warm in your house at 2 months old you will not need a basking bulb. How are you measuring the heat and humidity? At 2 months he should be 80 in his basking spot. At night he needs to be dark, no light, and cool so he can rest. He should be 10 degrees cooler at night than in the daytime but not below 65 at his age.
Jaspers feeders have to be "lightly" dusted with 3 kinds of supplements. Plain calcium (no d3) at just about every feeding. Calcium with d3 twice a month and a multi. vit. once a month. In this link I use the 1st, 3rd and 5th one.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/vitamins-medicines-and-cage-cleaners/
You need to gut load the crickets with more than just apple. Collard greens are excellent. You can also use kale, carrots, squash and orange. You can also buy a premixed gut load. One of the members here sales it. https://www.chameleonforums.com/gutload-sale-30579/
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your little guy!
Also here's an excellent link on keeping veileds. http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11
Hey thank you so much for answering me. I now have figured out the pet store is full of BS when they set me up. I have answered all the questions you asked me. I have some additional questions if you dont mind me asking. When I remove the carpet from the bottom and put in the real plants how will he get to the crickets. They usually are on the bottom and Jasper goes down near the bottom to get to them. Should I change it up and feed him wax worms from a dish that hangs in the plants? And Where can I get a dripper? Again thank you so much for helping me out!
First, no water bowl. Chameleons drink from a dripper and from being misted. How ofen do you mist? Do you have a dripper?
I do not have a dripper but I mist 5-6 times a day with warm water. Where can I get a dripper from?
Second, nothing on the floor. Leave it bare and you can clean it easier and no bacteria should grow.
I have fake grass on the ground. The plants in there right now are fake I am going tomorrow to buy some real plants.
Tell me about your lights. You need a Reptilesun 5.0 tube light. You can get one here: http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/...n-50-uvb-bulb/
I have a 40watt heat lamp for the day and a 40watt heat lamp for the night (red light) I also have a 25 watt UVB bulb and I have the lights on 7:30am-8:30pm
What kind of cham do you have and how old? You MIGHT need a basking light which can be a household bulb (40 watt or so)
I have a 2 month old Veild Cham
Your lights need to be across the top of the cage and you need allot of vines and branches 8 inches or so down from the top.
Can I just use branches from out side?
What it the white thing in the bottom?
While we are at it what are you feeding your cham? How are you gutloading the feeders? Tell me about your supplements and how you are using them.
I have a vitamin spray for the crickets and I also have an apple in with the crickets
Post a few pics of Jasper. I'd love to see him. You are off to a good start just need to make a few changes to make it perfect.
I will post some pictures in the morning when he wakes up.
__________________
For a little 2 month old he might not be big enough to free range crickets in his cage. You could cup feed him. Here's a video about cup feeding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocvhTduOtc&feature=channel_page
You could start giving him some small worms. Wax worms are high in fat so not too many.
You can make a homemade dripper. Take a plastic cup or bowl and poke a couple of very small holes in the bottom. Fill it with very warm water and make sure it drips very slow over a vine with leaves so your little guy can drink form the leaves. Also mist for a pretty long time. It takes awhile for them to start drinking. I would mist 3 or 4 times a day for 5 minutes or so. You will need drainage for your cage. Maybe some holes in the bottom with a bucket sitting under it to catch the water.
Branches from outside are ok from most trees. Clean them well and some member bake them in the oven. Cut the branch the size you need and thumb tacks can be use on each end to hold the branches up.
You have to have the 5.0 UVB bulb like the one in the link. It has to be the tube style. A must to keep you guy from having MBD. Where do you live? If it's fairly warm in your house at 2 months old you will not need a basking bulb. How are you measuring the heat and humidity? At 2 months he should be 80 in his basking spot. At night he needs to be dark, no light, and cool so he can rest. He should be 10 degrees cooler at night than in the daytime but not below 65 at his age.
Jaspers feeders have to be "lightly" dusted with 3 kinds of supplements. Plain calcium (no d3) at just about every feeding. Calcium with d3 twice a month and a multi. vit. once a month. In this link I use the 1st, 3rd and 5th one.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/vitamins-medicines-and-cage-cleaners/
You need to gut load the crickets with more than just apple. Collard greens are excellent. You can also use kale, carrots, squash and orange. You can also buy a premixed gut load. One of the members here sales it. https://www.chameleonforums.com/gutload-sale-30579/
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your little guy!
Also here's an excellent link on keeping veileds. http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11
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renzo0684
Avid Member
For a little 2 month old he might not be big enough to free range crickets in his cage. You could cup feed him. Here's a video about cup feeding: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IocvhTduOtc&feature=channel_page
You could start giving him some small worms. Wax worms are high in fat so not too many.
You can make a homemade dripper. Take a plastic cup or bowl and poke a couple of very small holes in the bottom. Fill it with very warm water and make sure it drips very slow over a vine with leaves so your little guy can drink form the leaves. Also mist for a pretty long time. It takes awhile for them to start drinking. I would mist 3 or 4 times a day for 5 minutes or so. You will need drainage for your cage. Maybe some holes in the bottom with a bucket sitting under it to catch the water.
Branches from outside are ok from most trees. Clean them well and some member bake them in the oven. Cut the branch the size you need and thumb tacks can be use on each end to hold the branches up.
You have to have the 5.0 UVB bulb like the one in the link. It has to be the tube style. A must to keep you guy from having MBD. Where do you live? If it's fairly warm in your house at 2 months old you will not need a basking bulb. How are you measuring the heat and humidity? At 2 months he should be 80 in his basking spot. At night he needs to be dark, no light, and cool so he can rest. He should be 10 degrees cooler at night than in the daytime but not below 65 at his age.
Jaspers feeders have to be "lightly" dusted with 3 kinds of supplements. Plain calcium (no d3) at just about every feeding. Calcium with d3 twice a month and a multi. vit. once a month. In this link I use the 1st, 3rd and 5th one.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/vitamins-medicines-and-cage-cleaners/
You need to gut load the crickets with more than just apple. Collard greens are excellent. You can also use kale, carrots, squash and orange. You can also buy a premixed gut load. One of the members here sales it. https://www.chameleonforums.com/gutload-sale-30579/
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your little guy!
Also here's an excellent link on keeping veileds. http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11[/QUOTE]
I am headed to home depot today. I actually spent all night (like til 3:30am) reading just about evrything on this forum site. I am going to get an unbrella plan and a Ficus. I am going to get all the fakegrass out of there and I am going to make me a home made dripper for now. I will post pictures of my progress today. Again thank you so much!!
You could start giving him some small worms. Wax worms are high in fat so not too many.
You can make a homemade dripper. Take a plastic cup or bowl and poke a couple of very small holes in the bottom. Fill it with very warm water and make sure it drips very slow over a vine with leaves so your little guy can drink form the leaves. Also mist for a pretty long time. It takes awhile for them to start drinking. I would mist 3 or 4 times a day for 5 minutes or so. You will need drainage for your cage. Maybe some holes in the bottom with a bucket sitting under it to catch the water.
Branches from outside are ok from most trees. Clean them well and some member bake them in the oven. Cut the branch the size you need and thumb tacks can be use on each end to hold the branches up.
You have to have the 5.0 UVB bulb like the one in the link. It has to be the tube style. A must to keep you guy from having MBD. Where do you live? If it's fairly warm in your house at 2 months old you will not need a basking bulb. How are you measuring the heat and humidity? At 2 months he should be 80 in his basking spot. At night he needs to be dark, no light, and cool so he can rest. He should be 10 degrees cooler at night than in the daytime but not below 65 at his age.
Jaspers feeders have to be "lightly" dusted with 3 kinds of supplements. Plain calcium (no d3) at just about every feeding. Calcium with d3 twice a month and a multi. vit. once a month. In this link I use the 1st, 3rd and 5th one.
http://lllreptile.com/store/catalog/reptile-supplies/vitamins-medicines-and-cage-cleaners/
You need to gut load the crickets with more than just apple. Collard greens are excellent. You can also use kale, carrots, squash and orange. You can also buy a premixed gut load. One of the members here sales it. https://www.chameleonforums.com/gutload-sale-30579/
Looking forward to seeing pictures of your little guy!
Also here's an excellent link on keeping veileds. http://raisingkittytheveiledchamele...-max=2008-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=11[/QUOTE]
I am headed to home depot today. I actually spent all night (like til 3:30am) reading just about evrything on this forum site. I am going to get an unbrella plan and a Ficus. I am going to get all the fakegrass out of there and I am going to make me a home made dripper for now. I will post pictures of my progress today. Again thank you so much!!
beeze
Avid Member
The Raising Kitty the veiled chameleon is excellent to read for information.
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleo...max-results=11[/QUOTE]
Keep us posted with your progress.
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleo...max-results=11[/QUOTE]
Keep us posted with your progress.
QuioteCham
New Member
What pet start told you this set up (original) was correct? What city is it located?
renzo0684
Avid Member
I have added a home made dripper now and also I used a feeder cup exactly like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_od47TlbXA
CleaTheChameleon
New Member
Im glad to see that you made the changes right away. Much better! My video with the feeding cup that jannb showed you is one way you can do it. The video you showed us is also good and will still work. Im glad your taking your time to listen to what people on here have to say to help you. Some( not most) people will start fighting back and saying rude things and not taking advice. Good job on the cage!
renzo0684
Avid Member
I have a 25 watt UVB and a 40 watt basking light. I ordered the supplements that Jannb suggested. I went and bought some calcium until my shipment arrives. I am also getting the tube light also suggested I think I may have to order that as well because I couldnt find it around town
beeze
Avid Member
Another member posted this place and they have the UVB bulbs cheaper and the supplements. Make sure to get this kind of bulb. Very important. http://www.petmountain.com/product/...lbs/504985/zoo-med-reptisun-5.0-uvb-bulb.html
You can buy your fixture at WalMart or Home Depot cheaper.
You need the top three supplements and you will use the green one at just about every feeding. http://www.petmountain.com/category/417/1/reptile-supplements.html
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