Just a few questions before I order...

[mychamtini112012]

Okay, so before I order all my new things for my new veiled chameleon, I want to make sure I’m buying the right things before I send the order off. She’s six months old, and I have had her for a week. She’s doing well and is now allowing me to hold her for a bit and let me hand feed her.

I’m buying a DIYcage with 2’x2’x4’ dimensions. But I need ideas for good plants. I was thinking pothos, ficus, or a hibiscus. I know they are okay to put in the cage but I didn’t know which was the best. I was thinking off putting them on the bottom of the cage and someone said putting reptile carpet over them to prevent them from eating the soil.? I was also wondering if I cleaned some sticks from outside really really well would they be safe to put in the new cage with her for her to climb on.?

I also need a good place to order the supplements. I have some now, but the pet store that is closest to me carries very little of it and is often out. I heard that if you fed them Repashy Cal Plus and gut load the crickets with bug burger that was all they need. Is that true.? My pet stores also only sell crickets for live feeders, and I was looking at ordering two more to give her more of a variety. I was wondering what kind of feeders are easy to keep and not roaches, as my mom has band them from the house.

 

[AndrewWelch]

I have the same cage you are ordering, I put in a umbrella tree in and that covers a good portion of the cage. I build a stand that holds vines and spread them across the cage. If you are going to get sticks from outside I would put them in the oven first and clean them really well afterwards. That should be fine.

 

[mychamtini112012]

Are those pretty easy to take care of.? And do you have a picture of the cage, I just don't quite understand what you meant by you built a stand. Okay, I'll defiantly make sure I clean them like that before I put them in. Someone else something about powerwashing them for ten minutes scrubbing them with hot water and then powerwashing them again. But if the oven one sounds better.

 

[lindstedt56]

Call the roaches beetles it works in my house

 

[Solid Snake]

Yes, they are cute little beetles. I highly recomend the diy cage, and the repashy...and the "beetles, small pet feeders is a good place to go...

 

[mychamtini112012]

With the Repashy do I need to also dust with the D3 supplement and multivitamins.? Well if the 'bettles' don't work what are other good feeders to go with.?

 

[camimom]

With the Repashy do I need to also dust with the D3 supplement and multivitamins.? Well if the 'bettles' don't work what are other good feeders to go with.?

no. the repashy is an all in one, nothing else needed.
crickets are a staple feeder, dubia roaches are a staple feeder, i believe some people use silkworms too (though thats cuz her cham wont eat crickets) and i think locusts are used too.

 

[Olimpia]

Okay, so before I order all my new things for my new veiled chameleon, I want to make sure I’m buying the right things before I send the order off. She’s six months old, and I have had her for a week. She’s doing well and is now allowing me to hold her for a bit and let me hand feed her.

I’m buying a DIYcage with 2’x2’x4’ dimensions. But I need ideas for good plants. I was thinking pothos, ficus, or a hibiscus. I know they are okay to put in the cage but I didn’t know which was the best. All of these are fine, there is no one "best" plant. Hibiscus is hard to keep alive (for me) because it's tough to give them enough light. Perhaps if the cage is in a very bright room that would help. I use pothos and ficus in my cages and they do really well. I was thinking off putting them on the bottom of the cage and someone said putting reptile carpet over them to prevent them from eating the soil.? The idea is that you don't want to allow your cham to eat soil, because usually it contains fertilizers and perlite. I use organic soil for my plants but you can take something like larger river rocks (they sell them at the dollar stores) and just cover the soil with them. You won't need to wash the rocks like you would the reptile carpet. I was also wondering if I cleaned some sticks from outside really really well would they be safe to put in the new cage with her for her to climb on.? Yep, you can use branches from outside. If they are big you can just rinse them off and stick them in the cage. If they are small and you want to you can bake them as well.

I also need a good place to order the supplements. I like Pangea reptile. They have all the supplements I need, but there are other online stores like LLL Reptile or whatnot. I have some now, but the pet store that is closest to me carries very little of it and is often out. I heard that if you fed them Repashy Cal Plus and gut load the crickets with bug burger that was all they need. Is that true.? Sure, yea. The supplement is the only one you need, and the gut load is pretty decent as well. I use both, but I like mixing in other fruits and veggies occasionally. But you don't have to, they're supposed to stand alone and offer complete nutrition.My pet stores also only sell crickets for live feeders, and I was looking at ordering two more to give her more of a variety. I was wondering what kind of feeders are easy to keep and not roaches, as my mom has band them from the house. I like superworms. They live like a year if you feed them and can change into beetles to breed if you want them too. I always have them available because I feel they are an easy and convenient back-up feeder, and just to add variety. You can also order in butterworms (they live in the fridge with no food), hornworms (but they grow quickly), silkworms, etc. Unfortunately something like Dubia or Discoid roches are super easy to keep and breed as well.

My responses in blue.

 

[mychamtini112012]

ill keep an eye out for those plants then and make sure to get some sticks from outside. ill probably use the rock idea, as that sounds easier to keep clean. well then ill probably order those two things then, since those work well and theres nothing around where I live. I will look up butterworms and silkworms, and maybe try and talk my mom into the beattles. it might work...thanks. that was super helpful.