mealworms or crickets?
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ChameleonRave
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This is very true. I had gotten the approval for this set up from the pet store lady. Heck, I even went to another and they said it was okay until it got bigger. But yes, I guess I have a summer project now.Thank you all very much
To cut back on cost's you can even build your own cage.
ChameleonRave
Avid Member
If you do a search through the forum you should be able to find blueprints to one, basically wood, and screen. c:
Hoj
Friendly Grasshopper
hereis my how to for the cages pictured
https://www.chameleonforums.com/enclosure-how-pics-pt1-55241/
i also have the measurments for it
https://www.chameleonforums.com/enclosure-how-pics-pt1-55241/
i also have the measurments for it
camimom
New Member
While pet shops can be very helpful regarding certain species, chams are their own world. I bought my set up (not including live plants, and minus the cham price of 50 bucks) for 192 dollars. Then I spent another 30-40 bucks on fake and live plants. SInce my guy is still so small, I have him housed in a 2x1x2 ft zoomed mesh cage. In about 3-4 months, I will have to get/build him a large cage, roughly 3 by 2 by 4 for his adult size. As you also have a veiled, you will need similar settings. Be prepared to spend a few hundred bucks to set everything up. The most expensive thing is getting the habitat set up, not the lizard himself. Mine was only 50 bucks, but I spent a good 200 bucks on a cage and lights, and he will out grow his cage in probably 3 months, if that.
Do you know the gender of your baby? Taking care of them can be challenging, frustrating, irritating, smelly, but it can be fun, amazing, more entertaining than tv, and addicting!
Good luck and ask any and all questions here. No question is stupid
Side note- As he is so small, it would be best to start with a smaller cage, so that you don't lose him in the foliage and so that if for w/e reason he falls, he doesn't have as far to go. ALso, you need to know the gender, if you have a female, they can start laying eggs as early as six months, and dealing with that is another world all its own.
Do you know the gender of your baby? Taking care of them can be challenging, frustrating, irritating, smelly, but it can be fun, amazing, more entertaining than tv, and addicting!
Good luck and ask any and all questions here. No question is stupid
Side note- As he is so small, it would be best to start with a smaller cage, so that you don't lose him in the foliage and so that if for w/e reason he falls, he doesn't have as far to go. ALso, you need to know the gender, if you have a female, they can start laying eggs as early as six months, and dealing with that is another world all its own.
Justin Ward
Established Member
you said you dont supplement your cham?...what kind of cham did you have before bc i find it hard to believe that you had it for 3 years without supplementing it, or did you supplement your old cham? just curious
Rune
New Member
I spent 569 $ and I dont even have an adult cage yet. DX And thats what I get for being uneducated.
camimom
New Member
Jeez. What did your cham cost? My cage was 89 bucks. then the lights and feeders and the cham himself. Like I said, I have a small cage cuz I got my cham at 2 weeks old.
javsto
New Member
Ive seen most pet stores selling these "pre-setup" aquariums for different eco-zone lizard/reptiles. He probably purchased the gecko or snake "starter" kit
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4070845
based on what the local salesperson recommended.
you should look into getting one of these aluminum screen cages
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3355600
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3355595
If its too expensive for you just look around at other store or craigslist/ebay for a used one or sometimes you can find it cheaper on amazon.com too.
