ilovereptar
New Member
THIS IS MY FIRST POST!
I would like to start off first and foremost by thanking all of you wonderful people who are active in this forum. Even though this is my first post, everything I have learned about taking care of my chameleon has been through this website. It is an excellent database full of knowledge- and even more so, full of personal opinions and experiences.
My chameleons name is Reptar. He is a fun loving 7 month old ambilobe. He went from a starter 14"x14"x24" cage, and I have just recently built him an extravagant kingdom, 36"x60"x18". Inside of his cage I have a schefellera tree, specific information is unknown, I bought it from a garden center. There are 3 individual plants bound together, laying in my tub. Reptar LOVES IT.
I have supported the tallest branched by attaching fake vines that I purchased from pet smart to support it, because my little fatty bends them quite often whenever he is hunting for crickets, or taking it easy and gulping the superworms at the bottom of his cage.
I am making this post because, with the large dimensions of the cage, i am trying to sufficiently light and give my pet the UVA/UVB it needs to be a healthy and fun loving chameleon.
At the top of the cage, i have assembled a Repti Glo 2.0 as well as a Repti Glo 10.0, as a means of giving him both types of light that he needs. However, the two bulbs alone were not bright enough to light the entire cage, but rather 35-40% of it, so I just recently purchased a 100w blue light bulb from pet smart to light the other side of the cage, as well as providing him a basking light. Is this chamelesuicide for my pet? Am i giving him toooo much light?
0362 = Reptar
0359 = The Cage
0297 = The schefellera before we put it in the cage, and you can see his little home that he used to have behind it.
I would like to start off first and foremost by thanking all of you wonderful people who are active in this forum. Even though this is my first post, everything I have learned about taking care of my chameleon has been through this website. It is an excellent database full of knowledge- and even more so, full of personal opinions and experiences.
My chameleons name is Reptar. He is a fun loving 7 month old ambilobe. He went from a starter 14"x14"x24" cage, and I have just recently built him an extravagant kingdom, 36"x60"x18". Inside of his cage I have a schefellera tree, specific information is unknown, I bought it from a garden center. There are 3 individual plants bound together, laying in my tub. Reptar LOVES IT.
I have supported the tallest branched by attaching fake vines that I purchased from pet smart to support it, because my little fatty bends them quite often whenever he is hunting for crickets, or taking it easy and gulping the superworms at the bottom of his cage.
I am making this post because, with the large dimensions of the cage, i am trying to sufficiently light and give my pet the UVA/UVB it needs to be a healthy and fun loving chameleon.
At the top of the cage, i have assembled a Repti Glo 2.0 as well as a Repti Glo 10.0, as a means of giving him both types of light that he needs. However, the two bulbs alone were not bright enough to light the entire cage, but rather 35-40% of it, so I just recently purchased a 100w blue light bulb from pet smart to light the other side of the cage, as well as providing him a basking light. Is this chamelesuicide for my pet? Am i giving him toooo much light?
0362 = Reptar
0359 = The Cage
0297 = The schefellera before we put it in the cage, and you can see his little home that he used to have behind it.