Chameleon Info:
Cage Info:
Current Problem - Our thermostat is currently not functioning properly, and he opens his mouth and puffs up if we turn the basking light directly on without the thermostat to control it (understandably). The basking spot is around 10-15 cm away from the light, but we have a vine for him to go up and down as he likes. Is the basking light too strong? Or too close to the basking spot? Also, why do we never see him eat anything other than the wax worms that we hand feed him?
- Your Chameleon - Veiled (Yemen) Male Chameleon, one month old. I've had it for 3 days
- Handling - He is rather friendly, likes coming out of the terrarium once or even twice a day.
- Feeding - We were suggested locusts and crickets, medium sized (only fed him locusts so far). Generally he kind of avoids them altogether, but they seem to disappear overnight. Not sure if they're dead or have been eaten early in the morning, but we've never seen him hunt them. We also give him wax worms, have given him 2 on different days so far. There are generally 2 or 3 locusts in his terrarium (we're not sure how often to feed him, so we make sure there are a couple at all times)
- Supplements - We were advised to dust crickets twice a week with calcium powder.
- Watering - We have a mister and we usually mist the terrarium three times a day. We do it until there is plenty of water dripping from leaves for him to drink.
- Fecal Description - Darkish brown, normal consistency, has not been tested for parasytes.
- History - None that we know of..
Cage Info:
- Cage Type - 61hx61wx45d (centimetres) glass (exoterra)
- Lighting - basking - ExoTerra Intense Basking Spot 100w (he seems to have a problem with it, so right now we have changed it to a regular yellow light bulb which he likes a lot more); -uv - ExoTerra UVB 200; The cage is lit from 8:30AM to 8:30 PM
- Temperature - The basking spot reaches 32 C (90 F) Not sure about the floor as we currently only have one thermometer which is placed where the basking spot is. The lowest temp overnight is 25 C (75 F)
- Humidity - We have been advised to mist the terrarium regularly, so we do it 3 times a day.
- Plants - No live plants
- Placement - It's by a window, about 1.5m from the floor level.
- Location - United Kingdom
Current Problem - Our thermostat is currently not functioning properly, and he opens his mouth and puffs up if we turn the basking light directly on without the thermostat to control it (understandably). The basking spot is around 10-15 cm away from the light, but we have a vine for him to go up and down as he likes. Is the basking light too strong? Or too close to the basking spot? Also, why do we never see him eat anything other than the wax worms that we hand feed him?