Silkyslim
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Chameleon Info:
* Your Chameleon - 7 mo. Male Sambava Panther. Have had him for 3 days now.
* Handling - I have yet to even try. Want to but I think my guys stressed
* Feeding - crickets gutloaded with lots of various fruits and veggies (no cabbage family or spinach) Fed 15 crickets on day one, 5 crickets dusted with RepCal Herpative and a superworm on day 2. No food today for day 3. Dubia colony arrives within the week, everything is in order to get those suckers breeding for me as my main food source in the future.
* Supplements - RepCal Herpative & Cal w/ D3. Sticky Tongue farms Minerall indoor (still hasn't arrived yet from the northwest) I will go Fridays alternating between the RepCal products with the sticky tongue the other days.
* Watering - I have a Mist King installed, that mists 3x a day for a total of 7 mins. I have seen him drink on day 1 and 2.
* Fecal Description - The poos are good but the urates have been getting more and more orange, day 3 is 2nd poo and its all orange He was tested less than a week ago.
* History - He just arrived from Northwest Chameleons the other day.
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - 2x2x4 LLL Reptile aluminum screen
* Lighting - 18" ReptiGlo 5.0, 18" 5000k color "natural Sunshine" bulb, and 75 W reg. bulb in 8.5" ceramic heat lamp. Lights on @ 7:00 am and out at 7:30pm. Will be adjusting lengths with the seasons too.
* Temperature - Basking spot was at 86.4 last reading. Cage floor reads 77.8 right now. Lowest overnight temp so far was 68 bottom and 73 top. I use 2 Fluker's digital thermo/hygrometer.
* Humidity - Right now after 2nd mist its at 80%. Usually drops down to 60% by night time. Maintained with mist king on schedule listed above.
* Plants - Yes, 3' Ficus, and 2 umbrella plants. 12" of fake vine and 3 sticks of various depth within the cage.
* Placement - In my room it is very low traffic. I have a ceiling fan I keep on low. The top of the cage is over 6' from the floor. The cage is close to a picture window with the shades usually closed.
* Location - Central Wisconsin.
I filled this out so I could have record and also because I am somewhat worried about him because he has been kinda dark yesterday and today so far. Even his white stripe is kinda gray and his greens are dark too.
He is walking around his cage but doing so on the screening mostly.
I am just new to this and want to make sure I am doing it right. I have done a lot of reading so far and feel my husbandry is good but atm his color tells me it isn't, I could be wrong though. I'll snap some pics quick on my phone and upload them too. What do you guys think?
My major concern is his orange urates (might install a drip cup too for more water supply) and his overall color. How does me set up seem to you?
Once I brought out my camera he brightened up and hasnt really changed. Maybe its just my inexperience and concern but I want everyone to see him. Hes so pretty
* Your Chameleon - 7 mo. Male Sambava Panther. Have had him for 3 days now.
* Handling - I have yet to even try. Want to but I think my guys stressed
* Feeding - crickets gutloaded with lots of various fruits and veggies (no cabbage family or spinach) Fed 15 crickets on day one, 5 crickets dusted with RepCal Herpative and a superworm on day 2. No food today for day 3. Dubia colony arrives within the week, everything is in order to get those suckers breeding for me as my main food source in the future.
* Supplements - RepCal Herpative & Cal w/ D3. Sticky Tongue farms Minerall indoor (still hasn't arrived yet from the northwest) I will go Fridays alternating between the RepCal products with the sticky tongue the other days.
* Watering - I have a Mist King installed, that mists 3x a day for a total of 7 mins. I have seen him drink on day 1 and 2.
* Fecal Description - The poos are good but the urates have been getting more and more orange, day 3 is 2nd poo and its all orange He was tested less than a week ago.
* History - He just arrived from Northwest Chameleons the other day.
Cage Info:
* Cage Type - 2x2x4 LLL Reptile aluminum screen
* Lighting - 18" ReptiGlo 5.0, 18" 5000k color "natural Sunshine" bulb, and 75 W reg. bulb in 8.5" ceramic heat lamp. Lights on @ 7:00 am and out at 7:30pm. Will be adjusting lengths with the seasons too.
* Temperature - Basking spot was at 86.4 last reading. Cage floor reads 77.8 right now. Lowest overnight temp so far was 68 bottom and 73 top. I use 2 Fluker's digital thermo/hygrometer.
* Humidity - Right now after 2nd mist its at 80%. Usually drops down to 60% by night time. Maintained with mist king on schedule listed above.
* Plants - Yes, 3' Ficus, and 2 umbrella plants. 12" of fake vine and 3 sticks of various depth within the cage.
* Placement - In my room it is very low traffic. I have a ceiling fan I keep on low. The top of the cage is over 6' from the floor. The cage is close to a picture window with the shades usually closed.
* Location - Central Wisconsin.
I filled this out so I could have record and also because I am somewhat worried about him because he has been kinda dark yesterday and today so far. Even his white stripe is kinda gray and his greens are dark too.
He is walking around his cage but doing so on the screening mostly.
I am just new to this and want to make sure I am doing it right. I have done a lot of reading so far and feel my husbandry is good but atm his color tells me it isn't, I could be wrong though. I'll snap some pics quick on my phone and upload them too. What do you guys think?
My major concern is his orange urates (might install a drip cup too for more water supply) and his overall color. How does me set up seem to you?
Once I brought out my camera he brightened up and hasnt really changed. Maybe its just my inexperience and concern but I want everyone to see him. Hes so pretty