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[mohamed]

hey every body,

I'm going to buy a new cham (( veiled chameleon )) but I Need Some answers
1- How can I be sure that the cham is %100 vieled ?? any signs
2- how to know if it's healthy ?? By the way I saw it and it's very green
3- how many insects should it eats a day ??
4- what is the right temperature outside door is great for the chameleon ??

 

[Sang]

well, 100% vieled will definatly have a casque or like hmm how to describe it, well a pointy triangular shaped dome on his head. females will have a smaller one, and babies won't have it tilll later.

healthy depends on a lot of things, check out
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

depending on age is what is relevant to how many it should eat, once again i refer you to raisingkitty.

lastly outside is good, as long as you provide lots of shade for him to get away from the sun.

hotest temps probably shouldn't exceed 85.but i think vieled will tolerate up to 90.
refering once again to raising kitty, that site should tell you everything you need to know.

 

[mohamed]

thanks sang

 

[mohamed]

I have an UVB light and I didn't use it for 5 months should I replace it ?? , maybe I used it for just three days, does it mater ??

 

[summoner12]

I have an UVB light and I didn't use it for 5 months should I replace it ?? , maybe I used it for just three days, does it mater ??

A UVB lamp only gets 'used up' when it is on. if it sits in a box, its fine.

What kind of UVB lamp is it? Please check out the UV Guide website. You do NOT want to buy compact (screw in type) UVB lamps. Stick to the ZooMed Reptisun 5.0 linear tube. They are proven to have the best quality of light for the longest amount of time and there are no harmful levels of UV emitted from the lamp.

BAD, do not buy this style lamp.

Good (This picture shows a 10.0 lamp. 10.0 is good for dark, tall, plastic mesh cages. 5.0 is better for window screen style cages.)

 

[mohamed]

yeah I have the Reptisun 5.0 but it wasn't in a box it was uncovered is it fine ?? but not used

 

[Brad Ramsey]

It should be good for 6 months of use.
If it hasn't been used it is fine.

-Brad

 

[mohamed]

thanks brad

 

[mohamed]

I'm want to know how can I know that the vieled cham is vieled %100 because the last time I bought one the guys here told me that it's a Mediterranean chameleon ?? so how

 

[tburgcris]

The veiled chameleon has a what I refer to as a shark fin on the top of its head. Like when a shark is going to eat u, you see a fin just above the water coming to get u. Well the veiled has that fin sticking up off the tip of its head. Can't miss it...

 

[Sang]

sharks don't really hunt like that though. usually you only see the fin if they are investigating.


the casque on the head is the "fin" that he is refering to.

 

[kinyonga]

Mediterranean chameleon...
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/cchamaeleon.html

Veiled chameleon...casques are different between the two species, patterns are different as adults....
http://www.adcham.com/html/taxonomy/species/chcalyptratus.html
Male veiled have the big casque...
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1147646875056094951MKWaGS
Female veileds also have a bigger/higher casque than Mediterranean females do...
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/1147634656056094951eGlxIk

This page shows both species so you can compare them...
http://www.animalpicturesarchive.com/list.php?qry=Chamaeleo chamaeleon

The care of both species is very similar...the coloration is brighter on the veileds and the casques more showy...but if you just want a chameleon either would be good.

 

[mohamed]

thanks every body thanks very much

 

[cacoonkitty]

a veiled chams colours are that of pale yellow green and orange with hints of brown and when they are babys they are normaly that of pea green or darker if sterssed out or cold, they will not have the FIN shape crest on there head untill they are a little older and it wil get bigger as they grow older as mentioned above, they have small soft spikes running along there underside from there chin to there back end ,they grow up to18- 24 inches long nose to tail tip as a male and femals around 14 inches and the lady lizard will not have such a head Fin or such bright colours ,they need to be kept at around 60 %humidity and at around 80 F in ambient air temp(this means the temp taken in the center of your viv u can use a termostat to maintain this connected to your heating devices ) and have lots of branches and trees to climb over with a dripping system arranged over the leaves so the water splashes down so they can drink as they will not drink from a water dish ,(put a shllow dish below to catch spare drips or you will have a wet viv) a large verticaly screened viv is recomended, with a basking bulb in one top corner shining onto a branch so they can vist there to warm up if needs be (make sure its outside the viv shining in so they cant burn themself) and use a strip u.v bulb 10.0 if using a screen viv as the screen filters out some u.v as discussed above(change every 6 months or u.v will wear out), make sure that you mist your cham and enclosure heavily twice a day morning and early evening so he will be able to drink and to keep humidity up and use live plants like ficus inside his enclosuer (washed and re-potted in clean non fertilized soil) this will help humidity and give him some arial pathways. feed babys every day while they are growing on small locust or smallish crickets or other insect feeders no bigger than his mouth about 4 or 5 will be ok per time and increase size of food as he gets older and bigger, feed adults every other day about 4 or 5 locust /or a few more if these are smaller insects like crickets. take any un eaten food out after a few days .dust food wilth a calcium /repti vits powder 2 times per week,also veileds chams eat( non toxic )greens like dandilions and hibiscus leaves and flowers and romain so make sure you include this in his diet! and make sure you turn heating and lights of at night ,chams like a drop in temps so they can sleep. hope this has helped. katt. x