New Enclosure

[Tateg]

Hi all, here are some pic of my new enclosure, it's for a jackson's chameleon Please post suggestions Here's a link to the photo
http://s644.photobucket.com/albums/uu163/Jacksonii/?action=view&current=DSCN3581.jpg&newest=1

 

[adamkwas]

Looks good. But, I would add some more vegetation and climing spots. What lighting are you using? What species of Jacksonii are you getting? What is the size of that cage? How old of an animal are you getting?



Adam

 

[Fearaffect]

Yea, more climbing opportunities for the little guy/girl. and get a humidifier, you'll need it big time!!

 

[Tateg]

Hi,
I have a humidifier, I'm buying another schflerra that is a bit taller, for lighting I have a 25 watt bulb and a reptisun 18" 5.0, the cage is 16" x 15" x 20", I also have a 24" x 24" x 48" for when it gets bigger EDIT: the chameleon will be a C.J. xantolophus it will be around 4-5 months when I get it.

 

[Pure]

I took the liberty of posting one of those pic for you, so people don't have to click a link.

Ok on your cage, as what's been said provide the guy with more climbing area. You don't need "strong" plants for this. Just buy dowels or preferably bamboo sticks and make a climbing structure for them. I just use zip ties to put them all together, and stick the base in the plant post.

Those three gages you are using are pretty much all a POS. They aren't accurate. Buy yourself a good digital thermometer/hydrometer. That way you can at least see how far off those gages are. Then you can use that as a base line for estimating the real readings they should be showing you. Also having them on the bottom like that is going to mess with their accuracy even more. Water will puddle up on them making the temp reading lower than it should be and the humidity higher than it actually is.

You should also really think about adding some sort of drainage.

 

[Tateg]

Thanks for posting that, I have some bamboo in my yard I can put in the oven and use