New member seeking experts to talk about my reptibreeze:)

[Loni]

I am new to the Cham world but have done my research (reference books, "chameleons in captivity" and many online sites including screameleons) I am the owner of a 6 month old Panther Cham. When I got him, the previous owner had him in a glass exo terra enclosure and had a running waterfall for his drinking water (bad!! bacteria!!). Since receiving him I had changed to a Large Reptibreeze screen enclosure and use a habba mister. I have been running into a few problems lately however, the glass held the humidity well at 60%, the screen barely reaches 40% now. Living in Ontario Canada makes that difficult. The habba mister although it sprays the plants (one pothos and the rest being fake), after only one mist the paper towels i have placed on the bottom are soaked. the water then ends up leaking out the bottom of the reptibreeze because there is only a flat base. the mister also hits my furniture being that it sprays through the screen, so i am having two thin, sheets of plexi-glass cut to cover a small portion of the back of the enclosure as well as one side to prevent the spray, but still keep good ventilation. I also have a 60 watt blue basking bulb that makes the basking spot around 87F, but dries the leaves of their water very quickly. Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions and if i'm doing alright. It just seems that even tho i have ben following instructions and doing everything 'right" i still keep running into problems. Thank you for your help!

 

[Elizadolots]

I think the plexiglass will help you with your humidity. I don't know about a "blue basking bulb"...I use a reptisun 5.0 tube plus a regular household bulb for heat.

Drainage is your friend. I would drill a hole in the plastic bottom, then position the cage over a rubbermade or sterilite "drawer" with holes drilled in the top of the drawer frame.

that way, the water will drain into the drawer and you can empty it.

 

[ataraxia]

habbamister comes with a hose and nozzle. mount this at the top of the cage so it sprays down.

water at the bottom of the cage....you may have to see where it puddles and drill a hole, glue a fitting on the bottom and place a bucket under the cage.

temps...your panther a male or female?

humidity: fluxuating humidity is the best imo. make sure the cage is being sprayed atleast 3 times a day.

 

[Loni]

the blue bulb is the one screameleons recommends. its 60 watts and makes a basking spot of 84-87F. I also have a reptisun 5.0 across the top.

It is a 6 month old male.

thank you for your suggestions guys. any suggestions how to elevate the cage if i go with the bucket method?

Also what range of fluctuating humidity would be appropriate? I've always read 40-60%, mine usually stays between 38-55%. Im sure with the plexiglass it will retain a lot more.

 

[Stanly]

More live plants may help your humidity (your plexiglas should help), I agree on drainage, you have to spray a chameleon cage to much for paper towels to work well (imo).