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[El Camaleon]

I just joined this forum, and I hope to learn as much as possible from the experienced keepers here. I just purchased my second chameleon that I was told is a 5 month old male ambilobe panther. I had a WC jackson 4 years ago that passed away due to bad health. Here is some info on the schedule and setup for my current chameleon.

- 8:00am lights on
- 9:00am 5 min hand mist
- 11:00am feed 6 calcium dusted medium sized crickets
- 12:00pm 2 min hand mist
- 2:00pm 6 crickets
- 3:00pm 2 min mist
- 6:00pm 5 min mist
- 8:00pm lights out

The setup
- cage is a 18x 18x 36
- repti glo 5.0 14w linear tube with a aquarium reflector
- basking lamp with a Zilla blue incandescent 50w bulb
- a golden pothos
- some plastic vines
- a dripper
- zoomed temp and humidity analog gauges

I supplement zoomed repti calcium without d3 daily and with d3 twice a month with a multivitamin.

 

[panther67]

You wan to feed him soon after the lights come on as they need the warmth to digest. I personally use the reptisun 5.0.

 

[robmd1]

nice girl ya got there, everything else looks good to..

 

[El Camaleon]

More pics of the setup

 

[El Camaleon]

nice girl ya got there, everything else looks good to..

I knew it was a female. I was just not sure but the guy said male i even told him it looks female.

 

[El Camaleon]

You wan to feed him soon after the lights come on as they need the warmth to digest. I personally use the reptisun 5.0.

yeah most chameleon keepers i know use reptisun but i got it with the chameleon.

 

[El Camaleon]

I forgot to mention the basking temps stay at 88 deg and the humidity around 70% after the mist and stay around 55% most the time.

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. She's quite the lovely lady! You need to lower her temps. I have a blog for new keepers attached below with a section for the female and I'm also going to attach my egg laying/laying bin blog for you. She'll be needing a laying bin soon.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/jannb/345-egg-laying-laying-bin.html#comment824

 

[jessica]

Welcome to the forum Nice looking girl!

You may want to ditch the analog thermometer and pick up a cheap digital one from Wal Mart or Home Depot. Analog have been known to be inaccurate.

 

[El Camaleon]

Welcome to the forum Nice looking girl!

You may want to ditch the analog thermometer and pick up a cheap digital one from Wal Mart or Home Depot. Analog have been known to be inaccurate.

I was thinking about picking one up but i have read reviews about the walmart hygrometers being 10%-12% inaccurate.