Hi everyone,
I bought a baby veiled chameleon a few weeks ago. I had done quite a bit of research and thought I had the basics covered before I went and bought him. Good thing I did some research because the pet store I bought him from gave me NO INFO on his care really.
Here are a few of my questions, and I am sure there will be many more
How much and how often to feed? I asked them and they said he gets 3-4 small crickets a day, which is what I have been feeding.
As far as his age, they didn't tell me. I know he is a baby (body is only about 2 inches without the tail).
I made a mistake that I just discovered and I am horrified!!! I have been dusting his crickets every day and just discovered that my Repti Calcium has D3.... OMG!!! I am praying that I haven't done any damage, and will not dust at all until I get out to the store in the next day or two and get plain calcium.
He is currently in a 10 gal tank with a screen top. We are planning on building a screen enclosure for him soon.
He has a UVB light that is diagonally across the top, and then a basking light on one end.
I have a thermometer in each end. The basking area is about 90, and the other end is about 70ish. In the beginning, the cooler end was more like 80ish, so not sure what that is about... I would say the middle of the tank is probably about that, 80ish.
Do those temps seem okay? He doesn't spend any time really in the basking end, but seems to prefer the cooler end. I am thinking that I will raise the basking light a bit so it's not quite so hot. But I had read in my prior research that the basking end should be 90-95?
He has both vertical and horizontal vines and fake plants, and then has a live pothos in the cooler end. He hangs out on the pothos stems and leaves all the time.
Just tried putting two meal worms in the cage. He was right next to them and climbed up and away. I felt bad so I took one out (can't find the other one without really rummaging around and stressing him out), and gave him his three crickets.
I mist the cage at least twice a day, and have just set up a homemade dripper that drips on the leaves of the pothos and into the soil.
Any help for this new owner would be so greatly appreciated!!!
I just love Stitch, and want to all that I can for him to care for him properly.
I bought a baby veiled chameleon a few weeks ago. I had done quite a bit of research and thought I had the basics covered before I went and bought him. Good thing I did some research because the pet store I bought him from gave me NO INFO on his care really.
Here are a few of my questions, and I am sure there will be many more
How much and how often to feed? I asked them and they said he gets 3-4 small crickets a day, which is what I have been feeding.
As far as his age, they didn't tell me. I know he is a baby (body is only about 2 inches without the tail).
I made a mistake that I just discovered and I am horrified!!! I have been dusting his crickets every day and just discovered that my Repti Calcium has D3.... OMG!!! I am praying that I haven't done any damage, and will not dust at all until I get out to the store in the next day or two and get plain calcium.
He is currently in a 10 gal tank with a screen top. We are planning on building a screen enclosure for him soon.
He has a UVB light that is diagonally across the top, and then a basking light on one end.
I have a thermometer in each end. The basking area is about 90, and the other end is about 70ish. In the beginning, the cooler end was more like 80ish, so not sure what that is about... I would say the middle of the tank is probably about that, 80ish.
Do those temps seem okay? He doesn't spend any time really in the basking end, but seems to prefer the cooler end. I am thinking that I will raise the basking light a bit so it's not quite so hot. But I had read in my prior research that the basking end should be 90-95?
He has both vertical and horizontal vines and fake plants, and then has a live pothos in the cooler end. He hangs out on the pothos stems and leaves all the time.
Just tried putting two meal worms in the cage. He was right next to them and climbed up and away. I felt bad so I took one out (can't find the other one without really rummaging around and stressing him out), and gave him his three crickets.
I mist the cage at least twice a day, and have just set up a homemade dripper that drips on the leaves of the pothos and into the soil.
Any help for this new owner would be so greatly appreciated!!!
I just love Stitch, and want to all that I can for him to care for him properly.