Last weekend I got a 1 year old female panther chameleon. I got her enclosure set up, had her lamps set up, but for my UVA/B I was using the VivTech SurSun Jungle bulb. When I was using that bulb, she would go to the top, bask just fine, explore her cage, ate just fine and was able to feed her twice.
I was worried since it's more of a spotlight that she might not be getting the needed UVB she needed, so I switched to a Reptisun T5.0 HO to try to give her more light and better coverage. I did that yesterday, and yesterday and today she's spent a lot more time much lower in her cage(reptibreeze 24x24x48), almost on the ground level near the rubber plant I have in her enclosure instead of around the middle like before. She also completely refused to eat today. I have this bulb about 8 inches from bulb to basking branch, so it shouldn't be a matter of being too close.
Is this normal? Could the reptisun just be too bright for her compared to the vivtech? I've read the issue(s) about using a more spotlight style bulb, but she seemed better with that light comparatively.
Thanks for any advice!
I was worried since it's more of a spotlight that she might not be getting the needed UVB she needed, so I switched to a Reptisun T5.0 HO to try to give her more light and better coverage. I did that yesterday, and yesterday and today she's spent a lot more time much lower in her cage(reptibreeze 24x24x48), almost on the ground level near the rubber plant I have in her enclosure instead of around the middle like before. She also completely refused to eat today. I have this bulb about 8 inches from bulb to basking branch, so it shouldn't be a matter of being too close.
Is this normal? Could the reptisun just be too bright for her compared to the vivtech? I've read the issue(s) about using a more spotlight style bulb, but she seemed better with that light comparatively.
Thanks for any advice!