New setup, any tips?

[Remkon]

I've build a new setup for my Jacksonii and for a future partner for him...
I'd like some feedback in case changes are required.

Right now:
Left enclosure (just plants n wood) : 60x45x90cm
Right enclosure: 45x45x90

- spray system: 3 nozzles, 2 for the left 1 for the right enclosure. Sprays 4x a day for 45 seconds
- cool mist humidifier with hygrostat set to 65% during the day and set to run for 5hrs-ish during the night.

Small terrarium
- dripper
- uv 5.0 26watt spiral lamp (brand Reptech) (will change to arcadia at next change and will place that horizontal under a reflector.)
- 50 watt basking spot, it was 28C under the spot, hung it a little higher but the cham just tries to get closer to it...
Ambient is around 22-23C depending on the weather.

Night time temps I try to keep <18C, cooling with icepacks and the humidifier got it as low as 16C... Saving up for an AC.

I'm still working on a good cupfeeder... Any tips?

Thanks.

 

[Theveiled]

I would spray for at least a minute each time.

 

[Remkon]

I would spray for at least a minute each time.

I can do a minute but the pump needs to cool down 2 minutes after every minute of spraying so 1minute is the max... I could schedule for a 5th session tho but figured the humidifier and dripper also add humidity and the wood needs to dry out too.

Anyways, I will do the minute, thanks

 

[Fiona's Mom]

Wow...I wish I had room for a set up like that. I think you are going to have some very happy chams.

 

[Remkon]

Wow...I wish I had room for a set up like that. I think you are going to have some very happy chams.

I truly hope he is happy!

You have no idea how much effort it cost me to get the wife to approve of this!
I went from asking for 1 terrarium in that room to having 3 (3rd is a 60x40x100 glass terrarium).
There's also a terrarium for my acanthuruses in the living room so my wife is pretty cool about my hobby considering she doesn't care for reptiles that much and their food even less

 

[brownie64]

Everything looks great. The only thing I would suggest is you put a partition between them when you get your male. The male will go nuts because he can't get to her, and the female will be stressed because she thinks he can. Good luck

 

[Fiona's Mom]

I truly hope he is happy!

You have no idea how much effort it cost me to get the wife to approve of this!
I went from asking for 1 terrarium in that room to having 3 (3rd is a 60x40x100 glass terrarium).
There's also a terrarium for my acanthuruses in the living room so my wife is pretty cool about my hobby considering she doesn't care for reptiles that much and their food even less

My hubby is not nuts about my chameleon or the bugs she eats....he went so far as to buying a used mini refrigerator to keep the worms out of our food refrigerator. A while back I put in a pretty big order of insects which cost around $80.....in his words "for bugs...that's just wrong." I love Fiona.

 

[Peachypink]

My hubby is not nuts about my chameleon or the bugs she eats....he went so far as to buying a used mini refrigerator to keep the worms out of our food refrigerator. A while back I put in a pretty big order of insects which cost around $80.....in his words "for bugs...that's just wrong." I love Fiona.

Yup, we noticed it before and I'll say it again, you and I have husbands that are exactly alike.

 

[Remkon]

Everything looks great. The only thing I would suggest is you put a partition between them when you get your male. The male will go nuts because he can't get to her, and the female will be stressed because she thinks he can. Good luck

I will hang shower curtain between the cages, I've used that on the rear to shield the wall as well and have plenty left.

 

[Remkon]

My hubby is not nuts about my chameleon or the bugs she eats....he went so far as to buying a used mini refrigerator to keep the worms out of our food refrigerator. A while back I put in a pretty big order of insects which cost around $80.....in his words "for bugs...that's just wrong." I love Fiona.

I bought 40€ in dubia roaches and my wife guaranteed me she would pack her bags if she saw them running lose...
Telling her they are less likely to escape than crickets, they don't make noise, they don't smell and they can't reproduce on room temperatures while they are healthier food for my reptiles did not help.
I will probably put electricity in my shed (once I fixed the leaks) and breed feeders in there...