new to the cham world male veiled.. help me!

[mjhough]

Just got a juvenile male veiled



zebs original tank was fairly small and all glass I'd say about 16-18" tall. He's seems pretty small I was told he's about 4-5 months old I've ready they reach adult maturity around 6-8 months? Will my bigger enclosure help with the growth? All screen sides. He also seemed skinny I've been feeding around 15 crix a day. Should I increase this? I've been looking for some silk/Goliath worms but have no luck. I have rep-cal calcium with vit.D and reptivite reptile vitamins. Haven't giving the reprove yet as I've read they don't need vitamins till full grown. My concern is the vitamin D in the rep-cal. Should I get another without? Im using a 75 w house bulb for basking and the reptisun 5.0 t-8 tube will these lights help with plant growth or should I use one of my planted aquarium lights to?

Other then that he seems to be fine kind of an angry guy but I think it's cause the change of environment when I bought him he was all about being held and crawled up into my goody now he kinda hiss at me.

 

[jannb]

Welcome to the forums. Yes, you need calcium witout D3. This is the one that you will use the most. At his age you should be dusting with it at every feeding. Dust with the D3 calcium twice a month and mulit vit. once or twice a month. If he's 4 to 5 months old he may be ready for his big cage. Please post a picture of him. I have a blog for new keepers attached below to help you keep Zeb healthy and happy.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-keepers-young-veiled-panther-chameleons.html

 

[mjhough]

Thanks for the fast reply ill have to go and get the cal tomorrow.. I built a cage for him its 35" tall 20" wide 24" deep. He seems to like it a lot more.. as for the pictures ill have to get on my computer can't seem to from my cell phone it may take awhile. Thanks for the thread also. Very helpful