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Ome

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We have new babies! :)

Well firstly you have a great site with soooo much info that really helped A LOT that is why we subscribed...but we have no idea what tipe of chameleons we own! Sort of "rescued" them on a road side sale, it was an extremely hot South African day...and we always wanted some sort of chameleon so this was it! We bought al three babies.
Nice cage with waterfall...Check, hydrometer...Check, thermometer...Check, still working on the food size(Crickets and Mealworms-to big, as we caught on from your side).
They are really bad sleepy heads, sleeping almost 70% of the day, even thou we are feeding them Flies(If we can find so long) and they drink water...
How much should they eat? Daily? Weekly?
Should their bodies be cold or hot?
Any other special needs while being babies, because every one is talking about bigger chams?
I really need to keep them alive and healthy!

PLEASE HELP

Thanks
 
Wel my profile picture is one of the babies...named smarties. Would you like to see my cage?
 
About the food, they should eat daily, as much as they can. Or even a few times a day, if they seem to want it. Be sure to dust properly with calcium with every feeding, calcium+d3 every week or every two weeks (not sure about this for this small chams, anyone who knows better, you should listen to them), and vitamins same as d3 but not at the same time.
 
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We are adding a light tomorrow, but not sure exactly what tipe yet...
 

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You need a lot of greens in there! Preferably live ones, like ficus or schefflera or hibiscus (there are others too) and a bit more horizontal branches.

Also as they grow older they probably shouldn't be kept in the same enclosure
 
You need a heat lamp and a UVB light. (heat lamp depending on the temp outside, not sure what it like where you live), and you need to mist to keep up the humidity so they are well hydrated
 
I will most definitely get more cages, can I find the plants at a normal plant store?
 
humidity is between 70-80%, waterfall running permanently and I spray the cage 2-3 times a day, but it seem so wet is that okay?
Cage temp currently between 24-30 Celsius
Normal outside temp is 17-30 Celsius (during the day)
I do put them in the sun in day time as well?
They are really small so that is my best close up pic, so will try to take beter one just now
 
Humidity is good, around 70% is perfect as far as I know. Too high can cause respiratory problems, so you don't want that either.
Probably I'd ditch that waterfall (I've heard it's a place for bacteria and the chams don't really need it either).
Yes you can get those in the plant store I think, ficus for sure. It'd be better if you kept only the misting, the entire place and especially the leaves of the plants when you get them.
Temperature is good, they don't need anything more than 27-28 Celsius. So you won't really need a heat lamp I think.
Taking them outside to get some sunlight is great, tgat way they get the heating and UVB together, but you need to be careful not to overheat them. Maybe when they're this small they don't realise when it's too much. They start gaping usually when they're too hot, so you'll realise it normally... Also you'd expect them to change colors when basking.
 
Thank you sooo much will really make changes as soon as possible, just thought you can maybe identify them with a close up?
 
Yeah keep me updated! :)
I'll try to zoom in your profile pic hopefully someone's gonna pop up here who's better at identifying
 
Will do...
Urg new babies are soooo exhausting, I just want to give them the best!
No problem I do understand...will help to know...I think they are Cape Dwarfs
Enjoy your evening or day...
 
I'd say a panther (probably not...) or a carpet cham.. I can't really see if the marks on the side are circle-ish or not... Or some other species I'm sorry they're too small :D but if they're carpets I'm extremely jealous I just can't get them where I live
 
And yeah babies are exhausting at first but if you catch how it works you'll get used to it. And it really pays off, all the patience and energy and everything, they're so cute and beautiful, just wait for them shedding, it's like a teeny tiny miracle :)
 
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