night maintenance???
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Hoj
Friendly Grasshopper
Chams do not require a night time heat source unless temps are falling below 60 ( approx safe limit ) even lower in many species.
A nightitme temp drop is acctually benificial. If however you do need heat, I suggest a ceramic heat emmiter as their in not visible light output, just heat.
So no you do not need the bulb in most cases.
A nightitme temp drop is acctually benificial. If however you do need heat, I suggest a ceramic heat emmiter as their in not visible light output, just heat.
So no you do not need the bulb in most cases.
Swayne8998
Established Member
What did you have in mind as far as help?
IFazeWork
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such as food strikes my cham refuses her crickets so im a bit worried i took her to petsmart where i purchaased and there vets said shes healyth with no parasites and ate there but i took her home she ate one cricket then after she didnt eat none the next day so im freakin
Hoj
Friendly Grasshopper
How long have you had her they will often have an erratic appetitie for a whlle after they go throught he stress of moving and such.
A good idea would be to fill out the how to ask for help form so we can help you if needed.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/
also here is my blog for keeping of mantane species.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/hoj/634-montane-chameleon-care-info.html
alot of the info applies to jacksons as well
A good idea would be to fill out the how to ask for help form so we can help you if needed.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/
also here is my blog for keeping of mantane species.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/hoj/634-montane-chameleon-care-info.html
alot of the info applies to jacksons as well
IFazeWork
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my chameleon = jackson female been in my care about 3 weeks
handling = once every other day after first four days of her in her habitat
feeding = crickets (was main food) and silkworms once every week
supplements = i use reptisafe for all misting and all water dripping i will be buying vitamin stuff on the crickets tonight
watering= little dripper and misting
dropings = half white half brown once i saw a lil pinkish orange and she was tested for parasites and was ok
history = new mother
20 gallon glass enclosure (yes ik not good enough will be getting a 16x16x30 soon)
lighting uvb light of course and a basking light
temperatures temperature 70-78 daytime and 65 night with black bulb
humidity to 70-90
i had some real plants just were dying so i took them out for now until they get better
area on my dresser in the corner far away from little kids and noise i try to get her to sunlight when i take her out just been raining alot lately
problem= not eating her crickets anymore after 3 days took her to petsmart she ate about 4-6 (they say) but here ate one last night but hasnt ate a single one today very worried
Swayne8998
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It's ok. But one of the first things you will learn on this forum is that you do not trust anything that PetSmart or PetCo says. They are uneducated and care for their animals incompetently. For a baby her age, she SHOULD be eating about 20 pinhead crickets a day. What is she eating at the moment? Anything at all? You just need to keep offering her crickets daily until she accepts them. For montane species, you need to keep a constant humid environment of 80-90%. Frequent warm mistings are key. I would also refrain from handling her for a while--it can take weeks--even a month or more--for a cham to get fully suited to its environment. Her lack of food interest may just be due to newcoming stress. Also, for her age, she needs a temp gradient of 70-75 degrees for her basking, and about 70 in the rest of the cage. At night it should drop to about 60. It is crucial she has UVB light. Get a 5.0 linear (or compact) style UVB bulb. She will get a very serious disease called Metabolic Bone Disease without it and will become misshapen and will sadly die from it if it were to become too serious. We're not trying to be hard on you, just to make sure you understand what your baby girl needs.
IFazeWork
Member
It's ok. But one of the first things you will learn on this forum is that you do not trust anything that PetSmart or PetCo says. They are uneducated and care for their animals incompetently. For a baby her age, she SHOULD be eating about 20 pinhead crickets a day. What is she eating at the moment? Anything at all? You just need to keep offering her crickets daily until she accepts them. For montane species, you need to keep a constant humid environment of 80-90%. Frequent warm mistings are key. I would also refrain from handling her for a while--it can take weeks--even a month or more--for a cham to get fully suited to its environment. Her lack of food interest may just be due to newcoming stress. Also, for her age, she needs a temp gradient of 70-75 degrees for her basking, and about 70 in the rest of the cage. At night it should drop to about 60. It is crucial she has UVB light. Get a 5.0 linear (or compact) style UVB bulb. She will get a very serious disease called Metabolic Bone Disease without it and will become misshapen and will sadly die from it if it were to become too serious. We're not trying to be hard on you, just to make sure you understand what your baby girl needs.
my friend i came here for answers so im ok and i got a uvb i think its 5.0 its a big sucker i will post a pic of her in a bit and i keep all the temperatures as u said and i feed her medium size crickets she used to eat 3-4 of them now she will barely eat 1 and i offer her mealworms due to food strikes she will eat them if i make them wiggle so yea she worries me alot
Swayne8998
Established Member
Not looking too shabby She's a pretty girl. She also looks awfully big to be 3 weeks old...
She's a pretty girl. She also looks awfully big to be 3 weeks old...
IFazeWork
Member
Not looking too shabby
oh i probably mistyped i got her 3 weeks ago the ppl said at petsmart said she is about 4-6 months old lol sorry look at her newer pic here https://www.chameleonforums.com/new-forums-i-need-help-very-badly-95326/ idk why it wont let me re-post in this thread
IFazeWork
Member
gravid??? whats that
Swayne8998
Established Member
Oh well in that case 5-10 feeders every day to every other day is good
.Also she would be gravid unless she was bred before she was sold (and being 6 months old that would be near impossible). Jackson's do not lay infertile clutches like panthers and veileds, but they will lay "slugs" if they are kept at too high of temps.
IFazeWork
Member
Oh well in that case 5-10 feeders every day to every other day is good
Also she would be gravid unless she was bred before she was sold (and being 6 months old that would be near impossible). Jackson's do not lay infertile clutches like panthers and veileds, but they will lay "slugs" if they are kept at too high of temps.
uhh she did have children 5 to be exact sadly 3 died 2 are alive petsmart actually got her pregnant then was sold later to me and that my prob she wont eat anything while she is here
Swayne8998
Established Member
In that case, she most definitely has to be older than 6 months. Very strange case with PetSmart getting her pregnant... I might ask around to determine if she is indeed pregnant.
