opening my aquarium

[cantgetagoodsn]

Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - veiled cham femal iv had her for 5 days now
Handling -iv only handled her once and that was putting her in her new home
Feeding - right now im feeding her small crickets and im feeding her every day at 7 and she gets 6 crickets and im gut loading them with oranges,carots,and cellery
Supplements-i havent put any on them the store i purchased them from said they did if for me and iv only had this batch of crickets for 5 days but im going to get some supplements
Watering - i spray every thing down twice a day and i do a dripper once a day for an hour
Fecal Description - they are dark brown and end with a small white pice and they are consitantly the same and no i haven't had her tested yet i well soon
History - i dont kno and thats what frustrates me

Give her time. she is a new environment she has never been before. all chameleons take some time for adjusting to their new home.

Try to hand feed her some silkworms, they are like treats to chameleons. She will associate you with treat time. You may also want to be feeding more, I've read chameleons around that age eat around 8-15 a day. I know my baby panther has. One thing you can try is to put in a feeder cup somewhere she can access in the cage, that way you can put it in there, and whenever she feels like eating she can, rather than relying on you.

Dusting, you will need to dust with calcium WITHOUT D3 every feeding. Then you will want to get both a multivitamin supplement, as well as a calcium WITH D3, and dust with those twice a month each. I do one of those each week, and alternate which one I give.

For gut loading try adding some kale as well. Have your dripper go during the whole day she is awake. Most chameleons will not drink in front of you, and if you're there in front of her when spraying, she may not drink.

Hope this helps!

 

[VeiledChams]

ok i fixxed the temp and im gettint the calcium w/o d3 and im suppose to put that on the crickets every time i feed her and how many crickets should i be giving her? and im also going to get the calcium with d3 and im suppose to use that once a month from what i have read on several sites

You should give her enough crickets that she can eat in 5 minutes 2-3 times a day. That ends up being like 10 crickets per feeding.

I dust my babies twice a month with calcium w/ D3

 

[chelsie]

can you explain how often i use them pleas

 

[cantgetagoodsn]

can you explain how often i use them pleas

if you look in my post i just posted, it explains the time frame. reptivite is the multivitamin...

 

[VeiledChams]

Very simple:

Every feeding (Monday-Saturday)- Calcium W/O D3
Twice a month (Alternating Sundays)- Calcium W/ D3
Twice a month (Alternating Sundays)- Reptivite

 

[chelsie]

ok sorry i didn't see it thank you soooo much for the help every one

 

[SonTigerPantherCham]

See!, you are already making changes
Its good, just keep rereading the posts, it wont seem like so much after you've read things a bunch of times

 

[allencg101]

she willhide all 4 of my veileds hide when they see me well except for grumpo he just swells up and hisses. its in the veileds nature to want to be left alone but some are very people friendly too. i suggest try hand feeding with special treats like silkworms for now i think 3-4 months are to young for horn worms good luck!!! and welcome to the forums!!!

 

[Elizadolots]

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