CamoChameleonsHuman
Chameleon Enthusiast
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - Male Veiled, age unknown but I'm guessing 4-4 1/2 months old, been in my care for 1 1/2 months
Handling - He's not a huge fan of handling so only when I clean his enclosure. Every 3-4 days for 10-15min period.
Feeding - Feeding 10 1/2" crickets in AM and 1 hornworm at lunch everyday. Crickets are gutloaded on bug burger and Bee pollen this week. Last week it was carrots and Mangos. Hornworms are on superhorn. I tried Dubias and BSFL with no success. Have Superworms coming for him to try next.
Supplements - ExoTerra Calcium everyday except Fridays. Fridays I alternate between ExoTerra Calcium + D3, Rep-Cal Herptavite, and Repashy Vitamin A Plus. Therefore he gets 1 of each every 3 weeks. I also started dusting with bee pollen as well.
Watering - Monsoon Solo going off 3x a day for 2min each. I do not see him drinking but I have seen him drink once off the leaves. I also hand mist with luke warm water once every 2weeks for a nice long bath. Monsoon gets distilled water and I put Reptisafe in the hand mister.
Fecal Description - lately since I added hornworms to his diet his urates is super watery but always white. His poops are firm but soft and brown with no undigested bugs visible.
History - He's a Petco cam. I originally had him in a 12x39x19 glass/screen hybrid enclosure with the mini compact UVB lamps for his first week at home but I have since upgraded all of this. Also I'm still working on a drainage system. I plan on getting the Universal Large Heavy Duty Dragonstrand drainage tray next week.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 2x2x4 DIY all screen PVC floor.
Lighting - ExoTerra 100w basking bulb in deep dome. Zoo Med 24" T5HO linear UVB with 10.0 24 watt. Lights on 12.5hrs a day off for 11.5hrs on timer.
Temperature - 72-80 basking at 85
Measured with ZooMed dial gauge and temp gun.
Humidity - 45-50% during the day 70-75% at night. Using monsoon solo during day and ultrasonic cool air humidifer running 24/7 in his room. The humidifier is not pumping the air into his enclosure. Measured with ZooMed dial hydrometer.
Plants - 8 all fake plants. Plan on getting him a pothos once spring finally shows its face and we have plants out. 1 3ft long grapevine wood and baked pine wood dowels built into a tower. (See pics}
Placement - located in a bedroom not near any fans. Can be a high traffic area. No where in my house is traffic free lol. cage is 2ft off the floor. Top of cage is 6ft off the floor.
Location - located in Southern Colorado by the front range.
Current Problem - no issues but I'm curious if the watery urates are because of the hornworms? And if it's OK that his urates are basically like white diarrhea? Granted his poops are normal.
Your Chameleon - Male Veiled, age unknown but I'm guessing 4-4 1/2 months old, been in my care for 1 1/2 months
Handling - He's not a huge fan of handling so only when I clean his enclosure. Every 3-4 days for 10-15min period.
Feeding - Feeding 10 1/2" crickets in AM and 1 hornworm at lunch everyday. Crickets are gutloaded on bug burger and Bee pollen this week. Last week it was carrots and Mangos. Hornworms are on superhorn. I tried Dubias and BSFL with no success. Have Superworms coming for him to try next.
Supplements - ExoTerra Calcium everyday except Fridays. Fridays I alternate between ExoTerra Calcium + D3, Rep-Cal Herptavite, and Repashy Vitamin A Plus. Therefore he gets 1 of each every 3 weeks. I also started dusting with bee pollen as well.
Watering - Monsoon Solo going off 3x a day for 2min each. I do not see him drinking but I have seen him drink once off the leaves. I also hand mist with luke warm water once every 2weeks for a nice long bath. Monsoon gets distilled water and I put Reptisafe in the hand mister.
Fecal Description - lately since I added hornworms to his diet his urates is super watery but always white. His poops are firm but soft and brown with no undigested bugs visible.
History - He's a Petco cam. I originally had him in a 12x39x19 glass/screen hybrid enclosure with the mini compact UVB lamps for his first week at home but I have since upgraded all of this. Also I'm still working on a drainage system. I plan on getting the Universal Large Heavy Duty Dragonstrand drainage tray next week.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 2x2x4 DIY all screen PVC floor.
Lighting - ExoTerra 100w basking bulb in deep dome. Zoo Med 24" T5HO linear UVB with 10.0 24 watt. Lights on 12.5hrs a day off for 11.5hrs on timer.
Temperature - 72-80 basking at 85
Measured with ZooMed dial gauge and temp gun.
Humidity - 45-50% during the day 70-75% at night. Using monsoon solo during day and ultrasonic cool air humidifer running 24/7 in his room. The humidifier is not pumping the air into his enclosure. Measured with ZooMed dial hydrometer.
Plants - 8 all fake plants. Plan on getting him a pothos once spring finally shows its face and we have plants out. 1 3ft long grapevine wood and baked pine wood dowels built into a tower. (See pics}
Placement - located in a bedroom not near any fans. Can be a high traffic area. No where in my house is traffic free lol. cage is 2ft off the floor. Top of cage is 6ft off the floor.
Location - located in Southern Colorado by the front range.
Current Problem - no issues but I'm curious if the watery urates are because of the hornworms? And if it's OK that his urates are basically like white diarrhea? Granted his poops are normal.
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