pamsywamsy1234
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i have bought a male cham he is in a suitable viv with a red lamp a heatmat and a flourescent light the prob is he is very dark when i take him out of the viv his colours come back can some 1 help plz
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panthercrazy
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Just from what you have wrote, not sure I'd be using red heat bulb or the heat mat? How old is cham? What kind of cham?
There's lots of help available to you here, but please provide much more info for others to assist you
Just from what you have wrote, not sure I'd be using red heat bulb or the heat mat? How old is cham? What kind of cham?
There's lots of help available to you here, but please provide much more info for others to assist you
pamsywamsy1234
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We would require much more info to be able to better help you. Fill this out https://www.chameleonforums.com/how-ask-help-66/
Just from what you have wrote, not sure I'd be using red heat bulb or the heat mat? How old is cham? What kind of cham?
There's lots of help available to you here, but please provide much more info for others to assist you
lol ok il try iv only had him 3 days and i dont know how old he is but i know he is an adult i already have a female but they r not in the same viv the viv is wood surround with glass doors as i said i have a heat bulb and a heatmat and a flourescent light i feed them locusts waxworms (only occasionaly) and i gut feed the locusts and i use calcium powder i spray the viv twice a day and i turn all lights of at night im doin the same with both chams and my female is brilliant with it the viv is tall and i have lots of branches false plants and a real plant i use a wood chip on the floor i used to use sand but i didnt like that and there are vents in the viv as well plz tell me if im doin anything wrong many thanks
Definetly get that heat mat out of there asap. Chams dont need stuff like this, plus it can actually burn them since they have low temp sensitivity. Get the wood chips out of there, use nothing or paper towel. I'm assuming u live in the UK if so a glass viv is (I THINK) OK, but if ur elsewhere a full screen enclosure is preferred.
panthercrazy
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What are your temps top cage, mid cage, bottom?
What are you using to obtain temps (digital therm, stick on therm. etc)
What kind of cham do you have?
You say you provide calcium but what type of schedule do you use for your female, as you have had longer this will give us an idea.
UVB - What brand? 5.0, 10.0? Coil bulb or linear tube?
Water - you said you spray twice per day but for how long each time? Do you see either of your chams drink?
Can you post pics of your current set ups & chams?
How much have you handle the new cham? Too much in 3 days could cause a fair amount of stress (color change for sure).
As you can see, many things will effect your chams and depending on the situation, color change is usually bound to happen from any type of stressful situation. Warming up in the morning usually chams are darker.
BUT without fully understanding your chams setup/lights/heat I wouldn't feel confident is stating a particular possible problem &/or solution at this time.
I think you will find that it may be time consuming to answer questions & fill out the form, but in the end you will get the best possible advice/help any of us can offer knowing the most info of your situation
What are you using to obtain temps (digital therm, stick on therm. etc)
What kind of cham do you have?
You say you provide calcium but what type of schedule do you use for your female, as you have had longer this will give us an idea.
UVB - What brand? 5.0, 10.0? Coil bulb or linear tube?
Water - you said you spray twice per day but for how long each time? Do you see either of your chams drink?
Can you post pics of your current set ups & chams?
How much have you handle the new cham? Too much in 3 days could cause a fair amount of stress (color change for sure).
As you can see, many things will effect your chams and depending on the situation, color change is usually bound to happen from any type of stressful situation. Warming up in the morning usually chams are darker.
BUT without fully understanding your chams setup/lights/heat I wouldn't feel confident is stating a particular possible problem &/or solution at this time.
I think you will find that it may be time consuming to answer questions & fill out the form, but in the end you will get the best possible advice/help any of us can offer knowing the most info of your situation
You said..."iv only had him 3 days and i dont know how old he is but i know he is an adult"...it could be that he just hasn't adjusted to the new cage yet.
Sorry...but there are some things that need attention...
You said..."i have a heat bulb and a heatmat and a flourescent light"...as was already mentioned, you don't need a heat mat...you don't need a night time heat source at all unless the temperatures in your room are going down below 60F.
For daytime, a regular incandescent household light in a hood of a wattage that makes the basking temperature in the mid to high 80's for the male will be recognized by the chameleon as a "heat source" whereas they don't really pay attention to some colored lights. I hope the fluorescent is a long linear tube type UVB? A source of UVB (from either the sunlight or a UVB light...neither of which should pass through glass or plastic) allows the chameleon to produce D3 which allows it to use its calcium. Appropriate temperatures aid in digestion and thus play a part in nutrient absorption. Here's a good site about lighting issues....
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/
You said..."i use calcium powder"...is it a phosphorous free powder? With or without D3? Preformed vitamin A?
You said..."i spray the viv twice a day"...I would set up a dripper too. It can be as simple as a deli cup with a very tiny hole in the bottom of it so that the water drips at the rate of a couple of drips per second.
Have you provided the female with a place in her cage to dig to show you that she has to lay eggs? A female can lay eggs without having been mated and failure to provide her with a place to lay them can lead to eggbinding and death.
For good bone health, its important that the phos., calcium, D3 and vitamin A are in balance. When trying to balance them, you need to look at what you feed the chameleon, what you feed the insects and at the supplements you use. Here are some sites that explain most of it...
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=102
http://web.archive.org/web/20060502...rnals.com/vet/index.php?show=5.Vitamin.A.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20060421.../index.php?show=6.Vitamin.D3.and.Calcium.html
Some sites that will give you good information...
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=reference
http://adcham.com/
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
Sorry...but there are some things that need attention...
You said..."i have a heat bulb and a heatmat and a flourescent light"...as was already mentioned, you don't need a heat mat...you don't need a night time heat source at all unless the temperatures in your room are going down below 60F.
For daytime, a regular incandescent household light in a hood of a wattage that makes the basking temperature in the mid to high 80's for the male will be recognized by the chameleon as a "heat source" whereas they don't really pay attention to some colored lights. I hope the fluorescent is a long linear tube type UVB? A source of UVB (from either the sunlight or a UVB light...neither of which should pass through glass or plastic) allows the chameleon to produce D3 which allows it to use its calcium. Appropriate temperatures aid in digestion and thus play a part in nutrient absorption. Here's a good site about lighting issues....
http://www.uvguide.co.uk/
You said..."i use calcium powder"...is it a phosphorous free powder? With or without D3? Preformed vitamin A?
You said..."i spray the viv twice a day"...I would set up a dripper too. It can be as simple as a deli cup with a very tiny hole in the bottom of it so that the water drips at the rate of a couple of drips per second.
Have you provided the female with a place in her cage to dig to show you that she has to lay eggs? A female can lay eggs without having been mated and failure to provide her with a place to lay them can lead to eggbinding and death.
For good bone health, its important that the phos., calcium, D3 and vitamin A are in balance. When trying to balance them, you need to look at what you feed the chameleon, what you feed the insects and at the supplements you use. Here are some sites that explain most of it...
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=102
http://web.archive.org/web/20060502...rnals.com/vet/index.php?show=5.Vitamin.A.html
http://web.archive.org/web/20060421.../index.php?show=6.Vitamin.D3.and.Calcium.html
Some sites that will give you good information...
http://chameleonnews.com/?page=reference
http://adcham.com/
http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/
