Questions on misters, food, water and temp.. New veilded and panther owner!! Help!!!

scorpilon said:
I use for both cages reptisun 5.0 but honestly how do you know WHAT KIND of wattage to use for your heat bulbs ? Also WHAT IS EVERYONE USING FOR LIGHT FOR THERE PLANTS?
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I use 60watt for my adult veiled and a 40watt for my baby panther (these are regular house lights)

For the plants I have a dual 48" shop light and I have a 65k bulb in one side and the other has my reptisun bulb in it
 
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species(veil chameleon), sex(male), and I am not sure on age i think around 6 months of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care (almost two weeks)?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon( I take him out a few times a week )?
Feeding - What are you feeding your ( dusting the crickets with a mixture of reptivite,herptivite,and repti calcium with D3 and I feeed them meal worms also. I feed until they Don't eat anymory then i take the bowl of worms away I dust them every time I put them in , ? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? the feeders i use the orange blocks they sell at the store for crickets (flukers orange cubes)

Watering - this is tricky I never see him drink but i mist the cage three times a day and have a dripper in there I just ordered a pro mist and waiting for it to come!!!
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. the droping have been good I guess no yellow, just white and the poop looks good. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? (NO)
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. (NONE)

Cage Info: click on link for pictures and on my profile !!!
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created my cage is in the 70s and there is a basking spot with a 75 watt light (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - this is weird it stays around 30s during the day and jumps to 50 at night when i mist it goes up to 60 -70%How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? (Digitial gauge)
Plants - Are you using live plants? YES LIVE FICUS) If so, what kind?
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? It is in my living room near a window but not right up against it ) At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? it is on a small table
Location - Where are you geographically located? I live in south Florida
 
scorpilon said:
Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon - The species(veil chameleon), sex(male), and I am not sure on age i think around 6 months of your chameleon. How long has it been in your care (almost two weeks)?
Handling - How often do you handle your chameleon( I take him out a few times a week )?
Feeding - What are you feeding your ( dusting the crickets with a mixture of reptivite,herptivite,and repti calcium with D3 and I feeed them meal worms also. I feed until they Don't eat anymory then i take the bowl of worms away I dust them every time I put them in , ? What amount? What is the schedule? How are you gut-loading your feeders? the feeders i use the orange blocks they sell at the store for crickets (flukers orange cubes)

Watering - this is tricky I never see him drink but i mist the cage three times a day and have a dripper in there I just ordered a pro mist and waiting for it to come!!!
Fecal Description - Briefly note colors and consistency from recent droppings. the droping have been good I guess no yellow, just white and the poop looks good. Has this chameleon ever been tested for parasites? (NO)
History - Any previous information about your cham that might be useful to others when trying to help you. (NONE)

Cage Info: click on link for pictures and on my profile !!!
Cage Type - Describe your cage (Glass, Screen, Combo?) What are the dimensions?
Lighting - What brand, model, and types of lighting are you using? What is your daily lighting schedule?
Temperature - What temp range have you created my cage is in the 70s and there is a basking spot with a 75 watt light (cage floor to basking spot)? Lowest overnight temp? How do you measure these temps?
Humidity - this is weird it stays around 30s during the day and jumps to 50 at night when i mist it goes up to 60 -70%How are you creating and maintaining these levels? What do you use to measure humidity? (Digitial gauge)
Plants - Are you using live plants? YES LIVE FICUS) If so, what kind?
Placement - Where is your cage located? Is it near any fans, air vents, or high traffic areas? It is in my living room near a window but not right up against it ) At what height is the top of the cage relative to your room floor? it is on a small table
Location - Where are you geographically located? I live in south Florida
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you are feeding way to much. Stop with the meal worms they can back your cham up. At 6 months I would feed 10 large crickets or the equivalent to 10 large crickets Chameleons will over eat. and you want to dust MON-FRI with calcium SAT nothing and alternate SUN's with calcium with D3 and a multivitamin

Your basking spot should be 80-85 and the rest should be 70-75. Use a lower wattage bulb
 
OK well i increased the light and the basking spot is 85 and I realized that he is starting to shed but it is not going well and only little pieces are coming off and it has been three days now.. He is always dark now and necrosis changes color unless I am holding him .. I still never see him drink water is he dehydrated? And what else can I do?

Over the weekend I added two more plants and I have closed both sides and the back with screen glass which is a plastic sheet that looks like screen but it is plastic and the lowest the humidity has dropped is 45% but it stays around 60-75% the poop is white with some yellow.. so now I am worried
 
He is hydrated, as long as his urate is white he is drinking....... shedding comes off in peices so he should be fine, but if you are really worried put his cage in the bathroom when you take a hot shower and he should shed quickly
 
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