Admiral
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I recently got a senegal chameleon. I'm not sure how old he is, but he is not full grown. A picture of his is attached, but the camera may have changed colors a bit. I was wondering if what I've got for him is healthy or not. Here's a few things about him:
His normal colors are usually pale green to light brown. Sometimes he has some yellow coloring.
After feeding him he gets brown spots that stay for a few hours afterwards, but eventually go away.
I feed him 6 small crickets a day, but am going to up it to 8. The crickets aren't coated in anything. (good or bad?).
His terrarium temp stays around 70-78 degrees f.
He has sphagnum moss as a substrate with potting soil underneath.
He has two real plants and one fake plant. Also some smooth sticks to climb on.
There is a small drip system and I mist in the terrarium about 3-5 times a day. The water in the drip system is warm, but the spray bottle is slightly below room temperature.
He has a UV light and a small heating pad on the outside of the terrarium.
He's awake when I am and sleeps when I do, but possibly also sleeps while I'm away.
I have yet to see him poop, and I don't see anything on the bottom of the terrarium, but with the moss and plants it could be hard to see it anyways. I was wondering if there is anything I should be doing differently. I'm new to this and have been looking around the forums a bit, but since every chameleon is different, I can't be sure.
His normal colors are usually pale green to light brown. Sometimes he has some yellow coloring.
After feeding him he gets brown spots that stay for a few hours afterwards, but eventually go away.
I feed him 6 small crickets a day, but am going to up it to 8. The crickets aren't coated in anything. (good or bad?).
His terrarium temp stays around 70-78 degrees f.
He has sphagnum moss as a substrate with potting soil underneath.
He has two real plants and one fake plant. Also some smooth sticks to climb on.
There is a small drip system and I mist in the terrarium about 3-5 times a day. The water in the drip system is warm, but the spray bottle is slightly below room temperature.
He has a UV light and a small heating pad on the outside of the terrarium.
He's awake when I am and sleeps when I do, but possibly also sleeps while I'm away.
I have yet to see him poop, and I don't see anything on the bottom of the terrarium, but with the moss and plants it could be hard to see it anyways. I was wondering if there is anything I should be doing differently. I'm new to this and have been looking around the forums a bit, but since every chameleon is different, I can't be sure.
