Sammy Grigio
Avid Member
I wanted to hear about what you guys do to recreate the natural weather patterns in your chameleons habitat. Has anybody ever played with covering the top of the enclosure with a gray fabric to simulate an overcast sky? Or done anything else along those lines?
A couple of days ago I forgot to turn on the basking light before leaving for work. I turn on his UV light in the morning after he's had a chance to wake up with the dawn/sunrise light I have in my room. I mist him, put food in his feeder and get ready for work. Right before I walk out the door I turn on the basking light. Well a couple of days ago I forgot. When I got home I noticed that in spite of this he was extra colorful and active. He seemed like he enjoyed having an "overcast" day. Or a least that's what I like to tell myself.
I've thought a lot about having one day a week where his basking light is on for maybe an hour during the day, and another day where I shroud the lights with gray fabric to make it look like a really cloudy, dreary day. Along with it I was thinking I could increase the misting to really make it feel and look like a rainy day. What do you guys think?
A couple of days ago I forgot to turn on the basking light before leaving for work. I turn on his UV light in the morning after he's had a chance to wake up with the dawn/sunrise light I have in my room. I mist him, put food in his feeder and get ready for work. Right before I walk out the door I turn on the basking light. Well a couple of days ago I forgot. When I got home I noticed that in spite of this he was extra colorful and active. He seemed like he enjoyed having an "overcast" day. Or a least that's what I like to tell myself.
I've thought a lot about having one day a week where his basking light is on for maybe an hour during the day, and another day where I shroud the lights with gray fabric to make it look like a really cloudy, dreary day. Along with it I was thinking I could increase the misting to really make it feel and look like a rainy day. What do you guys think?