Showering your chameleon?`

[Trav]

Hey i just have a couiple questions on showering your chameleon, he does not like it very much when i put him in the shower, i give him a stick to sit on but when i turn the shower on he freaks and goes running, any suggestion as to what i should do bout this?

 

[Trinacham]

How near did you put it? It is only lightly supposed to touch them. How warm did you have it? Why were you showering? Was he dehyrated?

 

[Trav]

I was showering him cuz when i bought him i had deffiently lacked the info on proper care of chameleons so i got on the forum and learned a bunch, and shortly after i bought he was rubbing his eyes alot and keeping them closed so i was told to start misting him and possibly give him showers to help him clean his eyes out... i didnt put the water directly on him just a spray and it was pretty warm, still he freaked out...

 

[Jeremy l]

when i gave mine a shower i put my scheffelera tree in my shower. now i have the tree outside and i use a rain type end on a waterhose and have it set up to run for 20 min. i will say that the whole tree in the shower would make a mess if i would not of had rocks covering the soil in the pot.

jeremy

 

[Trav]

hmmm i like the way you do it with your scheffelera tree, iw as thinking about geting some more live plants for my cham soo maybe i will get one of those.. lol

 

[dodolah]

scroll down to the bottom of the page for showering method.
http://chamworld.blogspot.com/2008/01/health-section-dehydration.html

 

[Brad Ramsey]

Hey i just have a couiple questions on showering your chameleon, he does not like it very much when i put him in the shower, i give him a stick to sit on but when i turn the shower on he freaks and goes running, any suggestion as to what i should do bout this?

My suggestion is to not shower him.
What kind of lighting are you using?
What lighting was he under before?

http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/

-Brad

 

[evilalive]

Wouldn't the droplet from ordinary shower hose be too large and pointed? I suggest change it to a nozzle to get the best effect. Won't cost much though.

 

[Debbienflorida]

I have only had my Veiled a few weeks but he hates it when I mist. I can mist his plants but he hisses and hides if the spray hits him. Is this something he will get used to or should I always avoid misting him directly?

 

[bucky]

Off topic: Is that a mushroom in the cage for the avatar????