Sorry, but a few more questions??

[Lynn57]

As the time is getting closer for me to be getting my veiled baby ... I'm somehow worried that I'll screw up...what if this happens or that happens....these are a few things I need the answer to so I can quit worry so much.

- I live up north and it can get pretty cold here in the winter months (that's like about 7- 8 months) What happens if I lose power for a day? How do others handle this?

- During the summer months there are sometimes weeks where the temps are in the high 20's (90F) I'm worried as to how I can keep the night temps low enough in order to have the humidity in the 80-100% range that he needs? I know that higher heat and humidity are a recipe for health issues (I don't have a A/C unit)

- Can anyone tell me "approximately" how many crickets/mealworms etc a mature veiled cham eats per feeding and or per week?? I've read so many different opinions on this..
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Thank you so much!!!

 

[ehdee6]

What happens if I lose power for a day? How do others handle this?

If you lose it for a day or two, they'll likely just sleep it out. If it goes for longer than a few days there's a few options:

1 Get a generator for backup power. (Expensive)

2 Get a spare charged car battery, or two, and get an inverter to run power from them.

3 Do you have a friend, or family member, in another area with power to go to? Maybe you can have a small backup cage to bring them over to stay.

4 If you're worried about heat, you can get some reptile heat packs and make a box to put the Cham in to keep them warm until the power comes back. (In this case it was summer, so she used an ice pack.) Always make sure the heat pack isn't too hot, and wrap it in a towel, if it is.


- Just as a side note, you should always have a box ready to put your cham in for transportation in case of emergency.

- You should also have a hand mister to use for backup, if you use an automatic mister system.

In the summer during heat waves you can put ice cubes on the top to drop the temperature and keep humidity up. It's ok to mist less, but make sure you have a dripper running for a while in the day, and offer hornworms. It's also ok to not run a heat lamp once the ambient room temperature is above 25c. But keep the UVB light going, it will provide enough heat.

For the feeding it's highly dependent on it it's male, or female. Were you able to pick the gender? Also if it is female, you have to consider a lay bin for your cage.